Tag: BDS Movement
Mila Kunis among 200 stars who sign letter rejecting cultural boycott of Israel
More than 200 celebrities and leaders in the entertainment industry signed a letter rejecting a cultural boycott of the Tel Aviv LGBTQ+ film festival.
The open letter, an initiative by Creative Community for Peace, comes in...
New York to divest $111 million from Unilever over Ben & Jerry’s Israel boycott
New York has announced that it is pulling $111 million in investments from Unilever, the parent company of Ben & Jerry’s, over the ice cream makers decision to boycott Israeli settlements earlier this year.
The...
Virginia Tech graduate senate OKs BDS resolution, accuses Israel of ‘ethnic cleansing’
The Graduate and Professional Student Senate at the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech) in Blacksburg, Va., passed a resolution on Oct. 21 endorsing BDS.
It calls for the boycott of “all Israeli academic institutions...
Watchdog: New Israel Fund collaborating with pro-BDS groups
The New Israel Fund has increased its funding of a series of left-wing organizations and Palestinian aid groups, at least one of which has ties to an organization that supports the BDS movement, according...
Report: 89 percent of Netflix ‘Palestinian Stories’ directed by BDS backers
Nearly 90 percent of the Palestinian films in a collection launched last week by Netflix are directed by BDS supporters, Israeli NGO Im Tirtzu reported on Monday.
The collection, titled “Palestinian Stories,” is made of up...
BDS groups, activists likely behind campaign targeting Google, Amazon to cancel contract with Israel
Anti-Israel BDS groups and activists appear to be behind a purportedly grassroots anonymous letter of hundreds of Google and Amazon employees demanding that the tech giants cancel Project Nimbus, a billion-dollar contract to provide public cloud...
Watchdog group starts media campaign urging stores to stop selling Ben & Jerry’s
The Simon Wiesenthal Center has launched an ad campaign in Jewish newspapers urging stores to stop selling Ben & Jerry’s ice-cream as a means to pressure its parent company, Unilever, to confront anti-Semitism within...
Author Sally Rooney won’t allow Hebrew translation of book, citing support for BDS
An Irish author announced that she will only sell the Hebrew translation rights of her new novel if she can find a publishing house that adheres to the guidelines of the anti-Israel BDS movement.
Sally...
Israel’s US envoy blasts ‘ignorant and hypocritical’ Ben & Jerry’s founders
Israel’s Ambassador to the United States and the United Nations blasted the founders of ice-cream manufacturer Ben & Jerry’s on Monday, saying their remarks in an interview published the day before displayed “ignorance and...
What’s behind the obsession with US aid to Israel?
While Vice President Kamala Harris has been conspicuously absent from her alleged role in securing the nation’s border, she did find time recently for an impromptu visit with students at George Mason University in...