BDS

A rally against rising antisemitism under the banner of "No Hate, No Fear," Jan, 5, 2020. (Gili Getz)

‘Anti-antisemitism’ was meant to unite American Jews. Why is it backfiring?

For years U.S. Jewish leaders tried to center diaspora identity around Israel. But the battle to redefine antisemitism shows it is no longer working.

By Nathan J. Brown and Daniel Nerenberg June 13, 2023

Protest against the German Bundestag’s resolution against the Palestinian-led BDS Movement, Berlin, 2019. (Palästina Spricht archives)

IHRA definition is silencing Palestine advocacy across Europe, says report

A European legal center details how the IHRA antisemitism definition has been given 'authoritative power' to target Israel critics in several countries.

By Hebh Jamal June 7, 2023

Berlin police arrest a Palestinian protester during a Nakba Day flash mob, after banning all commemorations of the day in the city, May 1, 2022. (@thequestionislysh)

Where can we Palestinians mourn our catastrophe?

By banning our ability to mourn the Nakba, Germany is opening the floodgates to a new wave of repression against all aspects of Palestinian identity.

By Hebh Jamal May 18, 2023

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Hundreds of Palestinians and supporters protest in front of the U.S. embassy against President Trump’s decision to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, Berlin, Germany, December 8, 2017. (Anne Paq/Activestills)

Germany’s anti-Palestinian censorship turns on Jews

Anti-Zionist Jews in Germany are increasingly being targeted with accusations of antisemitism, a charge usually directed at Palestinians.

By Hebh Jamal April 4, 2023

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Knesset, March 20, 2023. (Marmor/Flash90)

Israel’s economy was Netanyahu’s crown jewel. Can apartheid survive without it?

The prime minister did not foresee that the judicial coup would undermine one of the core elements protecting Israel's apartheid regime.

By Nimrod Flaschenberg March 27, 2023

Israeli protesters clash with police on horseback while blocking Ayalon Highway during an anti-government demonstration, March 16, 2023. (Oren Ziv)

Israelis, welcome to BDS

Though not named as such, BDS tactics have been central to Israel’s anti-government protests. And the hypocrisy is not lost on Palestinians.

By Amjad Iraqi March 19, 2023

New Yorkers hold signs on Yitzhak Rabin Way in New York City to protest against an Israeli military operation in Gaza and for Palestinian political prisoners in Israeli prisons, June 30, 2006. (Melanie Fidler/Flash90)

US anti-boycott laws could take a ‘draconian’ turn. But the fight is not over

ACLU lawyer Brian Hauss clears up misinformation about the Supreme Court's decision not to hear a local newspaper's challenge of Israel boycott legislation.

By Nate Orbach March 1, 2023

Palestinians and supporters demonstrate against then-U.S. President Donald Trump’s decision to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, Berlin, Germany, December 10, 2017. (Anne Paq/Activestills)

Germany just took a drastic step toward criminalizing Palestine activism

A new report by ministers and senators seeks to lay the legal basis for outlawing Palestinian groups, and even banning maps of historic Palestine.

By Hebh Jamal December 21, 2022

Visitors browse the exhibitions at documenta fifteen, Kassel, Germany, June 19, 2022. (Dr. Hans-Günter Wagner/CC BY-SA 2.0)

Uniting behind Palestinians, German art festival hits back at antisemitism charges

Curators and artists at the renowned documenta fifteen exhibition faced a torrent of denunciations, including from German officials, for hosting Palestinian collectives and exhibits on Palestine solidarity.

By Hebh Jamal October 24, 2022

Activists hold a protest vigil in front of the Hackesche Höfe cinema for the opening of the 'Seret International' Israeli film festival, in Berlin, Germany, September 17, 2016. The activists held photos of families killed in Gaza and signs reading "culture can't hide massacres" and "stop whitewashing war crimes." (Anne Paq/Activestills)

Germany puts artists, academics in its anti-Palestinian crosshairs

In the span of just a few months, four high-profile Palestinians have been censored and attacked in Germany for their views after being accused by pro-Israel groups of antisemitism.

By Hebh Jamal July 3, 2022

Israeli forces stand guard during the demolition of a Palestinian home, located within "Area C" of the West Bank, near Hebron, December 28, 2021. (Wisam Hashlamoun/Flash90)

A colonized Palestine isn’t the answer to the world’s guilt

Zionism's synergy with right-wing populists has exploited antisemitism to justify apartheid. And Palestinians refuse to be its silent victims.

By Tareq Baconi June 20, 2022

Members of Harvard PSC pose for a protest photo on campus. (Courtesy of Harvard PSC)

The movement behind Harvard Crimson’s BDS endorsement

The student newspaper’s landmark position follows years of tireless organizing by Palestinians and allies in the face of institutional pushback.

By Harvard PSC June 6, 2022

Nooran Alhamdan, along with other students at Georgetown University, hold up photos of slain Palestinian journalist Shireen Abu Akleh to protest U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken's commencement speech at their graduation ceremony, May 21, 2022. (Kannithi Traitonwong)

Blinken congratulated me on graduating. I confronted him about Shireen Abu Akleh

When we heard the U.S. state secretary would be at our ceremony, we decided to protest for a murdered Palestinian journalist. Here’s what happened.

By Nooran Alhamdan May 27, 2022