User:ImTheIP/List of BDS-related lawsuits
 | This is not a Wikipedia article: It is an individual user's work-in-progress page, and may be incomplete and/or unreliable. For guidance on developing this draft, see Wikipedia:So you made a userspace draft. Find sources: Google (books · news · scholar · free images · WP refs) · FENS · JSTOR · TWL |
List of BDS-related lawsuits is a list of lawsuits filed by opponents of the BDS movement against its supporters. BDS calls for comprehensive boycotts of Israel until it stops alleged human rights violations against the Palestinians.
The list is sorted by the lawsuit's filing date. For lawsuits challenging anti-BDS laws see Constitutional challenges.
2011
[edit]Baldassi & Others v. France
[edit]On September 26, 2009 and May 22, 2010, eleven activists of the Palestine 68 Collective, a group supportive of BDS, participated in demonstrations outside the same supermarket urging customers not to purchase goods imported from Israel.[1] They wore shirts emblazoned with the words "Long live Palestine, boycott Israel" and handed out flyers saying that "buying Israeli products means legitimizing crimes in Gaza."[2]
In 2011 following a memo issued by French Minister of Justice Michèle Alliot-Marie instructing prosecutors to prosecute citizens calling for boycotts of Israeli products,[3] the activists were charged with inciting discrimination under article 24 (8) of the Press Law of 1881.[4] The trial court, the Tribunal correctionel de Mulhouse, acquitted the defendants. But the ruling was appealed by four groups, France-Israel Chamber of Commerce, Avocats sans Frontières, Association France-Israel and the Simon Wiesenthal Center's french associate the Bureau National de Vigilance Contre l’Antisemitisme,[5] to the appeals court,[6] Cour d'appel de Colmar, which convicted the defendants in November 2013 and fined them 1000 Euro each per participant.[7] They were also ordered to pay the court expenses of 28,000 Euro. The supreme civil court, the Cour de cassation, upheld the conviction in October 2015, citing a law that prescribes imprisonment or a fine for parties that "provoke discrimination, hatred or violence toward a person or group of people on grounds of their origin, their belonging or their not belonging to an ethnic group, a nation, a race or a certain religion."[7]
The decision was appealed to the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) which had to decide whether it was justified to restrict the defendants right to freedom of expression as defined by article 10(1) of the European Convention on Human Rights. Article 10(2) of the Convention allows for such restrictions if they are "in accordance with law" and "necessary in a democratic society." The Court noted that, as interpreted in this case, the French law would appear to prohibit any call for boycotts based on geographic origin, regardless of other circumstances. It further contended that the defendants actions were a form of political expression and that article 10(2) leaves little room for restricting such political expression.[7] The Court firmly rejected the idea that BDS would be discriminatory or anti-Semitic in itself.[8]
On June 11, 2020, the Court delivered its unanimous ruling, acquitting the defendants,[1] and ordering the French Government to pay each applicant 7380 Euro each.[7]
Fraser v. University and College Union
[edit]At the 2011 conference, the University and College Union voted to adopt an academic and cultural boycott of Israel and to disassociate the UCU from the European Monitoring Centre on Racism and Xenophobia (EUMC)'s discussion paper on a working definition of antisemitism.[9] Shortly thereafter, Ronnie Fraser, Jewish UCU member and chair of the Academic Friends of Israel, represented by Anthony Julius,[10] sued the union for breach of the Equality Act 2010[11] with the Employment Tribunal.[12] Fraser complained that the union had created an [13] After a 20-day hearing the tribunal rejected his claim, harshly rebuking Julius for "misusing the legal process",[10] writing:[14]
The result is that the proceedings are dismissed in their totality... Lessons should be learned from this sorry saga. We greatly regret that the case was ever brought. At heart, it represents an impermissible attempt to achieve a political end by litigious means... We are also troubled by the implications of the claim. Underlying it we sense a worrying disregard for pluralism, tolerance and freedom of expression, principles which the courts and tribunals are, and must be, vigilant to protect.
