Boycott

Father Ted and Father Dougal perform “My Lovely Horse” in the Eurovision-themed episode A Song for Europe. Credit: Channel 4 / Hat Trick Productions

May 13, 2026, 1:49 pm

RTE using Father Ted as ‘tool of antisemitic harassment’, says Graham Linehan

Broadcaster says sitcom will replace Eurovision coverage as petition against RTE director-general passes 700 signatures

By JN Reporter

May 6, 2026, 10:25 am

A best-selling novelist identified a minor character as Israeli. Some fans are cancelling their orders

RF Kuang’s critics say the character “normalises” a country they oppose

By Jackie Hajdenberg

Yuval Raphael representing Israel in Eurovision in Switzerland. Credit: Jens Buttner/dpa/Alamy Live News

April 17, 2026, 12:14 pm

More than 1,000 celebrities back Israel’s Eurovision inclusion amid boycott calls

High-profile figures sign an open letter defending Israel’s place in contest as pressure mounts to exclude it

By Annabel Sinclair

Campaigners filmed walking door to door in Sheffield’s Woodseats area during an anti-Israel boycott canvassing operation.

February 18, 2026, 8:52 am

Doorstep Israel boycott groups face data law scrutiny over recording political views

Data watchdog guidance raises legal questions after activists admit recording household responses

By Annabel Sinclair

Israel Bobsleigh team (Credit: Twitter/ AJ Edelman)

January 26, 2026, 10:22 am

Cool Runnings, Cold Reality: Israel’s determination to compete in world sports

Bobsleighs, boycotts, and the quiet defiance of Jewish sport, from the Olympics to football and everything in between

By Leo Pearlman

Israel's Yuval Raphael at the 2025 Eurovision Song Contest

December 11, 2025, 12:24 pm

The staggering hypocrisy of boycotting Eurovision

Boycotting musical performers because they happen to target ordinary citizens because of the country they happen to have been born in, or the passport they hold

By Ben Kentish

December 4, 2025, 6:14 pm

Israel WILL participate in Eurovision 2026 – Netherlands, Spain and Ireland to boycott

Slovenia and Iceland are also expected to join a boycott of the international song competition after a secret ballot on Israel's participation was not held

By Daniel Sugarman

Sharon Osbourne and Debra Messing are among the stars opposing a boycott of Israeli film. Photo Credit:
Creative Commons / Wikimedia

September 25, 2025, 5:37 pm

Sharon Osbourne and Debra Messing among 1,200 stars rejecting boycott of Israeli film industry

Open letter condemns boycott pledge as antisemitic censorship, with Hollywood and global leaders backing Israeli filmmakers

By Annabel Sinclair

July 11, 2025, 4:53 pm

London venue denies dropping Israeli LGBTQ+ themed musical due to boycott threat

The Phoenix Arts Club, which abruptly cancelled the event, said it received queries about the 'musical having potential anti-LGBTQ+ themes

By Jewish News Reporter

Vylan seems to have learned little from Dylan

July 2, 2025, 1:02 pm

Brewery apologises for its owner CONDEMNING ‘death to the IDF’ chants

Moor Brewery in Bristol found itself facing a wide-ranging boycott in the city after Justin Hawke condemned 'hypocrisy' from music fans

By Daniel Sugarman

Oi Va Voi. Photo Credit: Tariana Gorilovsky

May 21, 2025, 4:49 pm

Top UK klezmer group has Bristol gig cancelled due to Israeli members

Oi Va Voi announced that tonight's concert at the Strange Brew in Bristol had been cancelled after activists pressured the venue due to 'the ethnicity of some of our members'

By Daniel Sugarman

Israeli musician Dudu Tassa, left, shown with Jonny Greenwood. (Shin Katan)

May 6, 2025, 8:03 am

Jonny Greenwood condemns ‘censorship’ and ‘intimidation’ after concerts cancelled

Radiohead star and fellow musician Dudu Tassa issue statement after anti-Israel protesters force gigs in Bristol and London to be pulled

By Justin Cohen

May 4, 2025, 6:14 pm

Concerts by Radiohead’s Jonny Greenwood and Israeli artist Dudu Tassa cancelled

Boycott campaign celebrates removal of gigs in Bristol and London

By Jewish News Reporter

October 14, 2024, 4:27 pm

South Welsh Jewish community ‘deeply disturbed’ as Plaid Cymru calls for arms ban

All four of its MPs also called for a sporting and economic boycott over the war in Gaza in a vote at the party's conference on Saturday

By Michelle Rosenberg

March 14, 2024, 2:02 pm

Literary magazine drops Israeli writer’s peace essay

Fifteen staffers at Guernica online magazine resign and denounce essay as colonialist

By Jenni Frazer

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