Boycotts of Israel

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.

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
The World

New Law Bans Israelis from Boycotting West Bank Settlements

Conflict & Justice

Israel’s Cottage Cheese Revolution

Lifestyle & Belief

Activists in Israel are using social media to voice their dissent about cottage cheese

The World

The Mideast conflict on an Israeli campus

Global Politics

A professor at an Israeli college has endorsed a boycott � against Israel. His stand has proven unpopular with some students who say academic free speech has gone too far. Daniel Estrin reports.

The World

Calls for Olympic boycott

Conflict & Justice

The World’s Katy Clark reports on continuing calls for world leaders to boycott the opening ceremonies of this summer’s Beijing Olympics.