Scorn was also invoked for Julius' decision to pursue certain points, with complaints variously dismissed as "palpably groundless", "obviously hopeless" and "devoid of any merit".[10] The pro-Israel media-monitoring watchdog CAMERA criticized the rejection.[15]
Olympia Food Co-op lawsuit
[edit]In July 2010, the Board of Directors of the Olympia Food Co-op (OFC) decided to institute a boycott of Israeli goods. On March 11, 2011, StandWithUs and Akiva Tor, the Israeli Consul General to the Pacific Northwest, meet with five members of the co-op and their attorney. Around the same time, four of the five co-op members appeared in a video produced by StandWithUs, describing the negative impact they felt the boycott had had on the co-op.[16] Six months later the five co-op members sued the co-op in a case known as Davis, et al., v. Cox, et al. arguing that the board had acted beyond their scope of their authority and breached their fiduciary duties.[17] The defendants were aided by the Center for Constitutional Rights and the plaintiffs by StandWithUs.[17][18][19]
The Court ruled in 2012 that the lawsuit was an illegal Strategic Lawsuit Against Public Participation (SLAPP) and ordered the five co-op members to pay the 16 defendants $10,000 each under Washington's anti-SLAPP statute as well as other legal fees.[20] The five plaintiffs appealed the decision to the Washington State Court of Appeals which on April 7, 2014 upheld the ruling of the lower court. It also upheld the constitutionality of Washington's anti-SLAPP law, which the plaintiffs had challenged.[21]
In 2015, Washington Supreme Court struck down the anti-SLAPP law which meant that the case could be reopened. But at that point, the plaintiffs had abandoned the case and the litigation was ended on March 9, 2018.[22]
2013
[edit]Shurat HaDin v. Lynch
[edit]In 2012, Dan Avnon, a political theorist at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, applied for fellowship at Sydney University and asked Jake Lynch at Sydney to endorse his application. Lynch refused, citing his leadership with the Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies, his support for the BDS movement, the fact that the Hebrew University has a campus in the West Bank and ties to the Israeli military.[23] In 2013, Shurat HaDin sued Lynch for violating Australia's anti-racism laws and attempted to use the suit to outlaw BDS in Australia. The Executive Council of Australian Jewry publicly denounced the suit as an inappropriate use of the courts.[24][25]
In April 2014, the court struck part of the suit, and Shurat HaDin lawyers narrowed the complaint to the specifics of Avnon and Lynch.[26] But Avnon made known that he did not support the suit. In July 2014, noting that Shurat HaDin did not represent a willing client and did not have a complaint of its own, the court dismissed the case and awarded attorney fees to Lynch.[27] Shurat HaDin said that "the case was thrown out on a technicality, not on the merits of the arguments ... [Lynch's] lawyers came up with a trick to avoid the issue being heard on its merits." Shurat HaDin's spokesperson said the suit was a warning to other Australian academic institutions.[27]
2016
[edit]American Studies Association boycott lawsuit
[edit]The American Studies Association (ASA) joined the academic boycott of Israel in 2013 and in 2016 it was sued by four ASA members represented by Kenneth L. Marcus of the Brandeis Center and Jerome Marcus of the Israeli think tank Kohelet Policy Forum.[28][29] The lawsuit alleged that the boycott fell outside the scope of the ASA’s corporate charter and stated mission, a type of legal argument known as ultra vires.[30]
The lawsuit was dismissed in 2019 when the judge ruled that plaintiffs lacked standing.[31] A second, related case filed by David Abrams of the Zionist Advocacy Center in the state of New York was previously dismissed for "[demonstrating] neither injury nor standing to sue."[32]
2018
[edit]Bibliotechnical Athenaeum v National Lawyers Guild, Inc.
