Vote by United Church of Christ sends powerful signal to the “oppressed,” says Palestinian pastor Mitri Raheb. Read more about US church votes by landslide to divest from Israeli occupation
Desmond Tutu is supporting calls for divestment from companies that abet Israeli apartheid. Read more about Will US churches help bring down Israel's prison walls?
Durham County had joined the boycott of South African goods during the 1980s apartheid era, and current campaigners were able to “use that as precedent for them taking action on G4S.” Read more about Listen: North Carolina county drops Israeli occupation profiteer G4S
A surge in accusations of anti-Semitism relies on the conflation of anti-Semitism with criticism of Israeli policy, lawyers say. Read more about False claims of anti-Semitism climb on US campuses: New report
Proposal before state legislature conflates opposition to Zionism with anti-Semitism. Read more about California Senate mulls new attempt to squash Palestine solidarity
Students say New York Times reporters posed inappropriate questions for story on campus anti-Semitism and the BDS movement. Read more about Student troubled by New York Times reporter's “Jewish litmus test”
Email disclosures reveal that the Jewish Community Relations Council pressured the Missouri History Museum to demand Palestinians be removed from Ferguson panel discussion. Read more about Israel advocacy group pressured Missouri museum to cancel Ferguson-Palestine event
Three Jewish campaigners were “escorted out” of the UK’s major pro-Israel conference that focused on strategies for combatting BDS. Read more about Jewish activists kicked out of "We Believe in Israel" conference
Lawyers say that there is a “surge of accusations of anti-Semitism against individuals that criticize the Israeli state.” Read more about UCLA resolution conflates anti-Semitism with criticism of Israeli policy
Two weeks ago, the student government at the University of Toledo muzzled debate on divestment. Read more about Ohio students approve Israel divestment vote by landslide