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TEL AVIV – An event in the House of Representatives advocating an economic boycott of Israel sponsored by a Democratic House lawmaker has been canceled following the Congresswoman’s withdrawal amid complaints from fellow Democrats.

The American Freedom Defense Initiative (AFDI) has placed hundreds of ads on buses in San Francisco showing real images of Palestinian youth in jihadi uniforms and violent poses, taken from media in Palestinian Authority media. The ads read: “The Palestinian Authority Teaches Children to Hate,” and ” End All U.S. Aid to the P.A.”

TEL AVIV – The former president of the Graduate Students Association at the University of California in Los Angeles who left the school after he faced a “hostile and unsafe environment” from Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions activists is now accusing the university of failing to back him and being intimidated by BDS.

TEL AVIV – San Francisco State University failed to handle a protest against the mayor of Jerusalem during his speech on campus, an investigation into the incident has found.

TEL AVIV – Israel’s embassy in Berlin lambasted the city of Oldenburg teachers union over a call to completely boycott the Jewish state in the first such incident since the Holocaust, the Jerusalem Post reported.

TEL AVIV – The American Jewish Committee has launched a campaign to procure signatures of all 50 state governors on a petition to divest from companies engaged in the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement against Israel.

TEL AVIV – New York Mayor Bill de Blasio slammed self-declared “progressives” who support the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement against Israel, saying that such outright rejection is not in line with progressive ideals.

TEL AVIV – Scotland Celtic soccer team fans are planning to stage a protest against “rogue Apartheid state” Israel when their side takes on Hapoel Beersheba next week in a crucial Champions League playoff next week.

TEL AVIV – The U.S. Green Party has nominated Israel basher Dr. Jill Stein as presidential candidate, who promised that if elected she would end all military aid to the “very oppressive” Israeli government that supports “occupation” and “apartheid.”

TEL AVIV – Israel’s Interior Ministry and Public Security ministry launched a committee Sunday that would prohibit anti-Israel activists from entering Israel and deport those already in the country.

TEL AVIV – Multi-Grammy award-winning guitarist Carlos Santana told tens of thousands of Israelis to pray for peace and an end to violence during his concert in Tel Aviv on Saturday night.

TEL AVIV – Anti-Semitic activity on U.S. college campuses with the largest Jewish undergraduate populations has skyrocketed during the first half of 2016 compared to the same time last year, a new report shows.

TEL AVIV – The mayor of Atlanta rejected outright a demand by Black Lives Matter protestors to terminate the local police force’s joint training exercises with “Apartheid Israel” police.

TEL AVIV – A new poll shows anti-Semitism is rife among leftwing Germans, with 34% of respondents saying Jews have “too much influence” in the country, the Jerusalem Post reported.

TEL AVIV – Grammy-award winning musician Pharrell Williams cancelled his July 21 debut performance in Israel amid speculation that the singer succumbed to pressure from the boycott Israel movement.

TEL AVIV – Legendary multi-Grammy-award winning guitarist Carlos Santana snubs the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement to perform in Tel Aviv at the end of this month after 29 since his last concert in Israel.

TEL AVIV – Orange County District Attorney’s office is investigating a violent protest held by the University of California’s Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) chapter in May, in which demonstrators shouted profanities at both UC Irvine Police and pro-Israel supporters.

TEL AVIV – The Palestinian Authority has revived a medieval blood libel by disseminating the news that a fictitious Rabbinic Council in Israel ruled that Jews must poison Palestinian water with the purposes of killing them.

TEL AVIV – Oscar-winning actress Helen Mirren denounced the boycott movement and said she is a “believer” in Israel while visiting Jerusalem.

TEL AVIV – The Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement is not as big a problem as people think and is only present on certain campuses in the U.S., according to professors Theodore Sasson and Leonard Saxe from Brandeis.

TEL AVIV – In a major blow to the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement, this week saw reports emerge that four Spanish municipalities ditched support for boycotts of the Jewish state, while in the U.S., members of the American Anthropological

TEL AVIV – J Street is pushing Bernie Sanders’ efforts to make the Democratic Party platform’s language more “balanced” on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, with emphasis on recognizing Palestinian rights to Jerusalem and concern over Israel’s settlement policy as “endanger[ing] peace.”

TEL AVIV – New York Governor Andrew Cuomo issued an executive order barring agencies under his control from having any business dealings with entities that support the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement (BDS) against Israel.

TEL AVIV – The Simon Wiesenthal Center accused city officials in the northern German city of Bremen of being complicit in boycotts against Israel that recall Nazi-era boycotts of Jews, The Jerusalem Post reported.

TEL AVIV – Italian officials said they are defying calls to boycott Israel by sending the largest ever delegation of Italian academics and researchers to visit the Jewish state this week.

TEL AVIV – One in three Americans back the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement as a legitimate way of applying pressure on Israel, while nearly two-thirds see it as anti-Semitic, a new poll found. The survey, conducted by Ipsos,

TEL AVIV – A Spanish constitutional tribunal recommended annulling a municipality’s motion calling for a boycott against Israel and declaring itself “a space free of Israeli apartheid,” The Times of Israel reported.

TEL AVIV – South African rap duo, Die Antwoord, is being pressured by the boycott Israel movement to cancel its upcoming concert in Israel, The Jerusalem Post reported.

TEL AVIV – The Lebanese capital of Beirut will host a symposium Friday for the academic and cultural boycott of Israel, The Jerusalem Post reported.

TEL AVIV – Hillary Clinton reiterated her position that the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement was an impediment to peace, ahead of her Methodist church’s bid to join the Israel boycott, The Times of Israel reported.

LONDON (AP) — A Jewish group has launched a lawsuit against British local authorities that called for boycotts of goods from Israeli settlements, claiming the actions are anti-Semitic.

TEL AVIV – Bruce Springsteen’s E-Street band guitarist Steven Van Zandt, aka the Sopranos’ Silvio Dante, called Israel boycotters “politically ignorant obnoxious idiots” on Monday, and advised one to “go f**k yourself.”

A group of professors is suing the American Studies Association over its academic boycott of Israel.

TEL AVIV – Despite the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement’s best efforts, a star-studded lineup of musicians are refusing to give in to the pressure not to perform in Israel. For the first time ever, rock icon Alice Cooper will perform

Ynet news reports: The fight against BDS has now extended to the artistic arena. A significant number of key figures and politicians have joined forces for the good of hasbara (Israeli public relations) in its struggle against the propaganda of organizations

JERUSALEM – The Palestinian Authority on Tuesday banned imports into the West Bank from all of Israel’s major food companies, the Times of Israel reported. Products from the Tnuva, Strauss, Tara, Soglowek, and Tapuzina will not be allowed to enter Palestinian-controlled