Posts Tagged: BDS
Ben & Jerry’s Untimely Embrace of Linda Sarsour
Ice cream is now controversial. Welcome to America in 2018. Ben & Jerry's, which has supported liberal causes throughout its history, likely did not anticipate the...
For Roger Waters, Antisemitism Is Part of the Show
For Roger Waters, attacks on world leaders and other forms of political provocation are part of the show. Unfortunately, so is antisemitism. At a concert in the...
Spanish VIPs Get the Message: BDS Is Bad for Everyone
JNS.org - The ongoing barrage of Hamas rockets on didn’t stop a group of 10 Spanish lawmakers, policy-shapers, and journalists currently in Israel from continuing...
Anti-Israel CAIR Leader Who Slammed Interfaith Dialogue Wins Community Award
Last month, Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) leader Zahra Billoo said that "pro-Israel work is pro-terror, pro-violence ... and pro-apartheid." Days later, Billoo received the Community...
British BDS Backer Gets Rapturous New York Times Obituary
The New York Times this week features a long and admiring obituary of a British feminist poet named Judith Kazantzis. She died on September 18,...
Recommendation Letter Flap Illustrates Increasingly Hostile Campus Climate for Israel’s Supporters
After he criticized Hamas in a 2014 Facebook post, Connecticut College professor Andrew Pessin was forced to take a sabbatical due to threats and faculty ostracism. On...
University of Leeds Denies BDS Claims That It Divested From Companies Over Israel Ties
The University of Leeds in England has pushed backed against claims that it divested from three companies in response to a petition by supporters of...
Professor: BDS Panel at University of Michigan Was an ‘Unrelentingly Anti-Israel Propaganda Fete’
A professor at the University of Michigan said a recent panel hosted by the school on the Palestinian-led boycott, divestment, and sanctions (BDS) campaign was "a...
New York University Students Introduce Divestment Resolution Targeting Israel
Students at New York University introduced a resolution to support the boycott, divestment, and sanctions (BDS) campaign against Israel on Thursday. The measure -- brought to...
BDS Debates Rage on College Campuses
BDS news in October continued to be dominated by examples of institutions being subverted and manipulated by the BDS movement. Earlier this year, two University of...
Pittsburgh Synagogue Massacre Sadly Exposes Linda Sarsour’s Opportunism
Expressions of grief, shock, and solidarity came from all corners as a horrified nation learned about a Jew-hating gunman's attack on a historic Pittsburgh synagogue. Eleven...
University of Michigan Dept. Announces ‘Pro-BDS’ Event After Israel Controversies
A department at the University of Michigan is hosting an event with leading advocates of the boycott, divestment, and sanctions (BDS) campaign against Israel, which the...
Poll: Half of Canadian BDS Supporters Would Continue Boycotting Israel Even If It Agreed to All Their Demands
A new survey suggests that nearly half of Canadian supporters of the boycott, divestment, and sanctions (BDS) campaign would continue seeking to penalize Israel, even...
Pro-Israel Attorneys Get PayPal to Cut Off British Charity with Palestinian Terror Ties
Pressure from pro-Israel attorneys convinced PayPal to cut off donations to the British social justice group War on Want due to alleged ties to the Popular...