[edit]In 2016,[33] the progressive bar association the National Lawyers Guild held an awards banquet for which it printed a program, the Dinner Journal, partly consisting of advertisements congratulating one or more of the honorees.[34] David Abrams, asked on behalf of his company Bibliotechnical Athenaeum, to take out a 3" x 3" ad in the program reading:[34]
Bibliotechnical Athenaeum
Congratulations to the Honorees
4 Shlomtzion St. Elazar
Gush Etzion 9094200
State of Israel
Gush Etzion is a settlement located in the West Bank and considered illegal under international law.[citation needed] Abrams is the director of the Zionist Advocacy Center, a registered foreign agent for the International Legal Forum which is funded by Israel's Strategic Affairs Ministry.[35] The Guild refused the request, citing a "resolution barring [it] from accepting funds from Israeli organizations."[34] Abrams therefore sued the guild, claiming that this constituted public accommodation discrimination based on national origin violating New York state law.[34]
The Guild filed a motion to dismiss, arguing that it had the right to decline to publish Abrams' ad because of the controversial nature of the Gush Etzion address expressed a political message which grossly contravened with the Guild's own views. The court however rejected the Guild's argument, stating that it could not determine whether denoting whether an address is in Israel or not is controversial:[34]
Defendants' arguments, however, must be rejected, as this court cannot, at least on this record, take judicial notice of the controversial nature of settlements in the West Bank….. [A] court may take judicial notice of facts that are capable of "immediate and accurate determination by resort to easily accessible sources of indisputable accuracy." Whether denoting an address as being in Israel is controversial or noncontroversial does not fall into that category. Quite to the contrary, the issue of Israeli settlements in the West Bank is the very epitome of a topic that cannot be reduced to "indisputable accuracy."
Having discarded the Guild's arguments, the court stated that it could not rule out the possibility that the Guild's refusal to publish his ad might have amounted to public accommodation discrimination. While emphasizing that "this case may eventually turn on the First Amendment" the court thus allowed the case to move forward.[34]
Eugene Volokh in an analysis on the blog The Volokh Conspiracy argues that the court's analysis is wrong and it should have recognized the Guild's freedom from compelled speech. According to him, the Guild has an absolute right to choose what not to publish in its publications.[34]
In 2020, the parties reached a settlement in which the Guild agreed to publish an advertisement for Abrams' company in its next journal, without including the name of any settlement, and to also clarify and reaffirm its policy opposing all forms of discrimination and circulate it to members."[36]
Lorde concert cancellation
[edit]In January 2018, Shurat HaDin filed a lawsuit demanding NIS 15,000 to each of three teenagers (about $13,000[37]), Shoshana Steinbach, Ayelet Wertzel and Ahuva Frogel, against the New Zealand Palestinian solidarity activists Justine Sachs and Nadia Abu-Shanab for allegedly convincing the New Zealand singer Lorde to cancel her scheduled tour of Tel Aviv in mid-2018.[38] The lawsuit alleged that the cancellation had damaged the teenagers "artistic welfare" and that they had suffered "emotional" injury and "above all damage to their good name as Israelis and Jews."[38] The lawsuit was filed under the Israeli Law for Prevention of Damage to State of Israel through Boycott.[37] Sachs and Abu-Shanab had earlier penned an open letter on the New Zealand online current affairs magazine The Spinoff in December 2017 urging Lorde to cancel her Israel concert, citing human rights abuses against the Palestinians.[39] The letter read:[40]
Dear Lorde ... we’re two young women based in Aotearoa, one Jewish, one Palestinian, ...
Today, millions of people stand opposed to the Israeli government’s policies of oppression, ethnic cleansing, human rights violations, occupation and apartheid. As part of this struggle, we believe that an economic, intellectual and artistic boycott is an effective way of speaking out against these crimes. This worked very effectively against apartheid in South Africa, and we hope it can work again.
We can play an important role in challenging injustice today. We urge you to act in the spirit of progressive New Zealanders who came before you and continue their legacy.
