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Supporters of Samidoun, a Palestinian BDS group that advocates for prisoners, hold a rally. Credit: Samidoun via Facebook.

PayPal among online payment platforms that shut down services to BDS group with terror...

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PayPal has joined other major online payment systems in shutting down services to the BDS group Samidoun, which has close ties with Palestinian terror groups. Over the last several weeks, the International Legal Forum, along...
Madonna performing during her MDNA Tour 2012 at Key Arena in Seattle. Credit: Ronald Woan via Wikimedia Commons.

Madonna pushes back against BDS pressure to boycott Eurovision

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In a statement to Reuters today, popular music icon Madonna pushed back against Boycott, Divest and Sanction (BDS) pressure to boycott the Eurovision Song Contest in Israel, where she is scheduled to make a...
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Report: Bot accounts promoting Twitter campaign to boycott Eurovision

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Hundreds of fake and bot accounts have been promoting a Twitter campaign calling on artists and others to boycott this month’s Eurovision song contest in Israel, according to a report by the country’s Ministry...
KISS frontman Gene Simmons is one of 100 artists calling for the rejection of boycotting Eurovision 2019 in Israel. Credit: Alberto Cabello/Flickr.

Gene Simmons among 100 artists supporting Eurovision contest against Israeli boycott

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More than 100 artists, including KISS frontman Gene Simmons and television-reality star Sharon Osbourne, have signed a statement against calls for boycotting the Eurovision song competition next month in Tel Aviv. “We believe that unifying events, such...
Supporters of Samidoun, a Palestinian BDS group that advocates for prisoners, hold a rally. Credit: Samidoun via Facebook.

International funding platforms are severing ties with BDS-affiliated organizations

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Several international funding platforms are severing ties with the BDS organization Samidoun after its purported ties to a Palestinian terrorist group. According to an email obtained by JNS from the International Legal Forum, PayPal said...
Irish singer Sarah McTernan. Credit: Screenshot.

LGBTQ performers to boycott Eurovision with alternative online musical broadcast

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A number of music and drag performers who identify as LGBTQ will skip this year’s Eurovision song contest in Israel and instead be part of an alternative online broadcast, exemplifying and in support of...
A view of the BDS National Conference held in Ramallah in the West Bank in March 2019. Credit: BDS National Committee via Facebook.

Sixth BDS national conference sheds light on movement’s intentions and terrorist affiliates

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At the sixth BDS National Conference on March 16 in Ramallah, the BDS National Committee presented a comprehensive 2019-2020 strategic plan for the movement, focusing on expanding boycott practices, implementing a strict “anti-normalization” policy...
Omar Barghouti. Photo by Kevin Van Den. Flickr/Creative Commons.

United States denies entry to BDS founder and leader Omar Barghouti

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Omar Barghouti, founder and leader of the anti-Israel Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement, was denied from entering the United States on Wednesday. He was informed by airline staff at Ben-Gurion International Airport in Israel that...
UC Santa Barbara Library. Credit: UCSB Library/Flickr.

Unlike other UC university branches, Santa Barbara rejects anti-Israel resolution

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After more than nine hours of debate, students at the University of California, Santa Barbara, rejected a resolution early Thursday morning that, had it passed, would have followed other student governments in the University of California...
The Arts Quad at Cornell University, with McGraw Tower in background. Credit: Eustress via Wikimedia Commons.

Israeli student at Cornell told by pro-Palestinian campus group to ‘quit complaining’

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An Israeli student at Cornell University whose home was hit by a rocket launched by Hamas from Gaza was told in a Facebook comment by a pro-Palestinian campus group to “quit complaining about how...