Posts Tagged: BDS
Report: Israeli Court Suspends Travel Ban on BDS Co-Founder Under Investigation for Tax Fraud, as He Prepares to Accept ‘Gandhi Peace Award’ at Yale
An Israeli court has agreed to temporarily suspend a travel ban on a co-founder of the boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) movement as he prepares to...
Tensions Flare as SOAS Students Promise Protest of Israeli Envoy Mark Regev’s Upcoming Talk on London Campus
As London students prepare to protest an upcoming on-campus talk by Israeli Ambassador to the UK Mark Regev, the event's moderator told The Algemeiner on Thursday...
Israel’s Dublin Embassy ‘Concerned’ by ‘Disturbing Trend’ of Anti-Israel Initiatives in City, After Local University Announced as Location for Upcoming Pro-BDS Academic Conference
The Israeli Embassy in Dublin is “concerned” by a "disturbing trend" of local initiatives targeting the Jewish state, a spokesperson told The Algemeiner on Thursday, after...
Human Nature and the Fight Against BDS
Americans -- including American Jews -- tend to be a practical lot. Given that, could ideas derived from Existentialist philosophy (that French import discussed in...
Tufts Trustees Announce They Will Not Support BDS, After ‘Ambush’ Resolution Passed by Student Government
Tufts University's Board of Trustees announced on Thursday it "will not divest from companies doing business in Israel," after the school's student government passed a BDS...
‘We Were Ambushed,’ Say Claremont Colleges’ Jewish Students After Senate Passes Sudden Pro-BDS Motion on Passover, Easter Sunday
Jewish student leaders at the Claremont Colleges told The Algemeiner they felt "ambushed" by an unexpected vote on a pro-boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) motion in the student senate...
With Jews Away for Passover Holiday, US Campuses See Flurry of Activities Targeting Jewish State
Amid a slew of anti-Israel activities taking place at universities across the US during the Passover holiday this week, a leading campus activist told The Algemeiner...
Harvard Israeli Apartheid Week Kicks Off With Mock ‘Detention Notices’ Citing Supposed Injustices Committed by Jewish State
Israeli Apartheid Week (IAW) at Harvard University kicked off on Monday with mock detention notices posted at a dormitory that cited the purported unjust detentions of “Palestinians...
How BDS Harms the Palestinians
When Israel enacted a new policy last month banning the entry of BDS advocates into the Jewish state, some of the strongest criticism came from a group that touts...
Jewish Community ‘Hurt, Angry’ as Tufts Student Senate Passes BDS Motion in Landslide on Eve of Passover
Members of Tufts University's Jewish community told The Algemeiner on Monday they were "hurt and angry," after the school's student senate passed a boycott, divestment and sanctions...
‘I’m Gonna Finish What Hitler Started,’ ‘That Jew Better Run’ Among Social Media Comments by Cleveland Students Revealed by Covert Watchdog
The latest report issued by a covert campus watchdog group revealed a string of highly offensive social media statements made by students at six Cleveland...
Jewish Community at Tufts University ‘Deeply Disturbed’ by Surprise BDS Resolution Brought for Vote Days Before Passover
Jewish student leaders at Tufts University “are working intensely” to combat a surprise boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) resolution initiated by an anti-Israel group for...
Eminent Literature Professor Calls Warm Welcome of Anti-Israel Poet at US, UK Universities Symptom of Campus ‘Culture of Destroyers Silencing Culture of Builders’
World-renowned Harvard University professor emeritus Ruth Wisse told The Algemeiner on Thursday that the warm welcome extended to anti-Israel poet Remi Kanazi by US and...
Anti-Israel ‘Parking Tickets’ Placed on Cars at University of Michigan-Dearborn by ‘2 People in Muslim Garb,’ Witness Says
Mock parking tickets on the windshields of cars in a University of Michigan at Dearborn (UM-Dearborn) lot last month -- which accused Israel of “ethnic...
