Iran’s Role in the Boycott Israel Campaign
The Boycott, Sanctions and Divestment movement, better known by the acronym BDS, targeting Israel has largely been viewed as a Palestinian- and Western European-driven campaign with the alleged g...
Comerica
Israel Urges Irish Bank to Shut Accounts of Boycott Group
The Israeli government is pushing for the closure of scores of bank accounts provided by the Irish banking giant Allied Irish Bank (AIB) that fund the promotion of anti-Israel boycotts....
Op-eds
Follow the Money: The Israel-Boycott Movement and Its Accomplices
Co-authored by Asaf Romirowsky. U.S. banking giant Comerica’s closure of an account earlier this year held by an organization that wages legal and economic warfare against...
Op-eds
Exclusive: Texas Bank Shuts Out Israel Haters
The giant Dallas-based bank Comerica announced on Friday that it will close a bank account held by an anti-Israel organization that promotes boycotting the Jewish state. “Comerica...
Op-eds
Texas Governor Signs Anti-BDS Bill on Israel’s Independence Day
Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed on Tuesday -- Israel's day of independence -- a robust anti-boycott Israel bill into law. The bill bans state entities from engaging in business with organi...
Op-eds
Texas Senate Passes Anti-BDS Bill, Gov. Expected to Sign in May
The Texas Senate passed an anti-boycott Israel bill by a vote of 26-5 on Thursday. The governor of Texas is slated to sign the anti–BDS (Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions) legislation on Is...
Op-eds
Texas House of Representatives Unanimously Passes Anti-BDS Bill
The Texas House of Representatives on Thursday unanimously passed legislation that bars the state from doing business with companies involved in the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement tar...
Op-eds
Texas House Unanimously Passes Anti-BDS Bill
The Texas House State Affairs Committee passed on Wednesday a bill banning state contracts and investments in companies that boycott Israel. The anti-BDS (Boycott, Divestment,Sanctions)...
Op-eds
Anti-BDS Bill Passes in Texas Senate
Texas has been a hotbed of anti-BDS activity in recent days, with the passage of a bill in the Senate on Wednesday that will bar state contracts and investment in companies that boycott Israel, a...
Op-eds
Israel Calls on Banks in Spain, South Africa, US to Shut BDS Accounts
Public Security Minister Gilad Erdan is ratcheting up pressure on banks to close the accounts of groups that boycott Israel, including one organization that has links to an internationally recogn...
Op-eds
Texas, Spanish Banks Slammed Over Israel-Boycott Accounts
Two giant financial institutions – Dallas-based Comerica and Spain’s La Caixa – are caught in the crossfire of criticism from politicians and human rights organizations over a f...
Op-eds
Dershowitz Calls on Banks to Close Accounts that Boycott Israel
Renowned Harvard University jurist Alan Dershowitz told The Jerusalem Post on Friday: “The organization [IADL] was founded as a communist front and supported financially by the Soviet Union...