The ongoing controversy around the chocolate shop Max Brenner has become stickier with a group of politicians stepping out in support of the business despite fierce protests by pro-Palestine campaigners. Max Brenner stores around Australia have been the site of protests by campaigners involved in the Boycott Divestment and Sanctions movement, or BDS. BDS protesters…
Order number in hand and a copy of The Age tucked under his arm, Kevin Rudd sat down for a hot chocolate in the afternoon on a Melbourne city street. But his choice of cafe was no accident – rather, it was a deliberate statement of support for a company targeted in a political boycott of Israel.…
As part of Leonard Cohen’s successful world comeback tour in 2009 he included a concert at Ramat Gan stadium near Tel Aviv in his itinerary. For that he was condemned by some activists for promoting a cultural exchange in Israel. Never mind the fact that proceeds from this concert were directed to the “Fund for…