20 March 2014
A campaign backed by film directors, Ken Loach and Mike Leigh, and novelist Ahdaf Soueif, calling on the BBC not to award a multi-million pound security contract to G4S has been successful. Read more about BBC says no to occupation profiteer G4S after major campaign
20 March 2014
“When we talk of boycotting Israel, we talk of boycotting a system of ruling, a way of thinking and behaving, that denies the existence of the Palestinian people and their rights.” Read more about Boycott movement has empowered Palestinians, says co-founder
19 March 2014
Yesterday, the battle for hearts and minds on campus took several steps forward. Read more about Despite University of Michigan vote, Palestine is not going away
18 March 2014
A donor – who specifically blamed “Muslim” students for the vote – is threatening to withdraw funding from the university and to stop hiring its graduates. Read more about University of Windsor faces donor threats, Islamophobic backlash after BDS vote
16 March 2014
The Hollywood star says she was fully aware that SodaStream operates in an Israeli settlement before she agreed to become the company’s spokesmodel and ending her role as Oxfam “global ambassador.” Read more about Scarlett Johansson doubles down on support for Israeli settlements
13 March 2014
The attack on free speech at Northeastern is part of a broader war against Palestine solidarity activists on campuses that is being waged by university administrations and Israel lobby groups. Read more about War on campus: Ali Abunimah and Max Geller on Democracy Now!
12 March 2014
Northeastern University administration banned Students for Justice in Palestine and launched a police investigation after members distributed flyers critical of Israel on campus. Read more about Northeastern students fighting back against ban on campus Palestine group
12 March 2014
Brussels officials are refusing to investigate why they approved a subsidy to a freight company bringing food from illegal colonies to Europe’s supermarkets. Read more about Transporter of Israeli settlement goods benefits from EU science grant
12 March 2014
A new survey of Dutch pension funds, banks and insurance companies shows that as many as one in seven have excluded companies from investment due to their involvement in the Israeli occupation. Read more about Bad news for Israel: headlines only tip of European boycott iceberg
12 March 2014
David Sheen explains the heightened racist treatment of African asylum-seekers in Israel; a report from Gaza after an Israeli drone strike kills two Palestinians; Amnesty International condemns “trigger-happy” Israeli soldiers; and music by Revolution Makers. Read more about Israel's ramped-up racist attacks on African refugees: "it's scariest when no one objects"