Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions

December 24, 2018 | Benjamin Weinthal |

German court upholds Munich’s ban of antisemitic BDS campaign

Munich's city council passed in December 2017 a law outlawing BDS events in public facilities due to the antisemitic nature of the campaign against the Jewish state.

December 14, 2018 | David May |

Illinois Moves to Blacklist Airbnb

Following a request by Governor Bruce Rauner, the Illinois Investment Policy Board (IIPB) on Wednesday unanimously voted to...

December 6, 2018 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Public Security Minister Erdan urges German bank to close BDS accounts

Bank provides account to NGO that promotes website comparing Israel with Nazis

October 16, 2018 | Benjamin Weinthal |

‘Anti-racism’ rally in Berlin calls for destruction of Israel

Demonstrators at the march hoisted symbols in support of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine.

October 12, 2018 | Benjamin Weinthal

German-Iranian consultant resigns from pro-Iran group

Pro-Israel Iranian exposed alleged IRGC business

October 12, 2018 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Post Exposé causes German city to remove BDS advertisement

When the Post clicked on the link to the now-defunct Palestine Committee entry, the page reads "Page not found."

October 10, 2018 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Boycott-Israel activists disrupt Holocaust film in Berlin

The activists could be seen on a video holding a sign that read, “No culture in whitewashing Apartheid.”

October 8, 2018 | Benjamin Weinthal |

German politician who said Israel executes Palestinians urged to resign

Social Democratic Union legislator accused of ‘making Jew-hatred respectable’.

October 7, 2018 | Benjamin Weinthal |

German city promotes boycott-Israel group on its website

The city’s promotion of the pro-BDS group comes in stark contrast to the anti-BDS resolution passed on Sunday by the state’s Green Party at its conference.

October 4, 2018 | Benjamin Weinthal

German Bank Transferred Nearly $44,000 to Terrorist Group Hamas

The reaction from the authorities was too late, the remaining balance was roughly $124 for the Hamas account at the bank.

October 1, 2018 | Benjamin Weinthal |

German state commissioner against antisemitism wants BDS account closed

“Because the state parliament of Baden-Württemberg rejected the BDS campaign, I would like to speak to the state's bank" he said

September 24, 2018 | Benjamin Weinthal |

German bank under fire for strengthening antisemitism and hatred of Israel

Whoever actively supports antisemitic organizations such as BDS contributes to the further strengthening of antisemitism.

September 22, 2018 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Israel slams German academy hosting of Hezbollah, Hamas, BDS supporters

"It is quite clear that is an event whose aim and purpose is Israel hatred under guise of a pseudo academia."

September 21, 2018 | Benjamin Weinthal

EXCLUSIVE: PayPal shuts German NGO account with links to Palestinian terrorists

The US online payment service PayPal has closed the account of the Germany-based NGO International Alliance – an organization that sympathizes with the Popular Front for the Liberation of P...

September 20, 2018 | Benjamin Weinthal |

German state parliament bans BDS while anti-Israel bank defies resolution

The parliament of Germany’s most populous state North Rhine-Westphalia slammed the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions campaign targeting the Jewish state as ...

September 17, 2018 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Prominent German Jews want JNF to close account with BDS-enabling bank

The German branch of the Jewish National Fund has been swept up in a widening antisemitism scandal because it won’t immediately close its account with the Bank for Social Economy that enabl...

September 17, 2018 | Benjamin Weinthal |

French payment service supports BDS, defies anti-bias law

The online payment service HelloAsso announced that it will continue to provide services to boycott Israel organizations whose accounts were shut down by ...

September 13, 2018 | Benjamin Weinthal

Berlin-financed NGO Cancels Talk with ‘Antisemitic’ Activist Manal Tamimi

An Iranian refugee NGO that is financed by the capital municipality canceled an event with the allegedly antisemitic Palestinian and pro-BDS activist Manal Tamimi, Berlin’s cultural senator...

September 12, 2018 | Benjamin Weinthal |

German Governor Opens Israel Office, Refuses to Ban Hezbollah, Iran Trade

Armin Laschet, the powerful governor of the largest German state North ...

September 6, 2018 | Benjamin Weinthal |

German Festival Kicks Out Pro-BDS Musician Brian Eno

The Electricity Conference in the city of Düsseldorf disinvited the anti-Israel British musician and producer Brian Eno on Tuesday from its slated October event because of his advocacy of th...