Posts Tagged: BDS movement
Spanish Court Invalidates City’s Resolution to Boycott Israel
JNS.org - In a blow to the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement in Spain, a Spanish court has invalidated a municipal boycott of Israel on...
Israeli Foreign Ministry Falls Short of Goals in BDS Fight, Government Report Says
JNS.org - A new report issued by the Israeli state comptroller says that the country’s Foreign Ministry is failing to achieve its “designated goals” in the...
Sanders Taps Israel Critics, Including BDS Supporter, for Democratic Platform Committee
JNS.org - Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Bernie Sanders (D-Vt.) on Monday picked two critics of Israel to be members of the Democratic Party Platform Drafting Committee, amid...
Israel’s UN Envoy Hosting Summit to Provide Practical Tools for Fighting BDS
JNS.org - Israeli Ambassador to the United Nations Danny Danon on May 31 will host a summit on fighting the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement,...
French Bank Closes Account of BDS Group
JNS.org - A major French bank has shut down the account of a Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement group on the grounds that it is...
Study: 1 in 6 Israeli Academics Hides National Identity Due to Fear of BDS
JNS.org - A recent study found that one out of every six Israeli academics hides his or her national identity when submitting drafts of research...
Hillary Clinton Says She Opposes BDS Movement in Letter to Jewish Leaders
On the eve of her religious denomination’s quadrennial meeting, Hillary Clinton wrote a letter to Jewish agency heads saying she opposes the Boycott, Divestment and Sanction...
Iowa Governor to Sign Bill Banning Use of State Funds for Israel Boycotts
Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad will sign a bill that prohibits state funds from being invested in companies that boycott Israel, he said on Monday. The bill, formally titled House...
French Embassy in Israel Says Major Bank Violating Anti-BDS Law
JNS.org - France’s embassy in Israel said that Credit Mutuel, a major French bank, is violating a French law by servicing an account held by an...
Professors Sue American Studies Association for Boycott of Israel
JNS.org - Several members of the American Studies Association (ASA) announced Wednesday that they are suing their own academic association for its boycott of Israel, arguing...
Jerusalem Conference Features the Unsung Israeli Perspective on Fighting BDS
JNS.org - Debate on the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement is often heard loudest from Jews in America and the rest of the Diaspora, perhaps...
Latin American, Caribbean Lawmakers Sign Pro-Israel, Anti-BDS Resolution
JNS.org - Parliamentarians from 13 Latin American and Caribbean nations have signed a resolution in support of Israel and against the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS)...
British Justice Secretary Slams BDS, Says ‘We’ve Seen This Before, Know Where It Takes Us’
JNS.org - British Justice Secretary Michael Gove strongly criticized the boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) movement for indulging in “prejudice rather than fighting it,” at an...
Florida, Virginia Pass Latest State-Level Anti-BDS Resolutions
JNS.org - The Florida Senate and the Virginia General Assembly this week passed resolutions condemning and taking action against the anti-Israel Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS)...
