Tag: Boycott
Ayelet Shaked visits Ben & Jerry’s Israel factory in show of support
Israeli Interior Minister Ayelet Shaked on Wednesday visited the Ben & Jerry’s factory in Israel in a show of support of its CEO, Avi Zinger, who is fighting the parent company’s recent decision to...
Ben & Jerry’s boycott ripples through Jewish world, mixed with legal threats
The fallout over the decision by Ben & Jerry’s to no longer sell its products in what the company calls “occupied Palestinian territory,” which includes parts of Jerusalem, immediately rippled throughout the Jewish world, with Israel’s...
America’s largest teachers union to vote on boycott of Israel, Palestinian statehood
At its annual conference this week, the National Education Association (NEA), the nation’s largest teachers union, will debate and decide on whether to adopt two resolutions—one boycotting Israel and another to recognize Palestinian statehood.
The...
Canada’s leading labor union secretly passes resolution to boycott Israel
Canada’s largest labor union adopted “behind closed doors” a motion last week that supports a boycott of Israel after the resolution initially failed to garner support among members.
The Canadian Labour Congress (CLC) held its...
Pro-BDS group blocks Israeli ship from unloading in Oakland
Hundreds of anti-Israel protesters prevented the unloading of an Israeli container ship from Asia at the Port of Oakland, Calif., on Friday, with the cooperation of the local longshoremen’s union, which refused to unload...
Canadian court overturns barring ‘product of Israel’ labels on Judea, Samaria wine
A Canadian federal appeals court reversed a lower court’s decision that barred “Product of Israel” labels for wines produced in Judea and Samaria.
In July of 2020, the Federal Court of Canada had ruled that it was...
US takes ‘principled decision‘ in skipping anti-Semitic Durban conference
Jewish leaders on Wednesday praised the Biden administration for announcing that the United States will not participate in upcoming events commemorating the 20th anniversary of the Durban Declaration and Program of Action.
On Wednesday, Conference...
Canada’s third-largest party endorses boycott of Israel
Members of Canada’s progressive New Democratic Party (NDP) have voted overwhelmingly to endorse a boycott against Israel during its recent party convention.
At its virtual party convention on April 10, the NDP—the third-largest party in...
Gulf states reach deal to end blockade against Qatar
The Gulf states have reached an agreement to end the three-year-old boycott of Qatar, announced Kuwait’s foreign minister on Monday.
White House senior adviser and presidential son-in-law Jared Kushner helped negotiate the settlement, a senior...
Should the UN ‘blacklist’ be taken seriously?
With the February 2020 publication by the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights of a “blacklist” of Israeli and other commercial enterprises functioning in the territories, several questions have arisen as to whether...