In October 2018, the Jerusalem Magistrate's Court ruled in favor of the plaintiffs and ordered that the two New Zealand activists pay NIS 45,000 in damages to the plaintiffs, plus NIS 11,000 in legal fees (about $23,600[41]).[38] This is believed to be the first successful application of the 2011 law.[41]
The two activists stated that they had "no intention" of paying the teenagers, and launched a crowdfunding campaign in order to give the money to the Gaza Mental Health Foundation, and raised more than $18,000 in three days.[40] Darshan-Leitner said that legal agreements between Israel and New Zealand allowed her to enforce the ruling in New Zealand, and to "go after [the activists'] bank accounts until it has been fully realized."[40] Legal experts in New Zealand said that the lawsuit was an attempt to chill free speech and that attempts to enforce the judgement were unlikely to be successful.[42]
2019
[edit]BDS-event on University of Massachusetts Amherst
[edit]In the spring of 2019 Professor Sut Jhally at University of Massachusetts Amherst (UMass) organized a panel discussion to take place in May about "the increasingly vitriolic debate over U.S. support for Israel."[43] The event, titled "Not Backing Down: Israel, Free Speech, and the Battle for Palestinian Human Rights" were to feature speakers including Pink Floyd's Roger Waters, activist Linda Sarsour, Temple University professor Marc Lamont Hill among others.[43]
The event drew criticism from the Anti-Defamation League of New England and a number of Zionist organizations, including the AMCHA Initiative, CAMERA, Hasbara Fellowships, Israel Allies Foundation, the Simon Wiesenthal Center, and the Zionist Organization of America, requested that the university cancel its sponsorship of it.[44][43] The Massachusetts Republican party stated that the event was "in violation of the federal government’s guidelines regarding anti-Semitism."[43]
On April 29, three anonymous UMass students filed a lawsuit and a motion for a preliminary injunction against the university.[43] They argued that because the Department of Education has "adopted" the State Department's Working Definition of anti-Semitism, "allowing a faculty-sponsored BDS event on campus violates the prohibition against anti-Semitism on campuses of the United [States] Department of Education." The plaintiffs further argued that because the university opposes academic boycotts of Israel, the university must prevent advocacy of such boycotts on its campus. The judge presiding over the case denied the injunction on First Amendment grounds which allowed the event to proceed as planned.[43]
In July, the judge ruled that the students had to re-file the case with their real names if they wished for the case to move forward. The students didn't do that and their lawyer, Karen Hurvitz, voluntarily asked the court to dismiss the case.[45]
2020
[edit]Shurat HaDin v. Nepal
[edit]In 2018 Palestinians held a number of demonstrations against Israel in vicinity of the Gaza-Israel border attended to by thousands of Palestinians.[citation needed] Israeli snipers shot and killed almost two hundred Palestinians,[citation needed] one of which was the nurse Rouzan al-Najjar who was killed while trying to treat a wounded protester.[46]
Following the killing, the Facebook page Freedom for Gaza published a post with a photo of al-Najjar next to a photo of a former Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) solider,[47] smiling in full uniform and holding an M-16.[48] The soldier was Rebecca Reem, an American citizen who had immigrated to Israel at the age of 18, and enlisted in the Israeli army as a so called "lone soldier".[49] According to News.com.au and the Jerusalem Post, Reem's photo came from a post published in May 2014 on the IDF's official Facebook page,[50] where it had the caption "IDF soldier specializing in education who later decided she was meant for the field. Today she’s a trained fighter in IDF Field Intelligence, defending the home she knows and loves."[51]
Shortly after the post was published, it was edited to clarify that it was a comparison and that Reem didn't kill al-Najjar. But Reem was still accused of being complicit: "Does that make Rebecca innocent? Absolutely not! She is complicit and is still a terrorist who made the choice to leave the US and go to a land to which she has zero ties specifically to murder the indigenous people of that land...but again it was not her who killed Razan".[51]
In 2020, Shurat HaDin on behalf of Reem filed a lawsuit against Napal, the Facebook page administrator that had published her photo, demading $6 million.[52] Napal since changed the Facebook page's status from public to private which Shurat HaDin heralded as a "first sign of victory and a deterrent."[53]
Notes and references
[edit]Notes
[edit]Citations
[edit]- ^ a b de Leo 2020.
- ^ Dolsten 2015.
- ^ Bot 2019.
- ^ de Leo 2020: ... incitement to discrimination under section 24 (8) of the Law of 29 July 1881.
- ^ SWC 2020.
- ^ Abunimah 2013.
- ^ a b c d GFE: Baldassi.
