Hilton hotel in Texas cancels Palestinian rights conference Omar Barghouti, co-founder of the anti-Israel BDS movement, was scheduled to address attendees via video. Oct. 18, 2023
BDS movement co-founder to speak at Toronto ‘anti-racism’ conference “No one should view this organization as representative of the Jewish community in Canada,” said Canadian Jewish leader Shimon Koffler Fogel. June 14, 2023
The monstrous origins and effects of ‘Israeli Apartheid Week’ By embracing hatred, anti-Semitism and a zero-sum approach to the conflict, anti-Israel activists make dialogue and peace impossible. Abigail Darwish June 20, 2022
BDS co-founder says goal of movement is end of Israel During a 20-minute interview in Arabic via a Podcast, Omar Barghouti appears to have let slip its real objective. June 1, 2020
BDS co-founder: Israel should save us … and then die The boycott movement’s coronavirus hypocrisy doesn’t obscure its anti-Semitism. Good news about Israel will never convince those who hate it to change their minds. Jonathan S. Tobin April 7, 2020
Omar Barghouti: ‘If Israel finds a cure for coronavirus, no problem to use it’ However, adds the co-founder of the BDS movement, “under the excuse of fighting the virus, we must not have a ‘honeymoon’ with Israel.” April 6, 2020
McGill University’s student newspaper publishes anti-Israel editorial The paper also refused to publish a letter to the editor on the basis that pro-Israel students are not entitled to be part of a “dialogue that gives a platform to ideas which dehumanize a group of people.” Nov. 7, 2019
Israeli Interior Minister announces effort to strip BDS leader of residency Omar Barghouti not an Israeli citizen, but holds Israeli permanent residency status due to marriage to Israeli-Arab woman • Israeli law: Residency can be stripped if commit breach of trust against state. Oct. 7, 2019
Barghouti denied UK visa ahead of scheduled talk at Labour Party conference The Palestine Solidarity Campaign blamed his inability to enter the United Kingdom on “growing efforts by Israel and its allies to suppress Palestinian voices and the movements for Palestinian rights.” Sept. 20, 2019
