3 October 2012
Tel Aviv sells itself as a “cool” to counter international boycotts, but boasts of its role in occupation army at home. Read more about "Cool" Tel Aviv proudly boasts of citizens' role in brutal Israeli occupation army
29 August 2012
Campaigners strengthen calls for divestment against Caterpillar following the Corrie verdict; Indian activists, scholars and artists denounce India-Israel free trade agreement; and more! Read more about BDS roundup: Following Corrie verdict, activists strengthen divestment campaigns
13 July 2012
The Advocate, an important US-based national gay and lesbian news magazine, has published a homophobic, racist, sectarian and Islamophobic hoax as if it is actual news. Read more about Sodomy for jihad? Venerable LGBT magazine The Advocate spreads vile Islamophobic hoax
11 July 2012
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"
11 June 2012
A float at San Francisco Pride, sponsored by a pro-Israel group, used intentionally humiliating sexual depictions of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. While purporting to defend the rights and dignity of queer people, the display sought to ridicule Ahmedinejad by associating him with gay identity and homosexuality in negative ways. Read more about Israel lobby group Iran180 “sodomizes” Ahmadinejad effigy with nuke at San Francisco Pride
4 May 2012
In a statement and video published on the Gender and Sexuality Law Blog of Columbia Law School, Professor Katherine Franke has made a very public declaration of solidarity with Palestinians and support for the Palestinian call for Boycott Divestment and Sanctions on Israel. Read more about Columbia prof Katherine Franke joins academic boycott of Israel and will not speak at the Equality Forum
Boston 20 April 2012
The Israeli government and its supporters now feel justified in exploiting the Syrian people’s suffering and resistance in order to further their own political agenda, depicting Israel as a “vibrant democracy” in comparison to Syria. Read more about Pointing to Syria to divert attention from Israel's crimes
10 April 2012
Did Israel’s Ynet publish an article containing a fabricated story to make it look as if Israeli social media users are succeeding in persuading Israel’s critics, gay ones in particular, to become its greatest champions? Read more about Is Ynet gay epiphany op-ed another Israeli hasbara hoax?
6 April 2012
Israel’s strategy of “pinkwashing” — using its supposedly stellar record on gay rights — to obscure abuses of Palestinian human rights has done more to provoke than to quiet criticism. Read more about Israel's pinkwashing exposed as dishonest at New York debates
26 March 2012
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. Read more about BDS roundup: Gearing up for a global BDS day of action