Posts Tagged: BDS movement
BDS Undermines the Very Values of American Universities
The BDS movement is thriving on many college campuses. Here are some of the reasons this policy actually violates the principles these colleges claim to...
Broken Windows: How US Universities Encourage Hate Speech Against Jews and Israel
The facade of a building conveys the general state of affairs inside. If a building is kept clean, we conclude that those inside it care...
BDS After the Boycott
JNS.org - 2016 may well be remembered as the year that Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement targeting Israel finally died its death—in a clinical sense,...
Jewish Academics Turn Against Hillel
The enemies of Israel neither slumber nor sleep. They include not only the technically competent barbarians of Iran, exuberantly aggressive with the prospect of nuclear...
Slovenian Supermarket Chain Backs Out of BDS-Inspired Boycott of Israel
JNS.org - The largest Slovenian supermarket chain, Mercator, has reneged on its earlier decision to remove Israeli products from its shelves, a move that had come in response...
Israel’s Deputy Foreign Minister Condemns Former Diplomat for Aiding BDS
Israeli Deputy Foreign Minister Tzipi Hotovely condemned a former member of the diplomatic corps for abetting the campaign to boycott, divest from and sanction Israel (BDS), the Hebrew news...
California Lawmaker Proposes Bill to Prevent State From Doing Business With BDS-Backing Companies
JNS.org - California State Assemblyman Travis Allen (R-Huntington Beach) on Monday introduced a bill that would block California from doing business with companies that implement boycotts...
Local Authorities in UK to Be Stripped of Boycott Power Against Israeli Settlements
Local councils in the United Kingdom will soon be unable to decide to boycott companies operating in Israeli settlements, The Guardian reported on Saturday. The UK's Department for Communities and...
Israeli Envoy to US Rebuffs BDS, Sends Gifts From Judea and Samaria
JNS.org - Israeli ambassador to the United States, Ron Dermer, sent out holiday gifts that included Israeli goods produced in Judea and Samaria, the Golan Heights,...
BDS-Supporting Author Refuses to Sell Hebrew Rights to His Book About Hillary Clinton
JNS.org - An Israeli publisher seeking to purchase the rights to a book about Hillary Clinton’s presidential race was denied due to the author’s support of...
Why NIF Supports a Boycott of Israel, and Why We Must Stop It
Over the last year, we have researched and published many articles examining the boycott movement against Israel, and revealed a number of the financiers of...
Responding to Hatred With IsrAction Day
JNS.org - I was telling a friend this week that of all the topics I write about, the global campaign against Israel’s very existence is the...
SPME BDS Monitor: Boycott Israel Movement on the March Across College Campuses
The academic BDS scene deteriorated further in November as American anthropologists voted to recommend an Israel boycott to the full membership. At the same time...
The Campus Uprisings, Israel, and the Downfall of Larry Summers
The Wall Street Journal of November 14-15 carried an astute article by Roger Kimball (editor of the New Criterion) entitled “The Rise of the College...
