Nancy Kricorian of the Stolen Beauty BDS campaign on the significance of a new report by Al Haq designating Israel’s resource theft in the Dead Sea as a crime of pillage; and much more. Read more about The Electronic Intifada weekly podcast: Nancy Kricorian on BDS campaigns against Israel's pillage in West Bank
Issues first raised by boycott, divestment and sanctions movement are now being taken up by European governments. Read more about EU considering ban on settlement trade, Israeli media reports
Protesters in three US cities demand TIAA-CREF drop investments from companies profiting from Israel’s violations of international law; Jazz musicians urged to cancel gig at Red Sea Jazz Festival in Eilat; and more! Read more about BDS roundup: Protesters demand TIAA-CREF drop investments in companies profiting from Israel's occupation
Highlighting the spectacular growth and victories of the 7-year-old BDS movement; Palestinian civil society commends author Alice Walker for her refusal to have her book published by an Israeli publisher; and more! Read more about BDS roundup: The BDS movement, 7 years on, "stronger, more effective and more diverse than ever"
Signatories to the open letter to the European Commission include Gérard Toulouse, a member of the French Academy of Science, Malcolm Levitt, a member of the UK Royal Society, and renowned philosopher Slavjoj Zizek Read more about 250 European academics call for exclusion of Ahava and Israeli arms companies from EU research projects
“This very close divestment vote and the successful boycott vote, along with several other recent watershed victories, makes clear that Israel can no longer count on being singled out for special treatment.” Read more about Divestment vote fails, but Presbyterian Church (USA) resolves to boycott Israeli settlement products
Companies involved in the extraction of natural resources from occupied Palestinian land and the Syrian Golan Heights risk prosecution for the war crime of pillage – better known as plunder. “Corporate War Crimes, Prosecuting the Pillage of Natural Resources” gives guidance to explore options to hold business representatives to account. Read more about Plunder of Palestinian natural resources is "corporate war crime," manual explains
In this week’s BDS roundup, Arizona State University’s student government votes to divest from Israel; Evergreen State College’s student-run campus cafe boycotts Israeli products; and more! Read more about BDS roundup: Arizona State University student government votes to divest from Israel
Simon Natas on the case of solidarity activists who blockaded Ahava’s London flagship store and the role of G4s in Israel’s occupation. Read more about London lawyer takes on corporations abetting Israel's crimes
South Africa and Denmark make historic rulings to correctly label Israeli settlement products; and international Quaker churches fully divest from the Caterpillar corporation. Read more about BDS roundup: South Africa and Denmark to correctly label Israeli settlement products