More victories for boycott against Israel, in the past few months alone:
- Arizona State University student government votes to divest from Israel
- Student-Run Cafe at The Evergreen State College Announces Boycott of Israeli Products
- South Africa and Denmark to correctly label Israeli settlement products
- Quakers Divest from Caterpillar
- World United Methodist Church Recommends Boycotts & Sanctions
- UK Co-op boycotts exports from Israel's West Bank settlements
- UMASS- Boston Student Senate Passes Resolution Calling for Divestment from Boeing
- M.E.Ch.A., the largest association of Latin@ youth in the United States, voted to endorse BDS call
- Two US Delegations Endorse BDS and Call for Action in the United States
- Madonna may have played in Israel and the Red Hot Chili Peppers have yet to cancel their planned performance (more than 6,000 people have signed a petition asking them to respect the BDS call) but the list of artists who have cancelled concerts and events in Israel include the late Gil Scott-Heron, Elvis Costello, the Pixies, Mike Leigh, Klaxons and Gorillaz Sound System. Coldplay, U2 and Bruce Springsteen have declined invitations to play in Israel without supporting the boycott publicly.
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