Posts Tagged: BDS Israel
5 Urgent Issues for the World Zionist Congress
The World Zionist Congress will be meeting in Jerusalem from October 20-22, at one of the most perilous times in recent Jewish history. The Congress must...
What ‘Black Lives Matter’ and BDS Have in Common
I don’t like Mondays. Let me correct that. I fear Mondays, but not for the usual reasons. Every Monday morning, Chicago area residents wake up to news of...
An Open Letter to Reykjavik, Iceland, on Its Eruption of Anti-Semitism
JNS.org - Dear Reykjavik City Council members, You would think that your country, which routinely violates the international ban on commercial whaling — slaughtering 137 last year...
The BDS Movement Is Actually Hurting Palestinians
As SodaStream, one of the top targets for the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement, shuts its West Bank factory and moves over the Green Line...
Fight BDS by Buying Israeli Products, Pressing Back on Boycotts
The key to defeating BDS may come down to making the price of boycotts too high for businesses and cultural centers to bear -- forcing them...
Communist China and the BDS Movement Have a Lot in Common
The pandemic of artistic censorship spread last week, not only within China’s oppressive communist regime, but through the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) effort against...
South African MP: ‘There Is Nothing In Israel That Looks Like Apartheid’
JNS.org - South African Member of Parliament Kenneth Meshoe spoke out against the claim by Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement activists that Israel is an...
Student Conference Imparts Solidarity to Pro-Israel Leaders
JNS.org - On a hot mid-August day in Boston, when many of the city’s tens of thousands of college students had yet to arrive in their...
The B in BDS Stands for Bull****
The issue of human rights is very alluring. It appeals to our conscience and sense of altruism, but what happens when organizations and individuals who...
SPME BDS Monitor: Hillary Clinton Takes a Stand Against BDS
July saw the conclusion of an agreement to curb Iran’s nuclear program, and focus is being shifted back to the Arab-Israeli conflict. With it are...
If BDS Supports Tolerance, Why is it Trying to Suppress Free Speech?
The cultural boycott against Israel strikes at the heart of freedom of expression. The Boycott, Sanctions and Divestment (BDS) movement seeks to rob the world...
Take a Page From Kentucky Fried Chicken and Bring Back Zionism
Kentucky Fried Chicken used to be a mainstay in American fast food. Who can forget the plump Colonel quipping, “Finger lickn’ good”? When the health craze...
As Church Votes in Support of BDS, New Leader Lacks Courage to Voice Opposition
Rev. John Dorhauer has a problem. He just got elected president and general minister of the United Church of Christ (UCC), a liberal Protestant denomination...
It’s Time to Fight Fire With Fire on College Campuses
A wave of anti-Semitism is sweeping across American universities. During the 2014-2015 school year, resolutions calling for a boycott of the Jewish state were passed by...
