Amid pushback, Takoma Park in Maryland, a suburb of Washington, D.C., postponed a scheduled screening this week of an anti-Israel documentary narrated by pro-BDS activist and former Pink Floyd member Roger Waters.
Read MoreTwo dozen Spanish city councils are facing legal action for promoting “antisemitic discrimination” by endorsing the boycott, divestment, and sanctions (BDS) campaign against Israel, a Madrid-based group behind the lawsuits said this week.
Read MoreThe competition is huge in Europe and beyond, yet many Americans know little about it. And this year it is being held in Tel Aviv. We break down the music fest for you — including why Israel is a part of it and the controversy about this year’s contest.
Read MoreThe Gaza Strip-based Palestinian Artists Association said Wednesday that Israel is using the event to "perpetuate oppression, promote injustice or whitewash a brutal apartheid regime."
Read MoreMadonna's planned performance in Israel at the Eurovision Song Contest next month is facing criticism with people taking to social media to call for a boycott of the event.
Kaveh Kholardi will not face further action because his remarks could 'be said to express dissatisfaction with the policies of Israel'
Read More"Members of the band Hatari, which won the pre-Eurovision competition in Reykjavik, said Iceland shouldn't be taking part in the contest in Israel – but since it is participating, the band is coming with the declared intention to protest Israeli policy."
Read MoreGathered around a table covered in dozens of red plastic cups, a group of young people grins widely, posing for a photo. Their arms are extended out in what appears to be a Nazi salute. In front of them, the cups have been arranged into the shape of a swastika.
Read MoreAs the IPO’s wealthy supporters attend a lavish brunch inside to sustain its whitewashing of Israeli apartheid, we’ll be outside sustaining our love of justice with a small Palestinian brunch and music for liberation with the big freedom sounds of the Rude Mechanical Orchestra.
Read MoreBoycott supporters sang "shoot the Jew" during protest against performance by Israeli jazz musician at Johannesburg University last week.
Read MoreDozens of British musicians, writers, and artists had signed a letter saying ‘systematic violation of Palestinian human rights’ does not jibe with spirit of song contest
Read MoreThe pro-Israeli Jewish singer will perform a concert on Valentine’s Day in Casablanca, despite boycott threats.
Read MoreBilal Hassani, 19, rails at becoming ‘punchbag,’ says he was ‘young and stupid’ when he made social media posts in 2014
Read MoreAuthorities are trying to determine the motivations and background of a 32-year-old Seattle man who allegedly tried to run down two men outside of a synagogue in Hancock Park last week in an attack that police have described as a hate crime.
Read MoreOrganizers of Israel’s Meteor festival on Sunday lambasted singer Lana Del Rey’ for pulling a publicity stunt after she decided to cancel her performance next month following fierce pressure from pro-Palestinian boycott activists.
Read MoreOp-ed: Anyone who claims to love Israel should understand Israel is a democracy. Anyone who claims to love Israel doesn’t boycott Israel. Anyone who boycotts Israel bolsters our haters, the demonization campaign and the BDS movement, which opposes the state’s actual existence.
Read MoreNatalie Portman must be a conflicted soul. In 2015, she told the Hollywood Reporter she was “very upset and disappointed” by the re-election of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and was very much “against” him, but that she didn’t want her criticisms to be “used by adversaries of Israel.”
Read MoreNatalie Portman, the Oscar-winning actress, has backed out of a major award ceremony meant to honor her in Jerusalem, with her representatives citing her distress over “recent events” in Israel.
Read MoreIn recent days, I have followed closely your decision not to appear at a prize ceremony in Israel and your statement about it. Your decision was important to me not only because I am Palestinian, but because I realized we have some things in common, you and I.
Read MorePink Floyd legend Roger Waters gave his time for the Australia Palestine Advocate Network in Melbourne on Friday and while explaining the issues between Palestine and Israel also took aim at a number of his fellow artists Elton John, Thom Yorke, Steven Tyler, Steve Van Zandt and Nick Cave.
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