divestment and sanctions

Image of a banner reading ‘Stop Arming Israel’ by the student-led BDS campaign at the University of Manchester on 3 March 2017 (BDS Campaign University of Manchester/Facebook)
The University of Manchester has come under sharp criticism for its decision to discipline two students for their role in the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) campaign during Israel Apartheid Week earlier this month.

Hugh Lanning addresses a Palestine Solidarity Campaign rally in the UK in 2014. (Photo: PSC/flickr)
A British activist who advocates boycotting Israel over its occupation of Palestinian territory has been denied entry to the country, authorities said Monday.
Hugh Lanning, the chair of the London-based Palestine Solidarity Campaign (PSC), was denied entry on Sunday night at Ben Gurion airport in Tel Aviv over his “ongoing actions to promote boycotts against Israel,” a statement from the immigration authority said.

Students tape their mouths shut in support for Steve Salaita, a professor who lost his job offer from the University of Illinois over Tweets critical of Israel that critics deemed anti-Semitic, during a rally at the University of Illinois campus Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2014, in Champaign Ill. (AP/Seth Perlman)

Students protest against Fordham University’s decision to block Students for Justice in Palestine from registering as an on-campus student group. (Photo: Bud Korotzer)

Big donor money is leading to a growing number of efforts to legislate BDS out of existence.
TORONTO, Canada – The Ontario provincial legislature has passed a symbolic motion condemning the growing Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement – a move Palestinian rights activists in Canada say aims to stifle criticism of Israeli human rights violations.

(ANTIMEDIA) New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo has launched what has been described as a blatantly unconstitutional attack on freedom of speech. He has also been accused of establishing a dangerous precedent reminiscent of McCarthyism.

Seize the moment! There was never a better moment for the BDS (Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions) movement to mass-mobilise for a mega-campaign to not only impact more heavily on the lawless Israeli state.

After 66 years of brutal occupation “peace talks without applying the principles of International Law are an exercise in delusion”

Photo collage critical of Scarlett Johansson collected online.
 
by Ali Abunimah         Electronic Intifada