BDS
Ariana Harwicz in 2018 (Photo by Freddy eduardo, CC BY-SA 4.0 , via Wikimedia Commons)
September 23, 2026, 2:24 pm
350 writers oppose Jewish novelist’s exclusion in Spain
Signatories demand public redress for Ariana Harwicz after Granada organizers cited her opposition to cultural boycotts of Israel.
By Canaan Lidor | JNS
Israeli poet Hamutal Bar-Yosef greets Palestinian neighbors. (Courtesy of Sheep Meadow Press, via the Forward)
September 22, 2026, 3:37 pm
An Israeli poet was scheduled to do a reading in New York. Then her publisher called
Despite Hamutal Bar-Yosef’s close ties to the Palestinian community at home, an anti-Israel climate prompted her publisher to reconsider bringing her to the U.S.
By Manya Brachear Pashman
A black studio camera (Credit: Donald Tong/Pexels)
September 22, 2026, 3:07 pm
Richmond film festival doubles down on Israeli films after it was boycotted last year
“I’m on high alert,” the festival founder told JNS, after anti-Israel activists targeted the event in 2025.
By Mike Wagenheim | JNS
A view over a new neighborhood in the Jewish settlement of Kedumim, in the West Bank on September 8, 2026 in Kedumim, West Bank. (Amir Levy/Getty Images)
September 9, 2026, 2:17 pm
UK, France, Canada to ban goods from Israeli settlements
Israel to retaliate by closing the British Consulate in Jerusalem.
By Tovah Lazaroff
A Brussels Airlines aircraft is seen at Brussels Airport in Zaventem, Belgium, September 1, 2026. (Dursun Aydemir/Anadolu via Getty Images)
September 2, 2026, 1:14 pm
Brussels Airlines workers threaten strike over flights to Israel
A Belgian union said that mandatory staffing was “particularly serious in the context of the ongoing war and the genocide in Gaza.”
By Shira Li Bartov
Dinaw Mengestu attends the PEN America 2026 Spring Literary Gala at American Museum of Natural History on May 14, 2026 in New York City. (Joy Malone/Getty Images)
July 14, 2026, 4:14 pm
PEN America president, defending Israel’s critics, resigns after report warns of threats to Jewish authors
Dinaw Mengestu criticized the literary free-speech group for failing to defend supporters of the boycott targeting Israel.
By Andrew Lapin
East End Food Co-op. (Photo by David Rullo)
June 22, 2026, 6:09 pm
East End Food Co-op’s board rejects boycott of Israeli-sourced products
“A boycott would not be consistent with our responsibility to steward the Co-op as a shared institution that serves all members equally and remains focused on its core mission.”
By David Rullo
East End Food Co-op. (Photo by David Rullo)
June 16, 2026, 2:37 pm
East End Food Co-op votes against boycott of Israeli products
The issue of banning Israeli products at the East End Food Co-op has been discussed since at least July 2024
By Toby Tabachnick
The exterior of the Park Slope Food Coop in Brooklyn. (James Leynse/Corbis via Getty Images)
May 27, 2026, 4:19 pm
Park Slope Food Coop votes for Israel boycott
Overwhelming majority of members back banning Israeli products after years of campaigning by pro-Palestinian group.
By Jackie Hajdenberg
The Park Slope Food Coop in Brooklyn, N.Y. (Credit: Beyond My Ken via Wikimedia Commons)
May 1, 2026, 11:08 am
NY Jewish leaders call for probe after Jew-hatred at food coop meeting
At a Park Slope Food Coop meeting, a member, who reportedly compared Jews to Nazis, was applauded for saying that "Jewish supremacism" is a problem in this country.
By JNS
Six Presbyterian. (Photo by Jim Busis)
March 2, 2026, 8:36 pm
Pittsburgh Presbyterian churches advance BDS policy
The overture goes to a vote at the church’s General Assembly meeting this summer.
By David Rullo
East End Food Co-op. (Photo by David Rullo)
February 25, 2026, 9:47 am
Standing with Israel and our community
Why the Co-op should be a bridge, not a barrier
By Julie Paris
No Appetite for Apartheid wants to stop your ability to buy avocados from Israel. (Photo by Olesia Shadrina via iStock)
February 10, 2026, 12:21 pm
Groups attempt to force BDS initiatives in Pittsburgh
No Appetite for Apartheid, Sumud push divestment from Israel
By David Rullo
Pro-Palestinian protestors demonstrate outside the office of Iceland's state broadcaster RUV on Dec. 10, 2025 in Reykjavik, Iceland. (Micah Garen/Getty Images)
December 11, 2025, 9:36 am
Iceland joins 4 other countries in boycotting Eurovision over Israel’s participation
Bjork supported the boycott move.
By Grace Gilson
Guinness World Records. (Photo by Ryan Smith, courtesy of flickr.com)
December 10, 2025, 9:41 am
Iran in, Israel out: Guinness sets a new record for hypocrisy
The selective cultural and economic targeting of Israel represents a profound ethical failure.
By Revital Yakin Krakovsky
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