- ^ de Leo 2020: By stressing that everyone has the right to call for a boycott of Israeli products, as long as it does not turn to incitement to intolerance, violence or hate, the Court firmly and categorically rejected the idea that the BDS movement is discriminatory and anti-Semitic in itself.
- ^ Paul 2011b: Britain’s largest trade union for academics has voted to disassociate itself from the EU working definition of anti-Semitism, leading to accusations it is institutionally racist. The University College Union (UCU) passed the resolution at its annual conference in Harrogate in Yorkshire on Monday, claiming that the European Union Monitoring Center on Racism and Xenophobia definition stifles debate and is used to deflect criticism of Israel. ... On Sunday, the UCU voted to support an academic and cultural boycott against Israel.
- ^ a b c Grove 2013.
- ^ Lipman 2011: Lawyers acting for Ronnie Fraser, the chair of the Academic Friends of Israel, have written to UCU general secretary Sally Hunt complaining that the UCU's vote breached the 2010 Equality Act's commitment.
- ^ Dysch 2011.
- ^ Levick 2013: Fraser had charged the UCU with fostering an atmosphere of antisemitism which created an ‘intimidating’, ‘hostile’, ‘humiliating’, and ‘offensive’ work environment’ for Jews
- ^ Courts and Tribunals Judiciary 2013.
- ^ Levick 2013.
- ^ Nguyen 2012.
- ^ a b CCR 2017.
- ^ Nguyen 2015.
- ^ Abunimah 2014, p. 133.
- ^ BDS Movement 2012.
- ^ CCR 2014.
- ^ CCR 2018.
- ^ Safi 2014. sfn error: multiple targets (2×): CITEREFSafi2014 (help)
- ^ Goldberg 2014.
- ^ Goldberg 2013.
- ^ Goldberg 2014b.
- ^ a b Goldberg 2014c.
- ^ Brandeis Center 2016.
- ^ Silver 2016.
- ^ Redden 2016.
- ^ Redden 2019.
- ^ Redden 2017.
- ^ Barrows-Friedman 2020.
- ^ a b c d e f g Volokh 2018.
- ^ Kane 2019.
- ^ Barrows-Friedman 2020: As part of the settlement, NLG has agreed to publish an advertisement for Abrams’ company in its next journal, but it will not include the name of any settlement “nor make any claims that such settlements are part of Israel.” NLG will also “clarify and reaffirm its policy opposing all forms of discrimination and circulate it to members.”
- ^ a b Associated Press 2018.
- ^ a b c Shapiro 2018.
- ^ Abu-Shanab & Sachs 2017.
- ^ a b c Roy 2018.
- ^ a b Associated Press October 2018.
- ^ RNZ 2018.
- ^ a b c d e f Steinbaugh & Morey 2019.
- ^ AMCHA 2019.
- ^ PL 2019.
- ^ NewsComAu 2018: Israeli forces killed Palestinian nurse Razan al-Najar as she was helping a wounded protester at the Gaza border, according to health officials and a witness.
- ^ NewsComAu 2018.
- ^ Ahronheim 2018: The accusation against her originated from the Facebook page of Suhair Nafal from Chicago who posted a photograph of Rebecca smiling in full uniform and holding an M-16 four years ago when she was in a combat intelligence unit serving in southern Israel close to Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula.
- ^ i24NEWS 2020: Rebecca Reem, 26, immigrated to Israel from California at the age of 18 and joined the Israel Defense Forces (IDF).
- ^ NewsComAu 2018: The image of the former soldier appeared to have been taken from the Israel Defense Forces’ official Facebook page, in a post published on May 27, 2014.
- ^ a b Ahronheim 2018.
- ^ i24NEWS 2020: An Israeli ex-soldier has filed a $6 million lawsuit against a Californian Boycott Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) activist for falsely accusing her of the death of a Palestinian, outlet Globes reported Wednesday.
- ^ i24NEWS 2020: Earlier this week Reem filed the lawsuit through Shurat HaDin organization against Napal, who since then changed the definitions on her Facebook page from public to private. Shurat HaDin was cited by Globes as stressing the change as a “first sign of victory and a deterrent.”
