Posts Tagged: BDS
Normalization Throws a Wrench Into BDS
The most important BDS development in September was the signing of normalization agreements by Israel and the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain. Intense "outside in"...
Jewish Students at University of Illinois Decry Passage of Anti-Israel Divestment Resolution During High Holidays
The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign’s student government on Wednesday night voted in favor of a pro-BDS resolution calling for divestment from a number of...
Anti-Israel Hatred in Scotland
Friday evening. It was in the 72nd minute of a game between Israel and Scotland (the Celtic) in the Nation’s League. Israel had a throw-in...
The Fall Semester Begins — and So Does BDS
The fall semester begins this year with higher education in limbo. Colleges and universities are split between virtual and in-person semesters, with the latter balanced...
Scrutinizing Israel and the Ivory Tower
Academia: All the Lies -- What Went Wrong in the University Model and What Will Come in Its Place by Oz and Tamar Almog (2020,...
Acclaimed Israeli Jazz Player Avishai Cohen Told Boycott Movement Representatives to ‘Go F*** Yourself’
Acclaimed Israeli jazz player Avishai Cohen had a short and sweet response when asked to boycott Israel: "Go f*** yourself." Cohen told Israeli news website Walla on...
Whither the BDS Movement?
The normalization of relations between Israel and the United Arab Emirates may be one of the biggest and final nails in the coffin of the...
Annexation Proposal Leads to More Support for BDS
In contrast to June, when BDS was focused on alleged Israeli culpability for police violence in the US, in July anger was generated over reports...
New Report Confirms Al Jazeera’s Role as Qatari Agent
An explosive new report released last week by former US Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, (R-FL), provides compelling evidence that the Al Jazeera television network has been...
BDS and Palestinian Propagandists Seize the Moment to Attack Israel
In a sudden shift from blaming Israel and Jews for the coronavirus pandemic, BDS news in June was dominated by the killing of George Floyd...
BDS Movement Dealt a Blow at Lawyers Guild
JNS.org - After nearly four years of litigation, the National Lawyers Guild -- a non-profit organization that purports to be a storied network of human-rights...
Sarsour Group Says ‘No Zionists’ at Civil Rights Rally
It was an event to celebrate freedom and protest ongoing bigotry and discrimination. But the group Muslims4Abolition openly engaged in bigotry and discrimination in promoting its...
Spain’s Balearic Islands, Renowned Mediterranean Party Spot, Adopt Anti-BDS Law
The parliament of Spain’s Balearic Islands passed a bill earlier this month condemning the anti-Israel boycott, divestment, and sanctions (BDS) movement. The legislation approved on June...
Is Ignorance About the Holocaust Connected to Soaring Antisemitism?
According to the Anti-Defamation League (ADL), antisemitism in America has reached its highest level since 1979, when the ADL first started keeping count. Worldwide, too,...
