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The makers of multiplayer game Big Walk announced they deliberately excluded an Xbox release as part of a boycott targeting Microsoft, citing the company's involvement with Israel. The developers said they are following the BDS (Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions) movement's designation of Microsoft and Xbox as boycott targets, and will not bring the game to the platform until that designation is lifted.
Sally Rooney says Faber has stopped supplying her books in the UK because her stated support for the banned group Palestine Action could make fulfilling UK publishing contracts a criminal offence. Palestine Action was proscribed as a terrorist organisation under the Terrorism Act last July, and Rooney had pledged to continue directing sales proceeds to the group, which remains legal in Ireland. She previously cancelled a UK trip to collect an award over fears of arrest.
A widely circulated document attributed to Osama bin Laden, first published around 2002, lists grievances against U.S. foreign policy—including support for Israel, military presence in Muslim countries, and sanctions—as justification for al-Qaeda's attacks. The text has recently regained attention online as users rediscover and share excerpts from it.
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission determined in June that there is reasonable cause to believe Cisco subjected Muslim and Middle Eastern employees, as well as other workers who voiced pro-Palestinian views, to a hostile work environment. The finding stems from a complaint alleging that advocacy related to Palestine led to workplace mistreatment at the tech giant.
On August 26, 2026, the US government added the volunteer-run Italian collective Autistici/Inventati—operator of the noblogs.org hosting platform—to its list of Specially Designated Global Terrorists, citing its 'far-left' political orientation. The same announcement designated the UK group Palestine Action and the Palestinian movement Masar Badil. Autistici/Inventati, founded in 2001, provides free email, blogs, mailing lists and websites to roughly 16,000 mailboxes and thousands of independent projects, including anti-fascist researchers and cultural organizations.
OFAC designated Autistici Inventati, an Italian hosting and email provider, for supplying digital infrastructure used by Antifa-linked cells and other violent far-left networks. The same action sanctioned UK group Palestine Action and Masar Badil, described as a front for the PFLP, under counterterrorism authority Executive Order 13224.