Tag: Boycott
Barcelona mayor cancels meeting with Israeli official sans explanation
Fleur Hassan-Nahoum, the deputy mayor of Jerusalem, was slated to meet in Madrid with the Spanish capital’s mayor on Wednesday. The mayor ended up being sick, so she met with deputy mayor Inma Sanz.
In Madrid,...
New York court rejects suit against Unilever over Ben & Jerry’s Israel boycott
A Manhattan judge dismissed a lawsuit against Unilever on Tuesday that claimed the company misled U.S. investors by not immediately disclosing a decision by its Ben & Jerry's unit to stop selling ice-cream in...
After calling Israel ‘racist state,’ Rep. Jayapal says ‘idea of Israel’ not racist
As protesters with Palestinian flags disrupted a Saturday keynote with several members of Congress at the Netroots Nation conference, Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.) sought to placate the Israel critics.
"I want you to know that...
Companies Morningstar still flags for operating in Judea, Samaria deal in infrastructure
Morningstar trimmed a list of companies it flags for doing business in Israel-controlled territory from 26 to seven, JNS reported exclusively last week. Now, a JNS analysis and conversations with the Chicago-based investment giant shed light...
Anti-BDS bill advances in House of Commons
Britain's House of Commons passed in its second reading a bill that would bar public bodies from boycotting foreign states that the UK government hasn’t sanctioned.
The measure passed by 268 votes to 70 in the 650-member...
New Hampshire becomes 37th state to take action against Israel boycotters
New Hampshire became the 37th U.S. state to put an anti-BDS action on its books.
Republican Gov. Chris Sununu signed an executive order on Thursday barring the state from investing in companies that boycott Israel...
Florida to investigate Morningstar for potential BDS practices
The Florida agency responsible for investing state and local government assets confirmed to JNS that it is opening an investigation into potential boycott Israel (BDS) practices by the investment firm Morningstar and its subsidiary...
Anti-haredi sentiment and the boycott of Angel Bakeries
As the leaders of Israel’s protest movement have acknowledged, judicial-reform legislation is only part of the impetus for the demonstrations. This is why the pause in the process to enable negotiations didn’t cause them...
Law students at UC Berkeley declare ‘victory’ for BDS
A group of anti-Israel law students at the University of California, Berkeley, are celebrating what they are calling a “victory” on campus after convincing a number of other student groups to support the BDS...
Ben & Jerry’s, Unilever fail to settle lawsuit with mediation
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...