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October 16, 2024 | David May, Pavak Patel

U.S., Canada Designate Samidoun a Sham Charity Front for the PFLP Terrorist Group

The U.S. Department of the Treasury, in a joint action with the Canadian government, designated the Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network and Khaled Barakat on October 15 for raising funds on...

October 11, 2024 | |

Dutch Parliament Votes to Designate PFLP Front Samidoun as a Terrorist Group

The Dutch parliament voted overwhelmingly on October 10 to call for Samidoun, a Canada-based group believed to be a front for the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP),...

September 13, 2024 | |

6 Things to Know About Samidoun, the ‘Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network’

Samidoun describes itself as an “international network of organizers and activists” that campaigns for the release of Palestinians held in Israeli prisons. The group sponsors demonstrations, protests,...

March 20, 2023 | Varsha Koduvayur, Thomas Plant

Biden’s Opportunity to Stop Violent Extremists From Exploiting Cryptocurrency

The Biden administration intends to crack down on crypto abuse by following a roadmap for regulation it unveiled in January. Calls for reform intensified after the crypto market’s tumultuous end to 2022,...

March 12, 2022 | James Brooke |

Russia sanctions grow faster, larger than South Africa sanctions in 1980s

When I lived in Moscow, I worked for Bloomberg, banked at Citibank, used my Visa card at Ikea, lunched at McDonald’s and flew home on Aeroflot to New York. As of this week, all that is over. As more than...

August 6, 2019 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Did Paypal shut BDS South Africa Account after PFLP terrorist meeting?

The Jerusalem-based NGO Monitor retained a screenshot of the Tweet.

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."

March 24, 2019 | Benjamin Weinthal |

German neo-Nazi politician meets Hezbollah, supports terror against Israel

"The Lebanese Army and Hezbollah must receive support."

January 28, 2019 | Benjamin Weinthal |

French payment firm closes Nazi account with Hezbollah, Assad and BDS ties

The Third Way wrote on its website: “What every person can do against the Zionist genocide.” The neo-Nazi group supports the BDS movement against the Jewish state.

January 7, 2019 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Exclusive: PayPal Closes Nazi Party Account Linked to Hezbollah, Assad, BDS

A range of German and American politicians over the years have urged PayPal to terminate the The Third Way account.

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 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 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 ...

July 16, 2018 | Benjamin Weinthal |

U.S. Senators urge German bank to stop enabling antisemitic BDS campaign

Two powerful US Republican senators, both of whom ran significant campaigns for the presidency of America in 2016, weighed in on Thursday against a German bank for aiding the Boycott, Divestment...

July 13, 2018 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Exclusive: Paypal closes French BDS media account

The giant US online payment service PayPal shut down the account of a major...

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...

June 3, 2018 | Benjamin Weinthal |

German intelligence agency deems BDS antisemitic

The intelligence agency for the German state of Baden-Württemberg referred to the boycott, divestment, sanctions (BDS) movement as a "new variation of antisemitism" in its newly released May...

May 7, 2018 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Germany’s antisemitism Czar wants banks to boot antisemitic BDS groups

The newly appointed federal government  commissioner for combating Antisemitism in Germany, Felix Klein, condemned the Bank for Social Economy on Thursday for ...

March 23, 2018 | Benjamin Weinthal |

PayPal Shuts Account of French BDS Group with Links to Terrorism

The US online payment service PayPal on Thursday pulled the plug on the account of the French branch of the International Solidarity Movement (ISM) - an organization that Israel has accused of al...