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Anti-Palestinian activist heaps praise on campus BDS campaigners

Alarmist attack by StandWithUs staffer on campus BDS activists only highlights the growing strength of divestment campaigns on US campuses

BDS Roundup: Israel boycott motion passed in Scotland county

The latest news and action campaigns taking place within the global movement for boycott, divestment and sanctions.

Israel lobby uses discredited anti-Semitism definition to muzzle debate

Ben White
28 September 2012
Despite having no official status, the EU’s “working definition” on anti-Semitism is being used by the Israel lobby on both sides of the Atlantic.

Los Angeles activists put Veolia's complicity with Israel's human rights violations in the spotlight

Boycott campaigners confronted Los Angeles city officials and urged them not to renew contracts with Veolia because of the company’s involvement in Israel’s human rights violations.

Bogus allegations of "anti-Semitism" create real climate of fear for Arab, Muslim students in US

Nora Barrows-Friedman
Berkeley
8 August 2012
The real intention of various lawsuits alleging anti-Semitism in universities is to chill Palestine solidarity activism and censor open discussions about Israeli policy in classrooms.

Anti-boycott group forced to pay $160,000 in damages to Olympia Food Co-op board members

In a legal victory, a judge rules that a group of anti-Palestinian, anti-boycott plaintiffs must pay $160,000 in damages stemming from their lawsuit against the Olympia Food Co-op for its decision to de-shelve Israeli products.

Disruption of Israeli theater group in London, as BDS proves a win-win strategy

Israel’s national theater company performed The Merchant of Venice at Shakespeare’s Globe in London yesterday and Monday. But Habima’s presence was fiercely contested for months in advance, and both performances were disrupted by Palestine solidarity activists in the audience.

Why is Palestine solidarity being criminalized on California campuses?

Kristin Szremski
Chicago
3 April 2012
Cooperation between academic authorities at the University of California at Davis and influential Zionist organizations could have an adverse impact on Palestine solidarity work there and on college campuses across the country.

BDS roundup: Gearing up for a global BDS day of action

Activists gear up for the annual global BDS day of action; Glasgow University bans Israeli drinking water; Pinkwashing events canceled in Washington state; BDS campaigners urge major rock stars not to play in Israel; and more.

VIDEO: UC Irvine students walk out on event with Israeli soldiers

Students at UC Irvine in Southern California staged a silent walk-out during a presentation by Israeli soldiers on campus.

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