BDS

State Department: Israel’s anti-BDS law is ‘sovereign decision’

The bill, adopted Monday by the Knesset, bans entry to foreigners who publicly call for boycotting the Jewish state or its settlements.

McGill student leader doubles down on ‘punch a Zionist today’ message

Igor Sadikov reportedly argued at a “tense” meeting of the student union legislative council that Jews were not “a legitimate ethnic group.”

McGill University student leader urges Twitter users to ‘punch a Zionist today’

Igor Sadikov, a BDS activist and member of the student union council, cited his Jewish origins in dismissing allegations that his tweet was anti-Semitic.

United States

In defending Israel, new strategy calls for embracing critics and cheerleaders

Global

Switzerland withholds data on funding for BDS groups, cites ‘foreign policy interests’

Global

Tzipi Livni threatened with arrest if she lands in Brussels

Politics

Michigan enacts anti-boycott law without mentioning Israel

Global

Spanish region reportedly adopts Israel boycott

Global

In rare move, Spanish town votes to reverse BDS resolution it passed this year

United States

Ohio Gov. John Kasich signs state anti-BDS law

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