Israel BDS

Gwyneth Paltrow smeared online after Israel commercial gig

Paltrow, who is active on Instagram, did not post the commercial but many of the comments on her recent posts reiterate these accusations, calling her such epithets as “Genocide Queen.”

 Actress Gwyneth Paltrow attends the 10th amfAR Gala in Los Angeles, California, US, October 10, 2019.
The exterior of the Park Slope Food Coop in Brooklyn.

Brooklyn Park Slope Food Coop votes to boycott Israeli products

A drone view shows an artist from the Sand In Your Eye art team putting the finishing touches to a giant sand portrait of David Attenborough to mark the conservationist's 100th birthday, on the beach in Morecambe, Britain, May 6, 2026.

British broadcaster David Attenborough turns 100, notable for not joining anti-Israel boycotts

Palestinians walk past a sign calling for a boycott of Israel painted on a wall in Bethlehem

Witnessing Israel’s innovation and moral purpose - opinion


Under pressure from the right over Israel, a Jewish nominee to a top US human rights post withdraws

President Joe Biden had nominated Margon, who was criticized for previous bashing of Israel, to be assistant secretary of state for human rights.

 Sarah Margon appaears on a panel at the Hoover Institute in Washington DC on Oct. 18, 2018.

What American Jews fight about when they fight about Israel

The reality of Israel, and American Jews' image of Israel is not matching up

A new Zionism

Keep toxic US politics away from Israel - opinion

While the US is seeing relationships fall apart from disagreements, for the moment, Israel has social cohesion. It is dangerous to cause conflict between Israel and the diaspora by imposing US norms.

 A JERUSALEM MUNICIPALITY worker hangs an American flag in Jerusalem, on Sunday in preparation for the upcoming visit of President Joe Biden. Let’s see America forever stand by allies like Israel, says the writer.

Jewish groups welcome Morningstar's new commitments to Israel

Morningstar's ties to BDS were first identified in April 2020, when the Chicago company announced it was acquiring full ownership of Amsterdam-based Sustainalytics.

 THE WRITER poses for a portrait in Chicago. ‘Morningstar does not support the anti-Israel BDS campaign; it never has and it never will,’ he says.

Wellesley College student paper openly supports anti-Israel mapping project

One liberal arts college in Massachusetts has openly supported a project that would target Jews and supporters of Israel.

 Campus life

Anti-Israel boycotts masquerade as social justice - opinion

Morningstar refuses to take responsibility for how its “responsible investment” methods have targeted Israel, after yet another confusion between Social Justice and Anti-Zionism.

 BDS ACTIVISTS in action

Anti-Defamation League head secures bodyguard due to threats - interview

The head of the antisemitism watchdog Anti-Defamation League Jonathan Greenblatt shares his concerns about the BDS Mapping Project and rising anti-Zionism.

Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions Movement, also known as BDS.

Jewish Google employee quits citing retaliation over BDS efforts

Ariel Koren, who led a campaign against an Amazon-Google Israeli infrastructure project, announced she was quitting, citing the company's retaliation against her activism.

A sign is pictured outside a Google office near the company's headquarters in Mountain View, California, US, May 8, 2019.

A wake-up call or time to give up on Germany? - opinion

A worrying new trend has been set off in Germany - a series of troubling incidents by pro-BDS entities has made Germans feel as though long-simmering antisemitism has been let out of the closet.

 A protester holds a placard reading "Muslims, Jews and Christians, hand in hand against Zionists" during a demonstration marking al-Quds Day (Jerusalem Day), in Berlin, Germany June 1, 2019

South African official calls for Israel to be declared an ‘apartheid state’

Foreign Minister Naledi Pandor evoked comparisons between the Palestinian narrative and South Africa's history of racial segregation this week at the Palestinian Heads of Mission in Africa.

South Africa's Science and Technology Minister Naledi Pandor