Welcome to the Forward‘s coverage of BDS – the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement, which seeks to pressure Israel to change its approach to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
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Breaking News Pharrell Williams Faces BDS Boycott in South Africa Over Woolworths Ties
Organizers of a concert by the American pop star Pharrell Williams have abandoned their legal action against pro-Palestinian demonstrators protesting against his presence there. The Sun International hotel group launched an urgent court interdict on Monday to limit the number of protesters outside Williams’ Sept. 21 concert in Cape Town, according to ewn.co.za. But the…
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Breaking News Iceland Government Backs Away From Capital City’s Israel Boycott
The national government of Iceland said it does not support a decision by Reykjavik, its capital city, to boycott Israeli products. Iceland’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Thursday said the resolution approved by the City Council of Reykjavik earlier this week is “not in line” with its foreign policy, the Times of Israel reported. The…
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Breaking News Iceland Capital City Will Boycott Israeli Goods
In a move described as symbolic, the municipal government of Iceland’s capital city announced a boycott of all Israeli products. The Reykjavik City Council passed a resolution Tuesday saying that the municipality would not purchase any Israeli goods “as long as the occupation of Palestinian territories continues,” Iceland Magazine reported. In an explanatory memo, the…
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News Who is Behind Canary Mission Website Targeting Pro-BDS Activists?
A shadowy website that posts dossiers on pro-Palestinian student activists has grown rapidly in recent months, while continuing to zealously guard the identity of its own staff and backers. Since a Forward report drew international attention to the Canary Mission this past May, the number of students and other pro-Palestinian activists on whom it has…
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Breaking News Ahava Cosmetics Bought by Chinese Amid BDS Worries
Chinese business conglomerate has agreed to become the majority shareholder of the Israeli Ahava Dead Sea minerals cosmetics company for close to $76.5 million. The final number of shares China’s Fosun International will buy has yet to be determined, but the company, mainland China’s largest private-owned conglomerate, signed an agreement to become the majority owner,…
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Opinion Excommunicating Pro-BDS Jews Is a Huge Strategic Mistake
This month, we at Congregation Beth Shalom Rodfe Zedek in Connecticut did something that most synagogues and Jewish organizations have refused to do: We held a forum about the movement to boycott, divest from and sanction Israel (BDS) with participants from pro-BDS Jewish Voice for Peace and from anti-BDS J Street. Lightning didn’t strike, and…
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Breaking News U.S. National Industrial Union Endorses BDS of Israel
A U.S. national industrial union accused Israel of ethnic cleansing and voted to support the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement. The United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers union voted on the resolutions on Aug. 20 during its national convention, the union reported on its website Friday. The resolutions involving Israel and the Palestinians were voted…
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Breaking News British Jews Seek To Block Leicester Ban on Settlement Products
A British Jewish group asked the country’s high court to review a municipality’s decision last year to support a boycott of products from the West Bank. Jonathan Neumann, director of Jewish Human Rights Watch — a group devoted to monitoring efforts to boycott Israel — earlier this month filed with the High Court of Justice…
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