Posts Tagged: BDS Israel
US State Department Planning Expanded Campaign Using ‘All Legal and Policy Tools’ to Combat ‘Antisemitic’ BDS Movement Against Israel
The United States government is planning to significantly ramp up its efforts to combat the boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) campaign against Israel, The Algemeiner...
Anti-Israel Hatred in Scotland
Friday evening. It was in the 72nd minute of a game between Israel and Scotland (the Celtic) in the Nation’s League. Israel had a throw-in...
The Fall Semester Begins — and So Does BDS
The fall semester begins this year with higher education in limbo. Colleges and universities are split between virtual and in-person semesters, with the latter balanced...
Whither the BDS Movement?
The normalization of relations between Israel and the United Arab Emirates may be one of the biggest and final nails in the coffin of the...
Annexation Proposal Leads to More Support for BDS
In contrast to June, when BDS was focused on alleged Israeli culpability for police violence in the US, in July anger was generated over reports...
BDS and Palestinian Propagandists Seize the Moment to Attack Israel
In a sudden shift from blaming Israel and Jews for the coronavirus pandemic, BDS news in June was dominated by the killing of George Floyd...
BDS Movement Dealt a Blow at Lawyers Guild
JNS.org - After nearly four years of litigation, the National Lawyers Guild -- a non-profit organization that purports to be a storied network of human-rights...
Despite Coronavirus, BDS Debate Continues on Campus and Elsewhere
The academic year ended with colleges and universities locked down due to the coronavirus pandemic. The impact on BDS activities, especially Israeli Apartheid Week and...
Anti-Israel Groups Promote Discrimination and Bigotry
Even a broken clock is right twice a day. In early April, BDS leader Omar Barghouti expressed support for allowing the use of potential Israeli-developed vaccines...
Antisemitic BDS Activists Stage Nazi-Style ‘Execution’ of ‘Palestinians’ in Vienna
The Austrian Parliament condemned the BDS movement as antisemitic in February, but that hasn’t stopped the movement from staging more antisemitic PR stunts there. Heute reports: At...
Global Antisemitism Rises as Pandemic Spreads
The leading BDS news for April was the movement’s attack on Israel’s response to the global coronavirus pandemic. Following the approach of the Palestinian Authority and Hamas, leading...
Psychologist Group Considers Joining BDS Campaign
In yet another instance of a civil society institution in the US becoming infected with the virus of anti-Zionism, a group called “Psychologists for Social...
Coronavirus Temporarily Slows Campus BDS Efforts
The coronavirus pandemic that began in China has now engulfed the entire world. Among the casualties was higher education in North America. Campuses have shut...
Stop Using Federal Money to Finance Anti-Zionism at US Colleges
Benjamin Franklin once said that “an investment in knowledge pays the best interest.” He was right -- but what “interest” is the Federal government gaining...