Sources
[edit]Books
[edit]- Abunimah, Ali (3 March 2014). The Battle for Justice in Palestine. Haymarket Books. pp. 133–. ISBN 978-1-60846-347-3.
Legal opinion
[edit]- de Leo, Andreina (June 16, 2020). "Baldassi and Others v. France: Criminal Convictions of BDS Activists Violate Freedom of Expression under the European Convention on Human Rights". Opinio Juris. Retrieved November 5, 2020.
- Bot, Michiel (2019). "The right to boycott: BDS, law, and politics in a global context". Transnational Legal Theory. 10 (3–4): 421–445. doi:10.1080/20414005.2019.1672134. S2CID 203154725.
Global Freedom of Expression
[edit]- "Baldassi & Others v. France". Global Freedom of Expression. August 11, 2020. Retrieved August 14, 2020.
News and press releases
[edit]- Baldassi & Others v. France
- Dolsten, Josefin (October 23, 2015). "French high court confirms BDS activists' discrimination convictions". Jewish Telegraphic Agency. Retrieved August 14, 2020.
- "Wiesenthal Centre Shocked by Blood Libel Accusation of Deicide Against the Jews by French Extreme-Left Political Leader". Simon Wiesenthal Center. July 16, 2020. Retrieved August 14, 2020.
- Abunimah, Ali (November 21, 2013). "Boycott activists beat Israel lobby in French high court".
- Fraser v. University and College Union
- Paul, Jonny (1 June 2011). "UK academic union rejects EU definition of anti-Semitism". The Jerusalem Post. Retrieved 8 June 2011.
- Dysch, Marcus (15 September 2011). "Fraser determined to fight University and College Union". The Jewish Chronicle. Retrieved 15 September 2011.
- Grove, Jack (27 March 2013). "Tribunal slams academic for bringing anti-Semitism case". Times Higher Education. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
- Lipman, Jennifer (1 July 2011). "Academic suing University and College Union over antisemitism vote". The Jewish Chronicle. Retrieved 1 July 2011.
- Levick, Adam (3 April 2013). "Antisemitism at the UCU: David Hirsh responds to Tribunal ruling against Fraser". CAMERA UK. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
- Shurat HaDin v Lynch
- Goldberg, Dan (June 6, 2014). "BDS case splits Australia's pro-Israel lobby - Jewish World News". Retrieved 2015-06-18.
- Goldberg, Dan (February 11, 2013). "Landmark case puts 'anti-Semitic' BDS on trial in Australia". Retrieved 2015-06-18.
- Goldberg, Dan (April 10, 2014). "Australian court case fires up BDS campaign against Israel". Retrieved 2015-06-18.
- Goldberg, Dan (July 17, 2014). "Australian court drops racism case against professor who backs BDS". Retrieved 2015-06-18.
- Safi, Michael (10 February 2014). "Israel sanctions campaigner violated Australian race laws, says lawsuit". the Guardian. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
- Olympia Food Co-op lawsuit
- Nguyen, Phan (February 22, 2012). "Who's who behind the Olympia Food Co-op lawsuit". Mondoweiss. Retrieved September 12, 2020.
- "Former Olympia Food Co-op Board Members Move to End Seven-Year Lawsuit Over Boycott of Israeli Goods". Center for Constitutional Rights. November 16, 2017. Retrieved August 19, 2020.
- Nguyen, Phan (May 29, 2015). "StandWithUs invests nearly half a million dollars in ongoing anti-BDS lawsuit against Olympia Food Co-Op". Mondoweiss. Retrieved August 19, 2020.
- "5 Olympia Food Co-op members who sued to end Israeli boycott must pay $160K". BDS Movement. July 12, 2012. Retrieved August 19, 2020.
- "Appeals Court Upholds Olympia Food Co-op's Boycott of Israeli Goods". Center for Constitutional Rights. April 7, 2014. Retrieved August 19, 2020.
- "WA Court Dismisses Seven-Year Lawsuit Over Boycott of Israeli Goods". Center for Constitutional Rights. March 9, 2018. Retrieved August 19, 2020.
