Posts Tagged: BDS Israel
Radiohead: My New Favorite Band
I have to admit that I haven’t spent much time thinking about the band Radiohead in recent years. In fact, the last time I thought of them...
Debating the Morality of the BDS Cult
If the Jewish people ever needed an icon for their sworn enemies -- a litmus test that distinguishes those who oppose the core of Israel’s existence from...
Israel’s Sights, Sounds and Tastes Are a Recipe for Fighting BDS
JNS.org - When it comes to winning the argument against the BDS movement, the best strategy might be as simple as a dish of shakshuka, an Israeli music...
Don’t Ignore the Cultural Boycott of Israel
Nearly 50 artists, including Roger Waters, Thurston Moore, Julie Christie and Mike Leigh, recently signed an open letter to the English rock band Radiohead, urging them to cancel their...
Why Is CUNY Honoring and Supporting BDS?
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has previously “blackballed a dozen foreign companies for supporting the boycott, divestment and sanctions movement against Israel.” As the New York...
Advocacy Group: Letter Penned by BDS Supporters Calling on Radiohead to Cancel Israel Concert Full of ‘Inaccurate Claims’ and ‘False Accusations’
The open letter recently penned by BDS supporters -- including Roger Waters and Desmond Tutu -- that called on British rock band Radiohead to cancel its upcoming concert...
Peter Beinart Is an Apologist for Terror
Peter Beinart tries to trick his readers in his latest piece for the Forward. See if you can spot his sleight of hand as he describes the...
SPME BDS Monitor: Divestment Stalls, But Antisemitism Thrives
March was a complicated month for BDS efforts, with divestment resolutions, "Israeli Apartheid Week" activities, outbreaks of campus antisemitism and important political developments. Last month, BDS...
BDS Movement Suffers Setbacks in Israel and Around the World
JNS.org - Last week, Israel's Knesset passed landmark legislation attacking the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement. The new law represents just one of several recent setbacks...
StandWithUs Hosts Conference to Fight BDS Movement
JNS.org - Long admired in pro-Israel circles for his 2003 book The Case for Israel, former Harvard Law School professor Alan Dershowitz is now targeting the...
British BDS Activist Denied Entry Into Israel
JNS.org - A week after the Knesset passed legislation banning foreign nationals who actively support the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement from entering Israel, the...
What American Universities Can Learn From the UK
Yesterday, I wrote about the outrageous decision by students at the University of London to deny Jewish students the right to define what constitutes hatred against their...
SPME BDS Monitor: A Month of Progress
January saw the new Trump administration articulate strong opposition to BDS. Some of the protests against the administration and its new temporary immigration restrictions saw the...
BDS and the New ‘Anti-Normalization’
In early December, Professors Cary Nelson and David Greenberg wrote an op-ed in the Washington Post about the “anti-normalization” tactic that has been widely adopted by proponents of the...
