News type: Analysis
The Reason for Israel’s Hysterical Response to the UN Security Council Resolution
Since last week, we have seen a unique sequence of events, some unprecedented and others less so, that have brought the Palestine-Israel issue back...
Thatcherism returns: UK councils banned from divesting from occupation
The UK government’s attack on local democracy and the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement has intensified in recent weeks. The...
We’re American Jewish Historians. This Is Why We’ve Left Zionism Behind
When I was asked to run as a delegate on the progressive Hatikva platform to the 2010 World Zionist Congress, I encountered my personal rubicon, the...
Christian leaders refuse to be silenced in struggle for Palestinian rights
As is well-known by now, the unilateral decision of New York governor Andrew Cuomo to create a blacklist of businesses and organizations abiding by...
Andrew Cuomo’s BDS Blacklist Is a Clear Violation of the First Amendment
G overnors have significant authority in issuing executive orders, and in many situations, they do so to circumvent legislative roadblocks. But...
I’m Jewish, and I want people to boycott Israel
In 2009, I was living in Tel Aviv during Operation Cast Lead. During that offensive, Israel killed about 1,400 Palestinians in Gaza. When small...
Europe still funding Israeli torture, drones and racial profiling
As European leaders are gathered in Brussels to discuss the future of the EU, they would be well advised to put into effect values of accountability...
Free speech and justice: Defending the rights of the BDS movement
Jana Tamimi, a 10-year-old journalist-in-the-making from the village of Nabi Saleh in the occupied Palestinian territory, asked me during the latest...
BDS Isn't the Criminal Here
The struggle against the movement to boycott Israel has sunk to a new low – criminalization. From now on it’s not just a propaganda campaign against...
Resist efforts to outlaw BDS, says anti-apartheid veteran Ronnie Kasrils
Anti-apartheid veteran Ronnie Kasrils finds attempts to outlaw boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) activism against Israel “absolutely ludicrous...