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Professor Oded Goldreich. Source: Twitter.

Education minister denies Israel Prize to professor who supports university boycott

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Israel’s Minister of Education Yifat Shaha-Biton announced on Thursday that an Israeli professor who signed a petition calling for a boycott of Ariel University Center of Samaria will not receive the Israel Prize. In doing...
A Ben & Jerry's ice-cream shop in Australia. Credit: Enchanted_Fairy/Shutterstock.

Republican attorneys general discuss countering Ben & Jerry’s boycott against Israel

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Representatives from 11 Republican state attorney general offices in the United States met in Washington, D.C., this week to discuss how to address Ben & Jerry’s refusal to sell products in the West Bank...
Miss Universe Andrea Meza from Mexico. Source: Twitter.

Reigning ‘Miss Universe’ rejects calls to boycott Israel-hosted pageant

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The reigning “Miss Universe” came out on Wednesday against the pressure on contestants to boycott the beauty pageant, which is being held for the first time in Israel next month. “Everyone with different beliefs, with different backgrounds,...
Lalela Mswane, Miss South Africa 2021. Source: Lalela Mswane/Twitter.

BDS supporters harass Miss South Africa on competing in Israel-hosted pageant

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The beauty queen who will represent South Africa in the 2021 “Miss Universe” pageant set to take place in the southern Israeli resort city of Eilat is facing online harassment by supporters of the BDS movement...
Mila Kunis. Credit: Tinseltown/Shutterstock.

Mila Kunis among 200 stars who sign letter rejecting cultural boycott of Israel

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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...
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech). Credit: Andriy Blokhin/Shutterstock.

Virginia Tech graduate senate OKs BDS resolution, accuses Israel of ‘ethnic cleansing’

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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...
The Google logo on one of the buildings of Googleplex, the company's main campus in Silicon Valley. Credit: Sundry Photography/Shutterstock.

BDS groups, activists likely behind campaign targeting Google, Amazon to cancel contract with Israel

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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...
The Google logo on one of the buildings of Googleplex, the company's main campus in Silicon Valley. Credit: Sundry Photography/Shutterstock.

Google, Amazon workers call to cancel billion-dollar Israel contract

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Hundreds of Google and Amazon employees have signed a public letter demanding that the tech giants cancel Project Nimbus, a billion-dollar contract to provide public cloud computing services to Israel. In the letter, published by The...
Israeli Ambassador to the U.N. Gilad Erdan, in his first address to the Security Council, Oct. 26, 2020. Source: Facebook/Gilad Erdan.

Israel’s US envoy blasts ‘ignorant and hypocritical’ Ben & Jerry’s founders

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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...
U.S. and Texas state flags flying on the dome of the Texas State Capitol building in Austin. Credit: CrackerClips Stock Media/Shutterstock.

Texas adds Ben & Jerry’s, Unilever to list of companies boycotting Israel

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The ice-cream company Ben & Jerry’s and its British parent company Unilever have officially been added to the list of companies in Texas that boycott Israel, announced Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar on Thursday. Under Chapter 808, Texas law...