Boycotts of Israel

October 31, 2024 | |

Paris Court Overturns Ban on Israeli Participation in French Arms Fair

A Paris court overturned the French government’s decision to bar Israeli companies from a forthcoming arms fair, dealing a blow to French President Emmanuel Macron, who reportedly...

September 19, 2024 | |

UN Calls to Boycott Israel and Institute Arms Embargo

The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) passed a non-binding resolution on September 18 calling for Israel to withdraw unconditionally from the West Bank, Gaza, and eastern Jerusalem...

May 30, 2019 | Benjamin Weinthal |

German Neo-Nazi Parties Aggressively Push Boycott of Israel

The party Die Rechte (The Right) used an election poster for the weekend's EU parliament vote stating: "Boycott Israel. Stop ethnic cleansing."

June 11, 2018 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Second German Intelligence Report says Anti-Israel Boycott is Antisemitic

A German intelligence agency announced for the second time in 30 days that the boycott, divestment, sanctions (BDS) campaign targeting the Jewish state is an example of contemporary antisemi...

July 3, 2017 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Criminal Complaint Filed Against BDS Activists For Disrupting MK’s Talk

The German-Israel Society branch in Berlin has lodged a criminal complaint against three BDS activists for disrupting a talk at the city’s Humboldt University in late June. The pan...

June 22, 2017 | Benjamin Weinthal |

BDS Activists Launch Tirade Against MK and Holocaust Survivor in Berlin

Anti-Israel activists disrupted on Tuesday a talk by MK Aliza Lavie (Yesh Atid) at Humboldt University in Berlin, in what appears to be a second antisemitic attack at one of Germany’s most...

November 2, 2016 | Jonathan Schanzer

Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement attracting groups with terrorist ties

This week, George Mason University is hosting a conference promoting the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement, an anti-Israel campaign that has recently swelled its ranks by participa...

April 27, 2016 | Benjamin Weinthal

German Pastor declares himself an anti-Semite

A pastor for the Lutheran Church in Bremen, Germany who boasted that he is an anti-Semite has prompted the Simon Wiesenthal Center to call for his dismissal. The pastor, Volker Keller, w...

June 7, 2012 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Neo-Nazis Praise German Mayor for Israel Boycott

The local branch of the neo-Nazi party (NPD) expressed solidarity for the campaign calling for a boycott of Israeli products that is supported by the German city of Jena’s Social Democratic...

February 25, 2004 | Mark Dubowitz National Review Online |

Terrorism on Trial

THE HAGUE–A light snow was falling on the International Court of Justice in the Hague, an imposing building in a fenced, park-like setting. TV cameras perched on the front lawn as hundreds...