Africa’s biggest street art festival drops Israeli sponsorship following artists protest
Organizers of the annual International Public Arts Festival being held in South Africa have dropped Israeli sponsorship for the event following sustained pressure from the South African BDS chapter.
COP26: At Glasgow, people’s movements call for systemic change
While the world’s leaders traded in vague promises, people’s movements hit the streets of Glasgow to demand systemic and structural solutions to mitigate the impact of climate change
Court declares anti-BDS law in State of Georgia unconstitutional
A district court delivered the judgement on a case filed by journalist Abby Martin who was not allowed to speak at an event at Georgia Southern University after she refused to sign an undertaking agreeing to distance herself from the BDS movement
Europe’s top human rights court overturns French conviction of BDS activists
A French court had convicted 11 BDS activists for ‘incitement to economic discrimination’ after they organized a boycott protest against Israel outside a supermarket in France during the Israeli invasion of Gaza in 2009-10
Bernie Sanders to skip AIPAC conference over political reasons
Bernie Sanders has objected to the pro-Israel lobby group’s history of offering a platform for “intolerance” and “bigotry” directed against the Palestinian people
Profiteering from war-crime: UN shames 112 companies operating in illegal Israeli settlements
Apoorva Gautam, South Asia Coordinator of the Boycott, Divestments, and Sanctions (BDS) movement, talks about the list and its implications.
Israel-India Military Relations: Ideological Paradigms of Security
The cooperation between India and Israel has deepened under the current regime, and the volume of arms import by India reflects that, along with growing security cooperation.
Israeli Supreme court approves deportation of HRW’s Omar Shakir for alleged BDS activity
Shakir has been ordered to leave the country by the interior ministry, which has applied the 2017 amendment to the 2011 Prevention of Entry into Israel law, for the first time. He is accused of being involved in BDS activity
University backs down after Indian students’ protest
The protests started when students who were peacefully protesting against the university’s collaboration with the Israeli state were given a show-cause notice.
Writers condemn withdrawal of Nelly Sachs award conferred on Kamila Shamsie
The German city of Dortmund withdrew the award it had conferred on Kamila Shamsie, citing her support to the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement
US states bring in anti-BDS laws, encourage Israeli occupation
27 states of the United States have introduced laws and policies to outlaw the boycott of Israel, despite federal courts in three states having already ruled such laws as unconstitutional.
Israel bars entry of Muslim US legislators Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib
The two legislators were set to travel to the Israeli-occupied Palestinian territories in the West Bank and East Jerusalem next week
- Anti-fascists in Serbia slam bid to rehabilitate notorious Chetnik commander
- On hunger strike for 162 days, Khalil Awawdeh’s health deteriorates in Israeli prison
- UNAMA condemns series of terror attacks in Afghanistan, calls for more security
- Iran awaits US response to its demands in latest move to revive the nuclear deal
- Fight breaks out among Saudi-led coalition forces in Yemen’s Shabwah province
