Posts Tagged: BDS Israel
Want to Boycott Israel? Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is
JNS.org - When navigating to www.bdsguide.com, I’m immediately confronted with a clenched fist on a red banner against a crisp white background, and the matter-of-fact wording...
BFD: Boycotts for Dummies
With nearly a dozen states passing or soon to approve resolutions condemning the anti-Israel Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement (BDS), and nations such as Canada,...
No Sunshine for BDS: Florida Passes Bill Against Anti-Israel Boycotts
JNS.org - There won’t be any sunshine for boycotters of Israel in the Sunshine State. In a near-unanimous 112-2 vote, the Florida House of Representatives on Feb....
Birthright Israel Should Fund Teen Trips to Israel Immediately
The rise of anti-Israel and anti-Jewish activities in academia begs for an effective strategy to prepare Jewish students to fight BDS on college campuses before they...
Oscars’ $55,000 Israel Trip Slammed by BDS Activists
JNS.org - Palestinian activists from the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement are criticizing the voucher for a $55,000 all-expenses-paid trip to Israel that is being...
Israel’s Defenders Must Step Up Efforts on Behalf of the Jewish State
The anti-Israel Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement is heating up, with activists trying to spread the EU's labeling initiative that singles out Israeli products from Judea...
BDS Undermines the Very Values of American Universities
The BDS movement is thriving on many college campuses. Here are some of the reasons this policy actually violates the principles these colleges claim to...
An Iron Dome Against the Cultural Boycott of Israel
Prior to an Israeli Knesset conference this month concerning the delegitimization of Israel, MK Michael Oren called for a “legal and hasbara Iron dome.” The way...
Who Is Actually Boycotting Israel? The Answer Might Surprise You
No one is actually boycotting Israel. Not the Europeans. Not the American Studies professors. Not Saudi Arabia. Not even Roger Waters. There is not a...
To Win the War of Ideas, Israel Must Be the ‘Underdog’ Again
As humans, we instinctively root for the underdog. Movies and books exalt the underfunded, undereducated (and often underage) underdog in his fight against the polished...
Israeli Foreign Ministry Slams South African Arrest Warrants for IDF Officers
JNS.org - An Israeli Foreign Ministry official called South African arrest warrants against four former IDF officers involved in the 2010 Gaza flotilla incident “ugly and...
Steven Salaita: The BDS Movement’s Favorite Martyr
Steven Salaita, whose anti-Zionist/Semitic tweets and uncivil rants cost him a position at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC), used a recent appearance in Philadelphia to portray himself...
Beware of ‘Friends’ Supporting Boycotts of Israel
Determined enemies launched the movement to boycott, divest from, and sanction Israel (BDS) in order to accomplish through propaganda what they had failed to achieve...
After South Carolina, Illinois and Ohio, New York State Senator Pushes for Anti-BDS Law
New York Senator Michael Gianaris vowed on Tuesday to introduce legislation barring the state from doing business with corporations or individuals engaging in the movement to boycott, divest from and...
