Posts Tagged: BDS
In Denmark, Anti-Israel Ads Appear on Buses
An anti-Israel group in Denmark has launched an advertising campaign on Copenhagen's bus system in support of the movement to boycott, divest from and sanction...
Pro-Israel Effort to Combat BDS on US State Level Gains Steam
JNS.org - Resolutions condemning the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement against Israel in the Tennessee and Indiana state legislatures mark what a group...
First-of-its-Kind Conference on BDS Showcases Diverse Pro-Israel Strategies
JNS.org - I was privileged to attend and participate in a recent conference organized by StandWithUs in Los Angeles, entitled "Combating the Boycott Movement...
SPME BDS Monitor: Active University BDS Scene Prompts Questions About Anti-Semitism
Introduction BDS activity in March was divided between academia and the political sphere. In the former, in addition to a variety of student government resolutions, backlash...
From Durban to Los Angeles: The BDS Movement’s Long Trail of Anti-Semitism
JNS.org - Last month, in a breathtaking display of anti-Semitism reminiscent of Nazi Germany, members of the student government at South Africa's Durban University...
South Africa’s Shameful BDS Protest
The dance card had been completed before the ball began. Outside of the South Africa-Israel Expo, which took place in Johannesburg on Monday, everyone knew...
BDS and ‘Cultural’ Boycotts
One of the most insidious elements of the BDS strategy is the call for a cultural boycott against Israel. It harms Israel's image to be...
SPME BDS Monitor: A Busy Spring for Anti-Israel Activities on Campus
Introduction With the spring semester in full swing BDS activities intensified greatly, with the focus split between student governments and academic associations. And with the Israeli...
As Stanford Falls to BDS, It’s Time to Strike Back
The dominoes are falling one by one. The student governments of major and highly prestigious universities, comprised of giant Jewish student populations, are voting to...
Stephen Hawking, BDS, and Why Geniuses Can Be Dumb
Watching The Theory of Everything, the film about Stephen Hawking, one wonders: why do geniuses behave like jerks? In May 2013, Hawking, after initially accepting an invitation...
BDS With a Twist: Campus Divestment Measures Target More Than Israel
JNS.org - While two recent student resolutions initiated by Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement advocates in California ultimately had different fates, the episodes...
‘Israel is an Apartheid State That Should Be Fully Isolated,’ Say South African Students, in ‘Apology’ for Call to Expel Jews
The student representative council at the Durban University of Technology (DUT) in South Africa has issued what it describes as an 'apology' for an earlier...
Democrats Deploy BDS Campaign Against Netanyahu
In April of 2007, then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) visited Syria and met with its hereditary dictator, Bashar al-Assad. Despite criticism from the sitting president...
SPME BDS Monitor: BDS Remains a Serious Issue on College Campuses and Elsewhere
Introduction During break between academic semesters the focus of BDS advocacy shifted to academic associations and to the American political arena. Efforts by BDS advocates to...
