Posts Tagged: BDS Israel
Want to Beat BDS? Stop Propping Up a Failed Peace Process
JNS.org - The goal of the BDS movement is the same as the late, unlamented Arab League boycott: the economic strangulation of Israel. Just like the...
SPME BDS Monitor: The Movement Returns to Campus
In October, BDS was characterized by "intersectional" accusations and a variety of assaults on free speech, university and Jewish organizations. Among the most odious were...
Why BDS Laws Don’t Violate Free Speech
The fate of a law is never sealed with its passage; even the best of laws can fall prey to misinterpretation and skewed enforcement. That was the case...
Palestinians Attack Arabs Touring US to Oppose Anti-Israel Boycott Movement
YNet reports that: A small, unlikely “dream team” delegation comprised entirely of minorities in Israel is preparing to embark on a trip to the US and Europe...
SPME BDS Monitor: Hate Arises on US College Campuses
The BDS movement on campus has swiftly aligned itself with "antifa" protests against "white supremacy," which usually accuse Israel and its supporters of being racists...
New Film on Roger Waters Seeks to Expose BDS Frontman’s Antisemitism
JNS.org - Ahead of Roger Waters’ Canadian tour in October, B’nai Brith Canada and award-winning filmmaker Ian Halperin are planning to premiere a new film -- Wish...
SPME BDS Monitor: The Coming Year on Campus
August saw the violent collision of politics and culture in American life, with the BDS movement playing the spoiler. The riots between neo-Nazis and white...
Do You Think the Cultural BDS Movement Is Failing? Think Again
Do you think that the cultural boycott campaign against Israel is a colossal failure? Think again. Scotland's Sunday Herald recently published an open letter signed by artists, media workers and academics that called for...
Israel Must Be Boycotted — Unless It Saves Our Lives
We've seen before how BDS activists talk big about boycotting Israel -- which really means that everyone else must boycott Israel. We know, for example, how Omar Barghouti wants...
Mexican Politician Slams BDS During West Bank Visit, Lauds Ties With Israel
JNS.org - During a visit to the West Bank on Sunday, Mexican politician Hugo Eric Flores Cervantes asserted there should be no boycotts of products made in the...
The Epic Failure of the BDS Cultural Boycott
For weeks, the headlines focused on the campaign by Roger Waters to persuade Radiohead to cancel its Israel gig. Yet the self-appointed musical boycotter-in-chief was...
Radiohead Rocks Tel Aviv With Longest Performance in 11 Years, Defying BDS
JNS.org - Some 50,000 Israelis flocked to Tel Aviv’s Hayarkon Park on Wednesday night to hear the British rock band Radiohead perform in one of the...
A BDS Lesson from Tunisia
JNS.org - To get a sense of what really lies beneath the campaign to boycott Israel -- which is about much more than just boycotting Israel -- it can be...
What Links Progressive Intersectionality? Blame the ‘Zionists’
“When people criticize Zionists, they mean Jews. You’re talking antisemitism,” Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. declared in 1968. Dr. King’s admonishment is as relevant today...
