Posts Tagged: BDS
Cornell’s Anti-Israel Divestment Resolution Is Full of Lies, Slanders, and Inaccuracies
On April 11, the Cornell Student Assembly will vote on a resolution submitted by Students for Justice in Palestine (Resolution 36). Much of Resolution 36 is...
BDS Co-Founder, Who Calls for Israel’s Destruction, Leads Annual Anti-Israel Conference
Omar Barghouti -- co-founder of the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement -- calls for the destruction of the Jewish state. Like other BDS activists,...
UC Santa Barbara to Consider Anti-Israel Divestment Proposal, Shared by Club That Praised Palestinian ‘Armed Resistance’
Student leaders at the University of California, Santa Barbara are expected to consider a proposal on Wednesday evening calling for divestment from companies over their ties to...
Jewish Groups Hail Airbnb’s Decision to End Discrimination Against Jewish Hosts in West Bank
Jewish advocacy groups lauded Airbnb’s decision on Tuesday to end its blacklist of Jewish-owned properties located in the West Bank. The global vacation rental giant faced...
Jewish, Zionist Students Speak Out Over Divisive ‘Apartheid Week’ Campaign Targeting Israel
Jewish and Zionist students who recently faced heightened levels of anti-Zionist campus activism during the provocatively-named "Israeli Apartheid Week" have spoken out against its divisive...
What Happened During Duke’s ‘Israeli Apartheid Week’?
The anti-Israel rhetoric never stops in my community. Maybe it’s the academia here in the Chapel Hill/Durham, North Carolina area, which is home to the...
CAIR Antisemites Fight ‘Anti-Semitism Awareness’ Bill
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) issued an "action alert" last week encouraging its supporters to pressure Congress to oppose the "Anti-Semitism Awareness Act of...
In Latest Legal Blow to BDS, Spanish Judge Rules City’s Cancellation of Israeli Festival Violated Constitutional Rights
A Spanish court ruled that a city council that nixed an Israeli film festival due to its support of boycotts of the Jewish state had violated...
Rashida Tlaib Praises Her Antisemitic Backers
Last month, an entourage featuring antisemitic activist Linda Sarsour and Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) Executive Director Nihad Awad protected Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib (D-MI), from...
Pitzer College President’s Principled Boycott Rejection
Haifa is known as a city of co-existence in northern Israel, with a substantial Arab minority. But some faculty and students at Pitzer College in...
Anti-Zionist Students Target Emory University Dorms With Mock Eviction Notices Blasting Israel
Mock eviction notices were left outside dorm rooms at Emory University in Georgia by an anti-Zionist group seeking to criticize Israel, in a stunt that...
Top Council at University of Cape Town Fails to Pass Israel Boycott, Sends Proposal to Senate for ‘Clarification’
The South African Jewish community applauded the top decision-making body at the University of Cape Town for not adopting a resolution on Saturday to boycott...
BDS Continues on Campus, While Some Democrats Take on Omar and Tlaib
BDS activity on college campuses increased sharply in March. The most consequential move was the decision by a mixed faculty-student body at Pitzer College to...
Pitzer College Students Look to Oust President Over Refusal to Cut Ties With Haifa University
The president of Pitzer College is facing calls for resignation by student leaders over his decision to maintain the California school's relationship with the University...
