Posts Tagged: BDS
Some Muslim Nations Are Forging a Real Peace With Israel
The welcoming of a foreign leader on September 7 by local dignitaries in The Hague was a customary political gesture. Benjamin Netanyahu, on a two-day...
Why Is Israel Paying US Jewish Groups to Shy From Fighting BDS?
Imagine if the US government were to earmark millions of dollars for fostering democracy in the developing world, but neglected to require that the NGOs receiving the...
Israeli Minister: Australian Labor’s Imposed Israel-Travel Restrictions Cause for Deep Concern
A member of Israel's security cabinet expressed "concern" over the Australian Labor Party's (ALP) newly published guidelines for MPs traveling to Israel, insisting that they spend equal time...
15 Years Since Durban — the Conference That Ushered in an Era of Israel-Demonization
For both supporters and detractors of the state of Israel, no single conference of the past 15 years has had a more enduring impact on the...
Alumni: An Untapped Resource Against BDS No Longer
A group that I helped form, Alums for Campus Fairness (ACF), has begun organizing alumni nationwide to restore their respective alma maters to what they...
Developing a Strategy Against BDS
While those fortunate enough to have served in the armed forces will have had first-hand experience viewing problems through a military lens, the military mindset...
Anti-Israel Capitol Hill Event Cancelled After Democratic Lawmaker Withdraws Sponsorship
The Democratic House lawmaker who had anonymously sponsored a controversial House event advocating for economic boycotts of Israel withdrew her sponsorship Tuesday, The Weekly Standard has confirmed, and...
Let the BDS-ers Against Israeli Water Expertise Eat Dust
An op-ed by Seth Siegel in the Jerusalem Post on Friday -- called "Israel's Greatest Victory?" -- points not to any of the Jewish state's military feats, stunning and miraculous...
Moroccan Newspaper Publishes ‘Blacklist’ of Artists Who Speak to Israelis
Noon Presse, a Moroccan news site (ranked #19 in that country among all websites), just published what it calls a blacklist of Moroccan performers and artists who have...
The Cowardice of Decent Professors
Pro-Israel bloggers like William Jacobson and Caroline Glick have brought much attention to a fiasco at Syracuse University first reported by The Atlantic. The invitation...
Playing Defense vs. Going on the Attack Against BDS
One of the longest-running and least productive conversations we have as a pro-Israel community is over the efficacy of positive campaigning vs. “going on the...
BDS Fails, August 2016
This is the latest installment of an ongoing series of posts documenting BDS fails. Political BDS Fails 1. Benjamin Netanyahu accepts invitation to be the first Israeli PM to visit Australia Benjamin Netanyahu has accepted...
The ‘Operational Art’ of Fighting BDS
General Norman Schwarzkopf, at the end of the 1991 Gulf War, summed up Saddam Hussein’s military prowess by pointing out, “He is neither a strategist,...
Dershowitz: Are Jews Who Refuse to Renounce Israel Being Excluded From ‘Progressive’ Groups?
Last year, Rabbi Susan Talve, a longtime activist on race issues in the St. Louis area was told that her advocacy for Israel was incompatible...
