Boycotts of Israel

The Turkish parliament has decided to boycott the products from companies that have openly voiced their support for Israel and not to sell their goods in the cafeteria and cafes in the complex of the parliament.

Several Jewish groups, politicians and an alliance of civil society groups gathered for a memorial ceremony and a protest rally against a concert by Roger Waters in Frankfurt on May 28 evening.

"I was in the DOS campaign and I realized that nothing can happen in a boycott, anyone who calls for civil disobedience cannot carry out that disobedience."
"We are aware that the conditions have not changed for the better," Trifunovic said.

The United Nations' human rights office on Feb. 12 named 112 companies it said have business ties to Jewish settlements in the West Bank, angering Israel and prompting a Palestinian threat of legal action against the firms.   

Singer-songwriter Roger Waters, one of the most vocal advocates of a cultural boycott of Israel, has issued a personal message to Greece's Eurovision entry not to attend the annual song contest that is being hosted this year by Tel Aviv.

When I said that I am going to Israel for an interview, a close Palestinian friend Yazan asked: "Haven't you heard of the BDS?"

An Israeli legal rights group said on Jan. 31 it is suing the two New Zealanders for allegedly convincing the pop singer Lorde to cancel her performance in Israel in what appears to be the first lawsuit filed under a contentious Israeli anti-boycott law.

Last night, at Park HaYarkon in Tel Aviv, Israel, Radiohead played their longest concert in 11 years, the BBC reports. The show had been mired in controversy: In the preceding months, artists such as Roger Waters—supporters of the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions Movement (BDS) against Israel—publicly criticized the group.

There are more and more calls from the football world calling international governing bodies to sanction Israel in regards to its attacks on Palestine Ahmed Mohammed al-Qatar and Udai Jaber’s burgeoning football careers came to a screeching halt in early August when the two 19-year-olds were shot dead by Israeli forces in the West Bank town of Hebron during a protest against the war in

Turkey’s exports to Israel declined by almost 10 percent in July due to the turmoil in the region, not because Turkish firms refused to sell goods to the country, the head of the country’s top exporters association said, criticizing the “unconscious” boycott of Israeli goods in protest at the Gaza violence.