Posts Tagged: BDS Israel
Divestment Losses Piling Up for BDS
The divestment strategy seems to be a real bust for the BDS movement this year. A case in point is the University of New Mexico, where...
The Spiritual Origins of Jew-Hatred
Without bothering to recount the thousands of years worth of oppression the Jewish People have endured and the endless stream of explanations (and justifications) for...
Hijacking the Holocaust
JNS.org - Next month, participants in the Presbyterian Church's biennial assembly will meet in Detroit. Calls for divestment from Israel are likely to be...
BDS Movement Echoes Germany in the 1930s
In the 1930s, thousands of Jewish professors were kicked out of German universities because they were Jews. Shamefully, today in the U.S., Jewish professors are...
BDS Supporters Are Anti-Semites
The Washington D.C. Jewish Community Center recently canceled a concert by a Brooklyn rock group, called The Shondes, because the band's leader has endorsed and...
Don’t Let Israel Boycotters Into the Israel Day Parade
It was 81 years ago this week that the Nazis instituted their first boycott of Jewish businesses and goods"Ž. Back before the deathly Final Solution...
Despite Limited Practical Impact, BDS Movement is Leading to Apprehension for Pro-Israel Academics
JNS.org - Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said earlier this month that the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement against Israel will fail because various countries "are...
The Answer to BDS Bullies and ‘Open Hillel’
JNS.org - It's getting harder these days to survey the latest developments in the Middle East without feeling anxiety about the negative impact they...
Black-and-White Boycotts Defy a Technicolor Middle East
The world is never black and white, and it is this binary, zero-sum thinking that perpetuates the Israeli-Palestinian impasse in the Middle East. It's been weeks...
Defying BDS Calls, Promoter Shuki Weiss Brings Big-Name Performers to Israel
JNS.org - While Pink Floyd's Roger Waters has in recent years acted as a de facto frontman for the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS)...
South Africa’s Ruling ANC Party Endorses ‘Israeli Apartheid Week’
Times of Israel - South Africa's ruling party, the African National Congress, has officially endorsed "Israeli Apartheid Week," a series of anti-Israel events taking place...
Activist: Facebook Support for Scarlett Johansson May Signify Popular Pushback Against Anti-Israel Activism
A rapidly growing Facebook page supporting actress Scarlett Johansson against the anti-Israel boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) movement, reflects a grassroots rejection of boycotts against...
Merkel Says Israel Boycott ‘Not an Option’ for Germany
JNS.org - In a joint press conference with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem on Tuesday, German Chancellor Angela Merkel expressed her government's...
Israel Boycotters Attempt to Hijack Another Meeting
JNS.org - The recent California State University (CSU) Trustees bimonthly meeting took an odd turn. Amid pressing discussions about budgets, improving student success, and other...
