Posts Tagged: BDS movement
Bipartisan Birds Boycott Bibi, Break Bread (and the Law) at AIPAC Confab
JNS.org - Taking a page from the playbook of roughly the same number of Democratic US legislators, a group of 32 birds of various...
At AIPAC, US Senator Announces New Legislation to Fight Anti-Israel BDS Movement
US Senator Ben Cardin (D-MD) will introduce new legislation this week to combat the anti-Israel Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement, he told attendees at...
Alan Parsons Rejects Roger Waters’ Anti-Israel Riff
The anti-Israel Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement is front and center in an ongoing feud between progressive rock music pioneer Alan Parsons and former...
As Stanford Falls to BDS, It’s Time to Strike Back
The dominoes are falling one by one. The student governments of major and highly prestigious universities, comprised of giant Jewish student populations, are voting to...
Anti-Israel BDS Movement is Fashionable in Academia, But Far From Invincible
JNS.org - While the global anti-Israel Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) campaign has officially hit America's scholarly associations over the last two years, even considering...
What Type of Zionism is Acceptable?
Among the most pernicious consequences of the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanction (BDS) movement has been the wedge driven between Israel and liberal Americans, including...
BDS Movement Fails to Derail Israeli Economy, Knesset Committee Report Says
The BDS movement has failed to derail the Israeli economy, according to a recent report commissioned by the Knesset Finance Committee. Photo: Twitter JNS.org -...
ZOA: Disqualify Groups Backing Sanctions and Boycotts Against Israel From Zionist Election
JNS.org - The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) filed a complaint with the World Zionist Congress that calls for the disqualification of a slate...
After a Year of Rising Anti-Israel Prejudice, Good Riddance to 2014
As 2014 draws to a close, I can't help but reflect on this year's dramatic increase in anti-Semitic and anti-Israel attacks, and hope that the...
Harvard Suspends Purchases From SodaStream After Anti-Israel Pressure
JNS.org - After anti-Israel pressure, Harvard University Dining Services (HUDS) has suspended its purchase of soda and water machines produced by Israel-based SodaStream, the beverage carbonation company...
University of California Student-Workers Union Votes to Boycott Israel
JNS.org - United Auto Workers (UAW) Local 285, a union representing 13,000 student-workers and academic employees in the 10-campus University of California (UC) system,...
BDS Group Spreads Photoshopped Image of Concentration Camp Inmates Holding Anti-Israel Posters
A Facebook page supporting the anti-Israel Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement on Wednesday uploaded a Photoshopped image of Nazi concentration camp prisoners holding anti-Israel...
‘The New Anti-Semitism’ Comes of Age a Decade Later (REVIEW)
JNS.org - Any Jew holding a copy of Dr. Phyllis Chesler's updated book, The New Anti-Semitism, can breathe a sigh and exclaim, "this tome...
Why Israel Matters to Me, Even if I’m Not Jewish
I was thrilled as a young boy to watch the rebirth of Israel. I knew of the Holocaust; pictures of people suffering and dead in...
