Posts Tagged: BDS movement
Anti-Israel Activists at U of Maryland Demand Administration Protect Them Against Antisemitism Allegations, Allow BDS Promotion ‘Without Fear of Consequence’
Anti-Israel activists at the University of Maryland (UMD) are calling on the administration to defend them against antisemitism allegations and allow them to operate “without...
Irish University’s Decision to Host Conference Calling for Elimination of Jewish State Provides Cloak of Academic Legitimacy for Antisemitism, Say Israel Advocates
An Irish university's decision to host a conference calling for the elimination of the Jewish state provides activists the opportunity to hide their antisemitism behind a cloak of academic legitimacy,...
Legal Group Threatens Action Against Modern Language Association Over BDS Motion That Counters Academic Organization’s Tax-Exempt Status
A Jewish civil rights organization threatened a prominent academic body with legal action on the grounds that an anti-Israel motion it is considering runs counter to the...
Anti-Israel University of Michigan Professor ‘Puzzled’ by ‘Fizzling’ BDS Activism on Campus
Students at the University of Michigan, Dearborn (UMD) have lost interest in anti-Israel activism, a faculty member and long-time BDS activist told local independent newspaper Arab...
Claremont Colleges Students Paint Mural Promoting Love, Peace in Response to Art Display Implying Erasure of Israel
Students at California's Claremont Colleges responded to a campus mural calling for Israel to be replaced by a Palestinian state with a public art display...
Pro-BDS Candidate for Leadership of UK’s Jewish Student Umbrella Group Suffers Stinging Defeat in Presidential Election
An Israeli-born backer of the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement against Israel, who stood as a candidate in the election for president of the UK's...
Jewish Students at U of Manchester Left ‘Angry, Fearful’ in Wake of Successful BDS Campaign That ‘Sprang Out of Nowhere’
Jewish students at the University of Manchester in Britain have been left angry and fearful after a sudden campaign, which “sprang out of nowhere,” led to the swift passage of...
Academic Freedom Proponents Slam BDS Policy of ‘Anti-Normalization,’ Non-Engagement With Israel, Supporters
Two prominent pro-Israel academics slammed the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement’s policy of "anti-normalization" and non-engagement with the Jewish state and its supporters in...
Despite BDS Efforts to Isolate Israeli Academia, Jewish State Remains ‘Preferred Collaboration Partner for US Researchers,’ New Study Reveals
Despite the efforts of the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement to isolate Israeli academia, prestigious American universities continue to consider the Jewish state "a preferred...
Angry Activists at Columbia U Protest ‘Indigenous Peoples’ Event Highlighting Historical Jewish Ties to Israel
Activists at Columbia University staged a walkout at an event Tuesday evening -- at which The Algemeiner was present -- as a Yemenite Jewish man addressed the...
German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s Party Declares BDS Antisemitic, Reminiscent of Nazi Boycotts
JNS.org - German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservative party announced Wednesday that it has passed a resolution declaring that the anti-Israel Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement...
Officials at Ben-Gurion Airport Refuse Entry to Israel of Known BDS Activist
JNS.org - Israel refused entry to an activist for the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement Monday, the first time such action was taken since a bill...
Victim of ‘Antisemitic’ Attack at Cambridge: Human Rights of Israeli, Jewish Students in Jeopardy as Line Between Anti-Zionism, Jew-Hatred Blurs
One of the victims of an alleged antisemitic attack at Cambridge University last month warned this week that Jews and Israelis are in increasing danger...
Bernard-Henri Lévy Says Election of Donald Trump a ‘Major Event for Jews’; Warns of Rise of ‘American Antisemitism’
Editor's note: Bernard-Henri Lévy — French philosopher, filmmaker, and activist; defender of Israel and of Jewish values — returns to New York on January 11...
