Jewish groups livid after Green party passes BDS motion
Jewish community groups are not mincing words in response to the Green party’s decision to pass a resolution that supports the boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) campaign against Israel, which is now official party policy, despite leader Elizabeth May’s opposition. In May, the party announced that it would table two resolutions at its August convention […]
New Black Lives Movement platform harshly critical of Israel
While the section addresses other foreign policy issues, particularly the movement’s objections to the drug war and the war on terror, it criticizes no foreign country other than Israel
British Labour MP resigns after call to relocate Israelis to US
Naz Shah will stay on as a member of Parliament, where she serves on the House of Commons’ Home Affairs Committee investigating the rise of anti-Semitism in Britain
Jewish anti-Israel activists arrested at Passover protests
The activists were protesting on behalf of IfNotNow, a group co-founded by Bernie Sanders’ (former) Jewish outreach director Simone Zimmerman
Egyptian officials slam Lionel Messi as ‘Jewish,’ ‘Zionist’
“I know he’s Jewish, he donates to Israel and visited the Wailing Wall and whatever … we don’t need his shoe and Egypt’s poor don’t need help from someone with Jewish or Zionist citizenship,” said an Egyptian MP
Vandals tear down signs for Israel exhibit at the Louvre
The vandalism occurred Sunday morning on the French capital’s subway
Reports: Britain pulls funding from charity sponsoring anti-Israel events
The government’s Department for International Development pulled its funding of the human rights organization War On Want, according to reports
Julien Bauer un ardent défenseur d’Israël
Réflexions du Professeur Julien Bauer sur les campagnes BDS dans les Universités
BDS activists plaster anti-Israel labels on Israeli products in Calgary, Vancouver
The labels were immediately removed by staff
Anti-Zionist group protests lectures by far-right UK politician
The Toronto event featuring Paul Weston, titled “The threat of radical Islamic immigration and the erosion of our freedoms,” drew around 150 attendees, and 30 protesters
