Posts Tagged: BDS
The Moral Incoherence of an Academic Boycott Against Israel
JNS.org - Seeming to give credence to George Orwell’s wry observation that “there are some ideas so absurd that only an intellectual could believe them,”...
BDS Boycotts Palestinian Booth at Dubai Expo
The BDS movement doesn't only boycott Israel. It also boycotts the Dubai Expo. Yesterday, it issued a statement condemning the Palestinian Authority for opening up a...
BDS Comes to Campus Amid Afghanistan Withdrawal and 9/11 Anniversary
The fall academic semester began with the American evacuation of Afghanistan and the takeover by the Taliban. No condemnations of the Taliban, including for murder...
Give Sports Bigotry No Sanction
Hamid Sajjadi, Iran’s recently appointed minister of sports, warned Iranian athletes in August not to compete against counterparts from the “child-killing and occupying regime of...
BDS Looms as Students Return to Campus
BDS activities in August were initially shaped by the fallout over the Ben & Jerry’s Israel boycott decision. Several US governors, state attorney generals, and...
Canadian Jewish Group Asks Government to Intervene in University of Toronto Hiring Controversy Over Anti-Israel Academic
B'nai Brith Canada implored several Canadian government agencies on Thursday to deny a work permit to Valentina Azarova, a pro-Palestinian activist who was last year...
Responding to Bennett Cohen and Jerry Greenfield
On July 28th, Bennett Cohen and Jerry Greenfield, the founders of Ben & Jerry's, published an op-ed in The New York Times. They stated that...
BDS Rages as the Summer Sizzles On
As the fall semester approaches, signs point to an even more heightened campus environment of harassment and intimidation aimed against Israel and its supporters. Control...
Ben, Jerry, and the Hilarity of Privilege
In a famous dialogue from the ancient Greek historian Thucydides’ history of the Peloponnesian War, the rival city-states Athens and Sparta each make a case...
Without an Aggressive Response, Ben & Jerry’s Decision Is a Harbinger of Further Divestment From Israel
Companies hate controversy. Controversy threatens a company’s reputation and future earnings. With the dramatic growth of corporate social responsibility over the past decade, activists have...
University of Cape Town, UC Berkeley Hailed for ‘Ignoring’ BDS Campaign to Cancel Israeli Academics at Conference
A student group working with the Boycott, Sanctions, Divestment–South African Coalition (SABDS) failed to cancel presentations by two Israeli professors at an academic conference co-hosted...
Ben & Jerry’s Israel Reports Rise in Local Sales as CEO Calls for Campaign to Reverse Boycott
Ben & Jerry’s Israel said it has seen its sales grow in a sign of solidarity after the US ice-cream brand decided to nix the...
Is a Rally Enough to Fight Antisemitism?
Approximately 3,000 American Jews participated in a rally on Sunday in Washington, DC, called "No Fear: A Rally in Solidarity with the Jewish People." It...
Anti-Israel Activism Expands on Campus and Elsewhere
BDS activities in June were marked by continued condemnations of Israel from a variety of faculty and student groups, unions, and others. Overall more than...
