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Two leading chefs have pulled out of the Tel Aviv-hosted Round Tables food festival following pressure from the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) campaign, reported Haaretz. Gabrielle Hamilton, chef, and owner of the Prune restaurant in New York, cancelled, following the earlier cancellation by Ana Ros, a world-acclaimed chef from Slovenia. Ahead of the festival, […]

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In First, U of Leeds Divests from Firms Supplying Israel Army

Middle East Monitor

In the first move of its kind, a UK university has divested from companies that supply military equipment to the Israeli army following a student campaign. The University of Leeds this weekend made the decision to divest from three companies which were found to be complicit in the violation of Palestinian human rights: Airbus, United […]

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Israel to spend $72 mn to convince Europe Boycott over Occupation is “anti-Semitism”

Middle East Monitor

Text calls on “all political parties to pass a binding resolution rejecting BDS activities as fundamentally anti-Semitic”.

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Avalanche of Criticism for U of Michigan for Fining Professor over Israel Boycott

TeleSur

The American Association of University Professors (AAUP) called on the university to rescind the punishment

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MESA Letter Defending Lucy Peterson, Grad, in her Boycott of Israel

contributors

Via Middle East Studies Association Middle East Studies Association of North America (MESA) 3542 N Geronimo Ave Tucson AZ 85705 (USA) 520-333-2577 520-207-3166 fax Website October 22, 2018 Mark S. Schlissel, President University of Michigan presoff@umich.edu Martin A. Philbert, Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs University of Michigan philbert@umich.edu Dear President Schlissel and […]

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NZ Boycotters Ridicule Israeli Court Fine for Lorde Cancellation

Middle East Monitor

BDS: “Israel has no right to police the political opinions of people across the world”

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Israel Continues Unlawful Imprisonment of American Student for her BDS (Boycott) Links

Maan News Agency

JERUSALEM (Ma’an) — Israel prevented the entry of a 22-year-old American student, who has Palestinian grandfather, earlier this month, and despite her being recently granted a valid visa, she is still detained by Israeli authorities. Twenty-two-year-old student Lara al-Qassem was granted an A/2 Student Visa for her master’s degree at the Hebrew University by the […]