Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions

Israeli border police officers and Palestinians clash during a protest against the expansion of Israeli Jewish settlements near the West Bank town of Salfit. 

The word ‘apartheid’ is used to describe Israel’s control over Palestinians. Why is it so loaded? 

Conflict & Justice

Human rights groups have used the term apartheid strategically to emphasize the need for a paradigm shift in the region. But others argue that the loaded term doesn’t apply.

Wrecking ball smashing through glass window

People overlook power of subtraction, says engineer

Lifestyle
A woman stands on the porch of a house

Is Airbnb’s no-profit return to the West Bank ‘whitewashing’ human rights violations?

Conflict & Justice
American student Lara Alqasem, 22, appears at the district court in Tel Aviv, Israel October 11, 2018. She wants to study at Hebrew University. But Israeli authorities are questioning her politics.

She wanted to study at Hebrew University, but Israel is blocking her

Conflict & Justice
Demonstrators gather at Monument Circle to protest a controversial religious freedom bill recently signed by Governor Mike Pence, during a rally in Indianapolis on March 28, 2015.

Does it make a difference when musicians boycott?

Music