Pink Floyd members strike nerve with call on Rolling Stones to boycott Israel
2 May 2014
“Playing Israel now is the moral equivalent of playing Sun City at the height of South African apartheid,” Pink Floyd founders say.
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Starbucks warned it could face boycott if it invests in Israel's SodaStream
29 April 2014
Media reports say that Starbucks may buy a stake in occupation profiteer SodaStream.
Graduate students vote to divest at University of New Mexico
28 April 2014
Divestment resolution created a strong coalition of solidarity, say student activists in Albuquerque.
Palestinians call for refusal of Israel army service
28 April 2014
Palestinian youths in Israel have few opportunities. With many benefits tied to army service, Israel may be banking on desperation driving some youths into the army’s hands.
Bill Gates refuses to accept responsibility for aiding Israel's prisons
25 April 2014
Foundation ignores own policy guidelines on avoiding investment in “egregious” activities.
Divestment passes at University of California at Riverside
25 April 2014
This was the second time the student senate at UC Riverside passed a divestment resolution.
New campaign resource boosts efforts to burst SodaStream's bubble
23 April 2014
SodaStream spent $180 million in marketing last year but is feeling the pressure from the growing boycott campaign.
Northeastern lifts suspension of Students for Justice in Palestine
22 April 2014
Group was suspended in March for distributing mock eviction notices to raise awareness about Israel’s destruction of Palestinian homes.
Earth Day Network dumps SodaStream and Scarlett Johansson
21 April 2014
On the eve of Earth Day, groups working for Palestinian rights globally are celebrating Earth Day Network’s decision to end its partnership with SodaStream, whose main production factory is located in an illegal Israeli settlement in the occupied West Bank.
Activists condemn Washington University “censorship” of BDS event featuring Palestinian poet
17 April 2014
University administrators canceled a planned town hall meeting on boycott, divestment and sanctions and tried to limit the free speech of poet Remi Kanazi.