Posts Tagged: BDS
BDS Movement Sees Second Defeat in Five Weeks at U of Minnesota
The Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) campaign against Israel suffered its second defeat in five weeks at the University of Minnesota (UMN) Tuesday, The Algemeiner has learned. After...
Opponents Mobilize as BDS Votes Loom at New York City Graduate Schools
Anti-BDS activists are preparing for student government votes in the coming days on Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) resolutions against Israel at both the City...
U of Michigan-Dearborn Faculty Senate Votes Down 2 Anti-Israel Resolutions
The Faculty Senate at the University of Michigan-Dearborn voted down two anti-Israel resolutions at its Tuesday meeting, The Algemeiner has learned. Its chair, Professor Tim Kiska,...
Dershowitz: BDS ‘Regressive, Repressive, Anti-Peace’
The Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement threatens the future of Israel and the United States, Harvard Law School professor Alan Dershowitz warned on Sunday,...
Major International Anti-BDS Conference Concludes in Los Angeles
An international coalition representing more than 50 Jewish and pro-Israel advocacy groups came together in Los Angeles this weekend to strategize about the growing Boycott,...
Anti-Jewish-State Protests Follow New Israeli Ambassador’s Meeting With Director of London University
Anti-Israel graffiti appeared on the campus of London’s School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) following protests, Thursday, against the meeting of Mark Regev, Israel’s new...
Action, Not Apathy, Is Key to Assisting in the Zionist Project
At a recent Israel activism conference I was attending, a friend told me something puzzling: “You know, Leora, Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) is not...
Ties With Italian Universities ‘Stronger Than Ever’ Says President of Israeli University Following Boycott Calls
The president of Israel’s leading institution of science and technology responded today to recent calls by Italian students and professors for a boycott of the...
Student at Center of Edinburgh U ‘Armgate’ Controversy Says She Was Targeted Over ‘Passionate’ Anti-BDS Speech
A student who was nearly ejected from a debate over an Israel boycott motion at Edinburgh University last week claimed in the Huffington Post on...
Edinburgh U Group Condemns Student Government’s BDS Vote
A student group that promotes cross-party discussion about Israel at Edinburgh University has strongly condemned last week’s student government passage of a Boycott, Divestment and...
‘Use Your Words’ — Unless Your Enemy Isn’t Reasonable
I believe Jews invented the phrase, “Use your words.” This expression, which we typically use when our kids are bashing each other, is really a...
Expanded Initiative to Combat Campus Anti-Zionism, Antisemitism Launched by Jewish Agency
“Anti-Israel activities like divestment campaigns and boycott efforts are a threat to Jewish life on campus,” a member of the world's largest Jewish student organization told...
Censorship and BDS: the Anti-Zionist War Against Jewish Independence
If Jews are to foster social cohesion as an important and indeed necessary instrument of nation-building in Israel, then the required group identity, however much...
SPME BDS Monitor: Presidential Candidates Renounce Boycotts as Antisemitism Spreads
The BDS movement suffered major losses in March as politicians and legislators condemned the movement. Particularly important were condemnations from all remaining US presidential candidates,...
