Posts Tagged: BDS
BDS Movement Uses Campus Antisemitism to March Onward
BDS activities in January were shaped by the continuing evolution of the COVID pandemic, which has slowed the reopening of higher education, and also by...
New York Senate Weighs Bill to Keep Public Funds Away From Israel Boycott Efforts
A bill winding through the New York Senate aims to do more to ensure the state does not contract with companies that boycott Israel. Introduced by...
Don’t Turn Away Supporters of Israel
The State of Israel was founded in 1948 and admitted to the United Nations as a member state in 1949. Nevertheless, as Susie Linfield writes...
The Cycle: How Antisemitism Takes Root on College Campuses
It starts with a newspaper article. A student writes a piece to the student body, saying that all Jews are "white." This is usually penned...
BDS Brings Antisemitism to Universities Across America
In December, a new report revealed the extent to which "diversity, equity, and inclusion" (DEI) officials are pervasively biased against Israel. The study analyzed the Twitter...
Pro-Palestinian Artists Withdraw From Sydney Festival Over Israeli Sponsorship Deal
A coalition of pro-Palestinian artists and others have withdrawn their participation from the 2022 Sydney Festival, and are calling for a boycott of the event...
‘Zionist Playbook’: UNC Student Newspaper Glosses Over Teacher’s Antisemitic Dog Whistles
On September 24, the University of North Carolina (UNC) issued a statement that reaffirmed its commitment to tackling antisemitism, labeling it “one of the oldest...
Until the Storm Subsides: The Resilience of Hillel and Other Cultural Jewish Spaces
When a historian came to my college a few years back and told us all, a table of Jewish students, that antisemitism was dead --...
Academia’s Disturbing Distortion of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
Academics are expected to treat controversial issues with reasoned analysis -- objective evaluation of opposing sides. Commentary following the recent 11-day war between Israel and...
Virginia Tech GPSS’ Farcical BDS Legislation Slanders Israel with Lies and Disinformation
Despite the well-established irrationality of academic boycotts against Israel, the Virginia Tech Graduate and Professional Student Senate (GPSS) recently passed divestment legislation, supposedly to hold Israel...
Gaza War Fueled Unprecedented Levels of Anti-Israel Activity on College Campuses: ADL Report
American college campuses experienced anti-Israel activity and inflammatory rhetoric at the "highest rate in recent memory" during and after Israel's May conflict with Hamas, according...
‘Israeli Apartheid’: University of Toronto’s Kosher Food Row Exposes Acceptance of BDS on Campus
Last month, the University of Toronto’s student union was embroiled in a scandal over its kosher food dining options. The row started when the college’s Scarborough...
BDS Comes to the Campus, the Streets, and Politics
In November, BDS in academia was marked by efforts to cancel speakers perceived as pro-Israel, such as Israeli Ambassador Tzipi Hotovely's talk at the London...
Academics for Palestine or Academics Against Israel?
JNS.org - Former British Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli said of universities that they should be “a place of light, of liberty and learning.” Of course,...
