Posts Tagged: BDS movement
BDS Movement Founder Omar Barghouti Arrested in Israel for Tax Fraud
JNS.org - The co-founder of the worldwide Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement has been arrested for tax evasion, Israeli business news outlet Globes reported Monday. Omar Barghouti was...
Alan Dershowitz Joined by Prominent Academics in Railing Against ‘Hypocrisy’ of BDS Intellectual Leader Cornel West for Statement on ‘Truth-Seeking, Freedom of Thought’
The co-signing of a statement calling for “truth-seeking and freedom of thought” by a well-known BDS proponent elicited harsh reactions from academics, who said they...
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...
For Third Time in Two Years, Ohio State Students Reject Anti-Israel Divestment Motion
For the third time in two years, students at Ohio State University (OSU) rejected a motion calling for divestment from companies that engage in business...
BDS Activists Absent From Final ‘Apartheid Week’ Events on South African Campus ‘Due to Strong Pro-Israel Presence,’ Advocacy Group Leader Says
Anti-Israel BDS activists at the University of the Witwatersrand (Wits) in South Africa disappeared from campus on Friday -- the last day of Israeli Apartheid...
PBS Panel Discussion on BDS: University Students Indoctrinated to View Jews, Israelis as ‘Bad,’ Palestinians as ‘Victims’
Identity politics are leading to the indoctrination of university students to view Jews and Israelis as “bad” and Palestinians as “victims," a prominent American social...
BDS Activists on South African Campus Wave Hezbollah Flag at Pro-Israel Counter-Demonstrators
The Hezbollah flag was prominently displayed by BDS activists during a standoff with pro-Israel students at the University of the Witwatersrand (Wits) in South Africa...
Students at South African University Use Dancing, Hebrew Chanting to Thwart Attack on Arab-Israeli Zionist by BDS Activists
Anti-Israel BDS activists at the University of the Witwatersrand (Wits) in South Africa were prevented on Tuesday from attacking an Arab member of an Israeli...
Georgetown U Rejects Proposal to Divest From Companies That ‘Enable, Profit From Violent Israeli Occupation of Palestine’
A Georgetown University advisory board has rejected an anti-Israel Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) proposal issued in October by three student activists, on the grounds that “divestment would...
Jewish Student at Ohio State U Says Upcoming Vote on BDS Motion Likely to Usher in Antisemitic Attacks
A Jewish student at Ohio State University (OSU) told the Cleveland Jewish News on Thursday that an anti-Israel resolution being put to vote on campus Monday through...
Oxford Alum on ‘Israeli Apartheid Week’: Campus Anti-Zionism ‘Fig Leaf for Ugly Jew-Baiting’
"Anti-Zionism has become a fig leaf for ugly Jew-baiting," a recent graduate of the University of Oxford wrote on Thursday. In an op-ed in the UK’s The Telegraph, Richard Black attributed the “barrage...
SPME BDS Monitor: Neo-Nazi and Islamic Antisemitism on the Rise
February was marked by antisemitic incidents both on and off campus, originating from both the far-Right and the far-Left. Neo-Nazi and Islamist antisemitism was evident,...
New Israeli Initiative to Equip Jewish High School Students With Tools to Counter Campus Anti-Zionism Lauded by Advocacy Groups
A new Israeli initiative to prepare high school students to deal with and confront anti-Zionist activity that they are liable to encounter when they get to college was...
Columbia U Students Launch ‘Hebrew Liberation Week’ to Counter Anti-Israel Efforts, Empower Jewish Students
To counter a series of annual "Israeli Apartheid Week" events, a new program initiated by a grassroots advocacy group at New York's Columbia University seeks to “empower Jewish...
