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Music

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

A new campaign aims to pressure music companies such as Sony, UMG and Warner to follow suit

By Jamie Shapiro

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)

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

By Jacob Jaffa

1 min read

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

Israel

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)

Trade

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

By Jacob Jaffa

1 min read

Music

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

By Jane Prinsley

3 min read

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)

BDS

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

By Eliana Jordan

1 min read

Hackney

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

By Lorin Bell-Cross

3 min read

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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

2 min read

September 28, 2025 17:37

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

By Melissa Langsam Braunstein

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

A new report details anti Jewish activity on campus

2 min read

September 26, 2025 16:10

Protestors at Harvard University (Image: Getty)

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

3 min read

September 15, 2025 15:10

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

By Hen Mazzig

2 min read

September 10, 2025 16:25

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

By Jacob Jaffa

1 min read

August 29, 2025 10:38

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

By JC Reporter

1 min read

August 20, 2025 11:43

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

By Jacob Jaffa

2 min read

July 15, 2025 14:35

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)

By Daniel Mosseri

BDS goes local: Italy’s municipal front against Israel

While Rome stands with the Jewish state, local governments and cities fuel a rising wave of boycotts and protests

3 min read

July 9, 2025 13:42

Demonstrators hold placards depicting Prime Minister of Israel Benjamin Netanyahu shaking hands with Prime Minister of Italy Giorgia Meloni during a protest in Milan. (Image: Getty)

Co-op to stop stocking Israeli goods after pressure from activist members

The supermarket has banned goods from Russia, Iran Yemen and Israel, due to its ‘commitment to peace’

By Jane Prinsley

1 min read

June 24, 2025 17:33

Members of the Co-op have submitted a motion calling for a boycott of Israeli products in its stores (Image: Getty)

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BDS

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

Irish FA backs motion to ban Israel from European football

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

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

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

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

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

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