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Unprecedented blow to funding genocide: No sale of Israel bonds in the EU since September 1st 2026
Both Ireland and Luxembourg have stopped facilitating the sale of Israel bonds in the European Union in 2026, and as a result Israel bonds have not been sold in the EU since September 1st. BDS salutes this important development and calls for sustained and intensified pressure on all EU member states now to end complicity in Israel’s genocide and atrocity crimes against the Palestinian people.
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“Gravest crime against humanity”, UNGA formally recognizes chattel slavery and calls for reparatory justice.
The BDS movement calls for implementation of historic UN General Assembly resolution on chattel slavery.
Marc Lamont Hill: Why I Applaud The NFL Players Who Spoke Out Against Israel
Eleven NFL players were recently invited on an all-expenses paid trip to Israel. Although they all initially accepted the invitation, only five...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Only BDS Can Force Israel to Prove It's a Democracy for Its Arab Citizens Too
Several commentators and politicians have rushed to utilize the appointment of Professor Michael Karayanni to the deanship of Israel's Hebrew...