The list of people who oppose the BDS movement includes those who have either voiced opposition to the BDS movement, accused it of antisemitism, or spoken out against comprehensive boycotts against Israel. It does not include people who have been unwilling to commit to a boycott of Israel, only those actively opposing it.
NameOccupationCountryYearSource Brian A. CunninghamPoliticianUnited States2022Nas Daily (Nuseir Yassin)YouTuber IsraelRobert KraftOwner of New England PatriotsUnited StatesJoe BidenPresidentUnited States2020Helen MirrenActorEngland, UK2016Arthur OrrPoliticianUnited States2016Boris JohnsonPrime MinisterEngland, UK2019Barack ObamaPresidentUnited States2012Theresa MayPrime MinisterUnited Kingdom2018Aziz MarakaSingerJordan2020Sari NusseibehProfessor of PhilosophyPalestine2014Arsen OstrovskyHasbarist, lawyer, and head of AIJAC Sydney officeIsrael Reuven RivlinPresidentIsrael2016José María AznarPrime MinisterSpain2015Jan BartošekPoliticianCzech Republic2019David CameronPrime MinisterUnited Kingdom2014Gilad ErdanStrategic Affairs MinisterIsraelSteve McCabeMember of ParliamentUnited Kingdom2021Israel KatzIntelligence MinisterIsraelRachel RileyTelevision presenter and mathematicianUnited KingdomSharon OsbourneTelevision personalityUnited KingdomThom YorkeSingerUnited Kingdom2017Radiohead perform in Israel despite opposition from activists The Guardian. 19 July 2017.Abraham FoxmanLawyerUnited States2013Foxman, Abraham. "An Open Letter on Academic Freedom and University Responsibility". ADL. 2 June 2013.Ritchie TorresPoliticianUnited States2020Adam MilsteinReal-estate investor, lobbyist and philanthropistUnited States2016Yishai FleisherSettler and spokespersonIsraelHillary ClintonPoliticianUnited States2015Justin TrudeauPrime MinisterCanada2019Alan DershowitzLawyerUnited States2013Dershowitz, Alan. "Boycotting Israeli universities: A victory for bigotry". Haaretz. 17 December 2013.Cary NelsonEnglish professorUnited States2018Nelson, Cary. "Conspiracy Pedagogy on Campus: BDS Advocacy, Antisemitism, and Academic Freedom." Anti-Zionism on Campus, Pessin and Ben-Atar, Indiana UP, 2018, pp. 190-211 (see especially p. 191).Deborah LipstadtHolocaust historianUnited States2019Judea PearlAcademicUnited States2018Mordechai KedarPoliticianIsraelEd AsnerActorUnited States2017Stephen FryActorUnited Kingdom2019Yossi BeilinPolitician and scholarIsraelJ. K. RowlingWriterUnited KingdomCharles KrauthammerPunditUnited States2014Lisa NandyPoliticianUnited Kingdom2021Nick CaveSinger and authorAustralia2017John LydonSingerUnited Kingdom2010Gene SimmonsMusicianUnited States2011Paul McCartneySinger and musicianUnited Kingdom2008Paul McCartney promises Israel gig will go ahead despite death threats The Guardian, 16 September 2008 John LewisPolitician and civil rights leaderUnited States2019Jamaal BowmanPoliticianUnited States2021John FettermanPolitician United States2023Eric AdamsPoliticianUnited States2022
See also BDS movement List of supporters of the BDS movement
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