Boycotts

Books

JK Rowling’s agent Neil Blair leads fightback against the boycotters with new imprint to promote Jewish and Israeli books

The venture is a response to the post-October 7 chill experienced by some authors

By JC Reporter

2 min read

Neil Blair in New York 2024 (photo: Getty Images)

(Illustrative) A triathlete runs barefoot alongside his bicycle (Getty Images)

Northern Ireland

Londonderry triathlon bans Israeli athletes ‘while Palestinians suffer’

By Jacob Jaffa

2 min read

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney (R) is greeted by Montreal mayor Soraya Martinez Ferrada, at the inauguration of the new line of the Réseau express métropolitain in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, on November 14, 2025 (Getty Images)

Canada

Montreal council rejects bid to cut city’s ties with Israel

By Lucy Pollock

2 min read

Jonas Sjöstedt during a plenary session of the European parliament in Brussels on May 21, 2025 (Getty Images)

Israel

Israel blocks entry of Swedish MEPs over ‘false accusations’ of ‘genocide’

By JC Reporter

1 min read

October 7

October 7 drama ‘Our Loves’ set for Toronto Film Festival despite boycott demands

By Gabrielle Apfel

1 min read

A Dassault Falcon 6X aircraft performing an exhibition flight during the 55th edition of the International Paris Air Show at the ParisLe Bourget Airport on June 16, 2025 (Getty Images)

Ireland

New Irish government jet ‘can’t land in fog’ after ministers demanded Israeli-made guidance system be removed

By Gabrielle Apfel

1 min read

Ranelagh Ultimate playing a game in Germany in June (Image: Instagram/ Ranelagh Ultimate)

Sport

Irish frisbee team demand Israel is banned from world championships

By Jamie Shapiro

1 min read

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Yvette Cooper: Burnham right to apologise for Labour’s Gaza stance

The foreign secretary also spoke about tying sanctions to settlement expansion

By Lorin Bell-Cross

3 min read

July 15, 2026 11:09

Yvette Cooper, the foreign secretary, being questioned by the Foreign Affairs Select Committee (Image: Parliament TV).

By Sarah Tetteh

The bigoted boycott of Israeli filmmaker Nadav Lapid is a betrayal of culture

If even one of the country’s most outspoken critics of the government and the Gaza war is deemed unacceptable simply because of his nationality, then the issue is no longer political disagreement. It becomes something much darker

2 min read

June 17, 2026 17:11

Nadav Lapid, winner of the Jury Prize Ex-Aequo for 'Ha'berech', at the closing ceremony press conference during the 74th annual Cannes Film Festival on July 17, 2021. (Image: Getty Images)

World Medical Association opposes call to suspend Israeli membership

The organisation warned that expelling a founding organisation would risk ‘shrinking the dialogue among physicians at this critical time’ when support for shared ethical standards is urgently needed

By Ben Conway

2 min read

June 14, 2026 13:18

Israeli medical team at the neonatal unit in the underground bomb shelter built into the Carmel Medical Center in Haifa, on April 9, 2026. (Image: Getty Images)

Sally Rooney translates newest novel to Hebrew with ‘BDS-compliant’ publisher

The Irish author previously said Israel’s cultural sector was ‘complicit in apartheid’

By Daniel Ben-David

1 min read

May 21, 2026 12:14

Sally Rooney speaks onstage during the Hulu Panel at Winter TCA 2020 at The Langham Huntington, Pasadena, January 17, 2020 (Credit: Erik Voake/Getty Images for Hulu)

Israel didn’t win Eurovision – and I was relieved

We were all vying for Noam Bettan to do well, but the prospect of the stadium erupting into boos if he had triumphed would have been unbearable. Maybe next year, the world will be ready to see the Jewish state taking the trophy home again

By Gaby Wine

2 min read

May 18, 2026 15:24

Israeli singer Noam Bettan, who came second after his performance of the song 'Michelle' (Photo: Getty)

‘Apartheid-free zone’ activists accused of ‘intimidating’ door-knocking campaign in Brighton

The group asked locals to sign a pledge to boycott Israeli products

By Daniel Ben-David

1 min read

February 11, 2026 13:19

The Brighton and Hove Apartheid Free Zone group goes door to door in Brighton asking people to sign their pledge to boycott the Jewish State (Credit: Vicky Bhogal/Jewish and Proud)

Exclusive: ‘They brought us to our knees’ – how anti-Israel activists closed down thriving Jewish restaurant chain

Founder of Boker Tov in Belgium tells JC two-year boycott campaign destroyed his business

By Jamie Shapiro

3 min read

January 23, 2026 12:24

Tom Sas and Lori Dardikman, founders of Boker Tov (Image: Boker Tov)

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

The fifth season has attracted 59.6 million views in the first five days of its release

By Daniel Ben-David

1 min read

December 4, 2025 12:20

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

By Gaby Wine

OPINION: Turning off the music is not a pathway to peace

The artists blocking their music being streamed in Israel are doing more harm than good

3 min read

December 3, 2025 12:36

Israeli singers Noa (left) and Palestinian Israeli singer Mira Awad, representing Israel, perform during the Eurovision Song Contest 2009 Semi Finals (Photo: Getty)

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Boycotts

JK Rowling’s agent Neil Blair leads fightback against the boycotters with new imprint to promote Jewish and Israeli books

Londonderry triathlon bans Israeli athletes ‘while Palestinians suffer’

Montreal council rejects bid to cut city’s ties with Israel

Israel blocks entry of Swedish MEPs over ‘false accusations’ of ‘genocide’

October 7 drama ‘Our Loves’ set for Toronto Film Festival despite boycott demands

New Irish government jet ‘can’t land in fog’ after ministers demanded Israeli-made guidance system be removed

Irish frisbee team demand Israel is banned from world championships

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Yvette Cooper: Burnham right to apologise for Labour’s Gaza stance

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World Medical Association opposes call to suspend Israeli membership

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