6 September 2011
An exclusive investigation finds that pro-Israel activists, backed by an Islamophobic pro-Israel group and with the knowledge of the Israeli government, is planning to take legal action to force the Olympia Food Co-op to rescind its historic decision to boycott Israeli products. Read more about Uncovered: Israel's role in planned US lawsuit to fight BDS
29 August 2011
Popular Sodastream products directly benefit the largest Israeli settlement colony in the occupied West Bank. Meanwhile the company exploits Palestinian factory workers and attempts to “greenwash” its profit from Israel’s occupation. Read more about Swedish chain kicks out drink machines made in Israeli settlements
26 August 2011
Nicolas Sarkozy’s government must face up to its obligations not to abet Israel’s crimes. Read more about French giant Veolia cut down to size for abusing Palestinian rights
Melbourne 9 August 2011
Nineteen Melbourne activists are facing fines of up to $32,000 for participating in an action in support of the Palestinian call for boycott, divestment and sanctions. Read more about Australia's repression of BDS movement coordinated with Israel
Milan 14 July 2011
Palestine solidarity activists in Milan held vibrant protests against an Israeli propaganda festival in the city center last month, highlighting Italian complicity with the Israeli occupation. Read more about Israeli propaganda festival finds few fans in Milan
5 July 2011
A letter of support from South African Archbishop Desmond Tutu is regarded as a vindication of an Australian city council’s fight — currently unsuccessful — to align its purchasing policies with the Palestinian call for boycott, divestment and sanctions against the State of Israel. Read more about Tutu boosts Murdoch-battered BDS campaign in Sydney
15 June 2011
Earlier this month in Montpellier, France, more than a hundred activists from nine countries gathered for the first ever European Forum Against Agrexco for two full days of workshops aimed at strengthening the boycott campaign against the Israeli agricultural export giant. Read more about Agrexco forum a milestone in Europe's BDS movement
8 June 2011
Antony Loewenstein, a writer and journalist based in Sydney and a founder of Independent Australian Jewish Voices, speaks to The Electronic Intifada about the growing boycott, divestment and santions movement and the resistance to it in Australia. Read more about Interview: Antony Loewenstein on Palestine's struggle in Australia
Chicago 25 May 2011
Over the course of the last few months, DePaul University has become ground zero of the growing campus boycott movement in Chicago. It began after DePaul’s Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) discovered that the sale of Sabra brand hummus served to profit a corporation found to have direct financial ties to two Israeli army brigades notorious for countless human rights violations. Read more about DePaul vote on Sabra hummus a victory for human rights
17 May 2011
Documentation obtained by The Electronic Intifada confirm that HeidelbergCement and Cemex, two building materials industries from Germany and Mexico, respectively, are involved in the operation of quarries in the occupied West Bank. Read more about Multinational companies mining occupied Palestinian land