Tag: Boycott
Montana ‘going to get some answers’ on firm’s alleged anti-Israel practices
Montana’s attorney general told JNS that the state is “going to get some answers, and I think we’re going to change some behavior here,” after it opened an investigation into potential anti-Israel practices at the major...
Already under multi-state probe, MSCI allegedly penalizes Israeli banks that operate in Judea, Samaria
The state-owned Bank of China operates a branch in the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, where Washington has assessed that China is committing genocide against the ethnic Uyghur population. Still, the major U.S. investment advisory firm MSCI...
B’nai B’rith pushes back against efforts by FIFA to sanction Israeli soccer
B’nai B’rith International sent a letter last week to the leaders of top soccer organizations worldwide, voicing opposition to a campaign led by the Palestinian Football Association to urge FIFA to sanction the Israel Football Association.
FIFA...
Number of Democrat legislators declare plans to skip Netanyahu’s address
Some Congress members announced their intent to boycott Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech on Wednesday afternoon in opposition to Israel’s war to dismantle Hamas in the Gaza Strip.
Senators planning to skip the speech include Sens....
Presbyterian Church rejects Christian Zionism, divests from Israel Bonds
The Presbyterian Church (USA) voted on Monday at its biennial meeting, which is ongoing in Salt Lake City, Utah, to divest from financial bonds in Israel and to denounce Christian Zionism, Religion News Service reported.
The denomination,...
Jewish protesters removed from Johannesburg anti-Israel conference
South African police forcefully removed a group of Jewish protesters from outside the Sandton Convention Centre in Johannesburg on Friday.
The “Global Anti-Apartheid Conference for Palestine” was taking place inside, attended, by invitation only, by...
Behold the 21st-century boycott
Ha’aretz published a long and important article on April 12 that described an “unprecedented global boycott of Israeli academics.” Their report is based on a survey conducted in January by the Israel Young Academy, in which...
Students put on probation, expelled, suspended for Vanderbilt anti-Israel sit-in
Activists who were arrested at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tenn., on March 26 after staging a sit-in in the school’s Kirkland Hall calling for targeting Israel with boycotts have received punishment.
C. Cybele Raver, Vanderbilt’s provost and...
Morningstar suspends Florida library service after state places it on anti-Israel blacklist
Floridians who research stocks and bonds at their local libraries on the investment firm Morningstar’s very widely used site reported being unable to do so recently, the Orlando Sentinel reported.
The Chicago-based firm opted not to renew...
Four colleges in Norway suspend ties with Israeli ones, blaming IDF actions
Four academic institutions in Norway have suspended collaborations with universities in Israel, a development that has direct support from the Palestinian BDS National Committee.
Oslo Metropolitan University has severed connections with Haifa University, saying it would not partner with...