- American Studies Association boycott lawsuit
- Silver, Charlotte (April 24, 2016). ""Frivolous" lawsuit aims to reverse ASA's Israel boycott". The Electronic Intifada. Retrieved September 13, 2020.
- Redden, Elizabeth (April 21, 2016). "Israel Boycott Battle Heads to Court". Inside Higher Ed. Retrieved July 13, 2017.
- Redden, Elizabeth (February 6, 2019). "Judge Dismisses Israel Boycott Case". Inside Higher Ed. Retrieved February 6, 2019.
- Redden, Elizabeth (December 12, 2017). "Suit Against American Studies Group Dismissed". Inside Higher Ed. Retrieved February 4, 2019.
- "Lawsuit: ASA's Boycott of Israel Violates Law Professors sue American Studies Association". Brandeis Center. April 20, 2016. Retrieved August 21, 2020.
- Bibliotechnical Athenaeum v National Lawyers Guild, Inc.
- Volokh, Eugene (March 19, 2018). "Court Allows Lawsuit Against Ideological Group for Discriminatory Rejection of Noncommercial Ad in Its Publication". Reason.com. Retrieved November 7, 2020.
- Kane, Alex (November 11, 2019). "Israel's Scheme To Defund the BDS Movement". In These Times. Retrieved November 7, 2020.
- Barrows-Friedman, Nora (May 20, 2020). "Agent for Israel drops lawsuit against National Lawyers Guild". The Electronic Intifada. Retrieved November 7, 2020.
- Lorde concert cancellation
- Roy, Eleanor Ainge (October 12, 2018). "Israel fines New Zealand women $18,000 for urging Lorde concert boycott". the Guardian. Retrieved November 3, 2020.
- Abu-Shanab, Nadia; Sachs, Justine (20 December 2017). "Dear Lorde, here's why we're urging you not to play Israel". The Spinoff. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
- Shapiro, Amy (11 October 2018). "NEW ZEALAND BDS ACTIVISTS ORDERED TO PAY DAMAGES OVER LORDE ISRAEL BOYCOTT". The Jerusalem Post. Retrieved 11 October 2018.
- Safi, Michael (10 February 2014). "Israel sanctions campaigner violated Australian race laws, says lawsuit". the Guardian. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
- "Israelis sue New Zealanders over Lorde boycott". Ynetnews. 31 January 2018. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
- "Israeli courts fines two Kiwi activists $23,000 over Lorde boycott letter". 1 News. Associated Press. 12 October 2018. Retrieved 11 October 2018.
- "NZ activist being sued in Israel calls it 'publicity stunt'". RNZ. October 12, 2018. Retrieved November 3, 2020.
- BDS-event on University of Massachusetts Amherst
- Steinbaugh, Adam; Morey, Alex (April 29, 2019). "UMass Amherst faces new lawsuit over event implicating Israeli-Palestinian conflict". FIRE. Retrieved November 9, 2020.
- "80 Organizations Concerned about UMass Sponsorship of Political Event and Faculty Misconduct" (PDF). AMCHA Initiative. April 23, 2019.
- "Pro-Israel Students Drop Case Against UMass Amherst Over Palestine Event". Palestine Legal. December 13, 2019. Retrieved November 9, 2020.
- Shurat HaDin v. Nepal
- "Woman accused of murdering young volunteer nurse". NewsComAu. June 6, 2018. Retrieved November 8, 2020.
- Ahronheim, Anna (June 4, 2018). "American-born IDF vet stands ground on false Gazan nurse death accusation". The Jerusalem Post. Retrieved November 8, 2020.
- "i24NEWS". i24NEWS. September 24, 2020. Retrieved November 8, 2020.
Court documents
[edit]- "Mr R Fraser -v- University & College Union". Courts and Tribunals Judiciary. 22 March 2013. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
- Robertson, J (April 24, 2014). "Shurat HaDin, Israel Law Center v Lynch (No 2)". Australasian Legal Information Institute (AustLII). Retrieved November 3, 2020.
External links
[edit]TODO
Category:Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions Category:Lawsuits Category:Lists of lawsuits