Boycott Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) Movement Archives

Boycott Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) Movement

Labour's former shadow chancellor John McDonnell

Danny Lawson/PA Wire

February 22, 2022, 4:44 pm

John McDonnell brands Israel an apartheid state in speech against BDS ban

Former shadow chancellor outlines fierce opposition to amendment put forward by Robert Jenrick seeking to ban boycotts of Israel in public pension funds, which was backed by MPs

By Lee Harpin

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Photo by: JINIPIX

December 5, 2019, 1:31 pm

Poll suggests nearly half of British public oppose Israel boycotts

The Populus survey, carried out on behalf of the UK-Israel think tank BICOM, showed 46 percent disagreed with the measure

By Jewish News Reporter

October 24, 2019, 10:53 am

TFL to ‘remove immediately’ unauthorised BDS posters targeting Puma

Sports company targeted for its ties with Israel in 'an act of vandalism' spotted on the Northern Line and Bakerloo Line

By Jewish News Reporter

Palestine flags are waved during the Labour conference 2019 (Jewish News)

September 27, 2019, 2:38 pm

OPINION: Labour draws inches closer to Israel boycott policy

Following the opposition's party conference this week, which saw Palestinian flags waved as an 'ethical foreign policy' was backed, Luke Akehurst reflects on its wider implications

By Luke Akehurst

Miko Peled (left) and Azzam Tamimi (right) at UCL in 2017. Both spoke at Labour conference in 2019
Credit: Azzam Tamimi on Twitter

September 24, 2019, 7:52 pm

Infamous anti-Zionist claims Israel plotting to destroy Dome of the Rock

Miko Peled addresses sparsely attended Israel-bashing fringe event at Brighton's Labour conference

By Jenni Frazer at Labour Conference

Omar Barghouti (Source: Screenshot from Youtube interview with the Guardian)

September 20, 2019, 1:57 pm

BDS founder Omar Barghouti won’t attend Labour conference after visa delay

Anti-Israel activist was due to speak at a fringe event alongside Diane Abbott, Len McCluskey and Lisa Nandy, with his supporters branding the decision 'abnormal'

By Jewish News Reporter

Vandalism covered up (Twitter/@DavidYabo)

September 9, 2019, 12:25 pm

‘Free Palestine’ spray-painted on Barcelona’s largest synagogue

Synagogue of the Jewish Community of Barcelona vandalised with anti-Israel graffiti, as the action is branded 'reflecting a racist mentality'

By JTA

August 21, 2019, 10:09 am

Trump: US Jews who vote Democrat being ‘disloyal’ to Israel

British Jewish leaders slam the president for a classic antisemitic trope after a rant against US Congresswomen who oppose both him and Israeli policies towards Palestinians

By Jewish News Reporter

August 15, 2019, 11:52 am

OPINION: Israel boycotts are like a multi-headed Hydra

Maths Professor Zvi Ziegler reflects on the impact of BDS for Israeli academics, which has 'caused limited damage'

By Zvi Ziegler

August 13, 2019, 10:50 am

21 Israeli MKs say two-state solution is ‘far more dangerous’ to Israel than BDS

Group of right-wing lawmakers respond to Congress after it passed a bill which condemned the boycott, divestment and sanctions movement

By JTA

July 31, 2019, 3:49 pm

Layla Moran: Battling antisemitism while fighting for my Palestinian family

One of the Liberal Democrats' rising stars chats about Jeremy Corbyn, BDS, how her heritage informs her politics and why she doesn't pay attention to George Galloway

By Justin Cohen

July 25, 2019, 3:21 pm

JN meets… Ido Aharoni: the ‘nation brander’ intent on making Israel cool

People around the world can’t connect with Israel because it’s being defined only through the political prism. We chat to a top diplomat about changing perceptions

By Jenni Frazer

July 8, 2019, 4:16 pm

Arab-Israeli MK calls for settlement boycott during Palestine Expo

Yousef Jabareen says states have 'all the tools to deal with war crimes' including action against West Bank-made products and companies operating in the territory

By Jewish News Reporter

Screenshot from Twitter of the anti-Israel protest and counter-demo in Dam Square

July 2, 2019, 2:30 pm

Anti-Israel protesters end rallies at Amsterdam’s WWII memorial

Leader of Holland’s BDS campaign announced that regular protests at Dam Square are off, citing opponents’ 'aggression and intimidation'

By JTA

Reichstag building in Berlin, seat of the Bundestag

July 2, 2019, 11:06 am

OPINION: How BDS in Germany comes from a well of antisemitism

After the Bundestag passed a bill that says BDS is akin to antisemitism, CAMERA on Campus UK's Natalia Gutman reflects on roots the anti-Israel movement in Germany

By Natalia Gutman

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