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Stephen Daisley

The one Israel boycott I back is Eurovision. The contest is trash

I’m a passionate Zionist. But a man has his limits, and while I’ll gladly defend checkpoints, settlements and exploding pagers, I draw the line at Netta Barzilai impersonating a chicken

By Stephen Daisley

4 min read

Netta Barzilai aka Netta representing Israel in her winning performance at Eurovision 2018. (Image: Getty)

Noah Schnapp attends a 'Stranger Things' Season 5 event in Berlin, November 18, 2025 (Credit: Sebastian Reuter/Getty Images for Netflix)

Stranger Things defies the boycotters to become the biggest-ever Netflix season launch

By Daniel Ben-David

1 min read

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - NOVEMBER 01: Lorde attends the 2025 LACMA Art+Film Gala at Los Angeles County Museum of Art on November 01, 2025 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images)

Björk, Lorde and Paul Weller join 1,000 artists and labels to block Israelis from streaming their music

By Jamie Shapiro

1 min read

The Israeli national soccer team plays against Poland in the UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying tournament at the Teddy Stadium in Jerusalem, on November 16, 2019 (Flash90)

Israeli football

Irish FA backs motion to ban Israel from European football

1 min read

Kim Kardashian shows off her SKIMS shapewear at a launch earlier this year (Picture: Getty)

Kim Kardashian faces backlash as it’s announced she’s opening SKIMS stores across Israel

By Hannah Sugars

1 min read

Container ships in port on a cloudy day (Getty Images)

UK-Israel trade increased last year despite Gaza War and BDS campaigns

1 min read

INDIO, CA - APRIL 14: Musician Jonny Greenwood of Radiohead performs onstage during day 2 of the 2012 Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival at the Empire Polo Field on April 14, 2012 in Indio, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images for Coachella)

Radiohead’s Jonny Greenwood: ‘I’m frightened to admit I still work with Israeli musicians’

By Jane Prinsley

3 min read

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Kosher restaurant chain in Washington boycotted into bankruptcy for selling ‘apartheid’ falafel

BDS campaigners accused Shouk of ‘appropriating’ Palestinian food

By Eliana Jordan

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October 14, 2025 09:08

Plant-based falafel restaurant Shouk has closed the last of its five locations after a sustained boycott effort by pro-Palestinian campaigners. (Photo: Screenshot via Google Maps)

‘Ridiculous’ Hackney councillors draw criticism over meeting to ‘berate Israel’ despite Gaza ceasefire

Councillors were accused of ‘playing gesture politics’

By Lorin Bell-Cross

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October 10, 2025 16:15

Pro-Palestine demonstrators outside Hackney town hall last year

Labour conference opens with calls to boycott Israel

Delegates claimed they were being denied the opportunity to discuss the ‘genocide’ in Gaza

By Lorin Bell-Cross

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September 28, 2025 16:37

A Labour Party conference delegate donning a keffiyeh (Image: YouTube/Labour Party).

Melissa Langsam Braunstein

By Melissa Langsam Braunstein

Survey of Jewish staff shows the US academy is ‘broken’

A new report details anti Jewish activity on campus

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September 26, 2025 15:10

Protestors at Harvard University (Image: Getty)

Danny Driver

By Danny Driver

Silencing music: the dangerous rise of anti-Israel boycotts in the arts

Ghent Festival cancelled Munich Philharmonic Orchestra because of its Israeli conductor Lahav Shani. This morally bankrupt act does nothing to save a single Palestinian or bring a hostage home

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September 15, 2025 14:10

German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier (R) receives Israeli conductor Lahav Shani at the presidential Bellevue Palace in Berlin after the cancellation of a performance by the Flanders Festival Ghent in Belgium (Image: Getty)

The Hollywood boycott of Israel is a blow against the prospect of peace

Shutting out Israeli creatives only makes it harder to imagine a secure future for Israelis and Palestinians

2 min read

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September 10, 2025 15:25

Olivia Colman, one of the Hollywood stars who said they'd boycott Israeli creative institutions (Getty)

Portuguese music festival cancelled after BDS campaign against Israeli organisers

Local authorities reportedly blamed the risk of wildfires, but the event’s staff claim local pressure was behind the move

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August 29, 2025 09:38

Anta Gathering organisers take down signs after the five-day festival was cancelled (Image: Instagram/@anta.gathering)

American Association of Geographers members call for boycott of Israel

The group has faced calls to participate in the growing academic boycott of Israel

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August 20, 2025 10:43

Unite union votes to support UK workers who refuse to handle weapons bound for Israel

The union advanced a motion to back the BDS movement and provide protection for members attempting to create a de facto arms embargo on the Jewish State

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July 15, 2025 13:35

Unite the Union has voted to back workers who refuse to manufacture, handle or transport weapons they believe are bound for Israel (Pictured: Unite General Secretary Sharon Graham; Image: Getty)

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