ALGEMEINER
Announcing Shift ‘From Defense to Attack,’ Israel Bars Entry to BDS Activists and Organization
by Ben Cohen
7 January 2018
Israel published on Sunday a blacklist of Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) organizations whose members and leaders will be prevented from entering the country – among them a French organization that receives taxpayer funds from state bodies, a British advocacy group whose patrons include the leader of the opposition Labour Party, and a South African solidarity campaign that regularly features antisemitic slogans and images in its propaganda. “We have moved from defense to attack,” Israel’s Strategic Affairs Minister Gilad Erdan announced in a statement that listed 20 groups whose entry will now be barred by the Interior Ministry. READ MORE
Here is a full list of the organizations set to be banned entry into Israel:
Europe
AFPS (France-Palestine Solidarity Association)
BDS France
BDS Italy
ECCP (The European Coordination of Committees and Associations for Palestine)
FOA (Friends of al-Aqsa)
IPSC (Ireland Palestine Solidarity Campaign)
Norge Palestinakomitee (The Palestine Committee of Norway)
Palestinagrupperna i Sverige (PGS-Palestine Solidarity Association of Sweden)
PSC (Palestine Solidarity Campaign)
War on Want
BDS Kampagne
United States
AFSC (American Friends Service Committee)
AMP (American Muslims for Palestine)
Code Pink
JVP (Jewish Voice for Peace)
NSJP (National Students for Justice in Palestine)
USCPR (U.S. Campaign for Palestinian Rights)
Other groups
BDS Chile
BDS South Africa
BDS National Committee