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Ben & Jerry's Israel franchisee Avi Zinger. Credit: Eric Sultan.

Ben & Jerry’s, Unilever fail to settle lawsuit with mediation

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Attempts at mediation in the lawsuit filed by the board of ice-cream maker Ben & Jerry’s against its parent company Unilever for transferring the rights to produce its ice-cream in Israel to an Israeli...
Morningstar financial-services building in downtown Chicago. Credit: Adriana.Macias/Shutterstock.

Jewish groups demand action from Morningstar following anti-Israel bias accusations

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A wide swath of Jewish and pro-Israel organizations sent a letter to Morningstar executive chairman Joseph Mansueto and CEO Kunal Kapoor last week, urging the Chicago-based financial-services company to implement steps to root out anti-Israel bias at one...
Smartphone with webpage of American financial-services company Morningstar Inc. on screen in front of the logo, Feb. 6, 2022. Credit: T. Schneider/Shutterstock.

Questions linger after state board closes investigation into Morningstar for anti-Israel bias

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An Illinois state board tasked with ensuring that public money is not invested in entities that promote boycotts, divestment or sanctions against the State of Israel has faced criticism in recent weeks over its...
United Kingdom Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis arrives at 10 Downing Street in London on May 20, 2021. Credit: ITS/Shutterstock.

UK chief rabbi pushes back against Methodist church’s anti-Israel stance

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Chief Rabbi of the United Kingdom Ephraim Mirvis called on the Methodist community not to support boycotts aimed at Israel after it had demonstrated support for the BDS movement. “I am deeply disappointed and saddened...
Protesters in Berlin hold a Palestinian flag and the initials of the anti-Israel BDS movement while Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was visiting Germany in August 2019. Credit: Israel Hayom.

It’s time to de-normalize ‘Palestinianism’

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Last year, there were nearly 3,000 anti-Semitic attacks in the U.S., an increase of 34% over 2020. In New York City, attacks increased by 409%. This is mirrored in the daily incidents on campus...
A group of pro-Israel and Jewish supporters gathered outside a New York City Council hearing on growing anti-Semitism and CUNY schools, particularly at the law school, on June 30, 2022. Credit: #EndJewHatred.

Hearing gets intense over accusations of growing anti-Semitism at CUNY schools

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The New York City Council postponed an early June hearing on anti-Semitism on college campuses to accommodate the schedule of the chancellor of the City University of New York. At the rescheduled hearing on Thursday, Chancellor Felix...

Unilever ends Judea and Samaria boycott, sells license to Ben & Jerry’s Israel franchisee

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The ice-cream battle between Ben & Jerry’s and its Israeli distributor may have been resolved, but the repercussions continue to reverberate in what many considered a considerable loss for the BDS movement. On Wednesday, Unilever—the parent...
First Amendment abd free speech. Credit; zimmytws/Shutterstock.

Appeals court rules Arkansas anti-BDS law does not violate First Amendment

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In the highest-level challenge yet to American laws prohibiting boycotts of Israel, the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in St. Louis ruled on Wednesday that an Arkansas law limiting state business with those...
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37 members of Congress send letter urging investigation into Boston BDS map

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A bipartisan group from the U.S. House of Representatives is calling for the federal government to investigate the use of the Boston “BDS Map” by violent extremists and terrorists, and boost security for the...
Protesters in Berlin hold a Palestinian flag and the initials of the anti-Israel BDS movement while Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was visiting Germany in August 2019. Credit: Israel Hayom.

Fury over German court’s ‘anti-Semitic’ pro-BDS ruling

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The Stuttgart Administrative Court recently ruled that calls to single out the Jewish state for boycott, divestment and sanctions do not violate Germany’s laws against hate speech and are protected, sparking outrage from critics...