Two Labour MPs avoided sharing a platform with the founder of the movement to boycott Israel, Omar Barghouti, before he addressed the event via video link from Ramallah Two senior women MPs, Diane Abbott and Lisa Nandy...
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The fight against anti semitism and the BDS Israel movement in the UK.
British trade unions reaffirm support for boycotting Israel
By: CNAAN LIPHSHIZThe leaders of British trade unions, which for years have expressed support for various forms of boycott against Israel, passed a motion seen as endorsing the measure. The nonbinding motion passed Wednesday at the union’s...
‘I can sleep easier tonight’: Jewish students thankful after students’ union votes down BDS motion
By: Daniel SugarmanNone of them was consulted about the motion, which claimed to want to ‘protect’ them A motion that claimed to “protect Jewish students” while calling for a boycott of Israeli institutions has been defeated at...
BDS Again: European Nations Boycott Eurovision in Jerusalem
By: Hana Levi JulianThe Eurovision music competition — the longest running music competition in the world, watching by hundreds of millions of viewers around the globe — is slated to be held next year in Jerusalem after Israel’s contestant...
British Muslims Denounce Anti-Semitism In Ad
By: JTAMuslim leaders took out a full-page ad in a major British newspaper condemning anti-Semitism. “We understand that many in our country empathize with the Palestinians and their right to a sovereign state,” said the ad Thursday...