Posts Tagged: BDS
Israeli Legal Advocacy Group Urges IRS to Strip Presbyterian Church of Non-Profit Status
A prominent Israeli legal advocacy group is urging the U.S. Internal Revenue Service to investigate the Presbyterian Church USA for engaging in what it describes...
Over 120 Leading University of California Academics Mobilize Against Forthcoming BDS Ballot (VIDEO)
More than 120 faculty and staff members at the University of California have issued a petition calling for a "no" vote in tomorrow's ballot organized...
Israeli Dismissed From U. Minn Post by BDSers Vows to Overturn Ruling (VIDEO)
Ilan Sinelnikov, a senior at the University of Minnesota told The Algemeiner Thursday that anti-Semitism and anti-Israel hatred by a boycott advocate was behind his...
EXCLUSIVE: Israel Mayor to French Boycotters: ‘Voila! You’ve Boosted Our Relations With Paris’ (INTERVIEW)
In an Israel boycotter's nightmare, the mayor of the ancient northern Galilee city of Safed told The Algemeiner on Sunday that the punitive freezing of...
Is SodaStream Closure of West Bank Factory a BDS Victory?
Even though SodaStream's decision to close its controversial West Bank factory appears to be motivated primarily by financial considerations, not pressure from the BDS movement, it's...
The ASA’s Stunning Hypocrisy on Israel Boycott
The American Studies Association (ASA) adoption of a BDS resolution in December 2013 garnered a significant backlash from over 250 American university presidents and academic...
BDS: Boycott or Blacklist?
The BDS movement's boycott against Israel is, for all practical purposes, a blacklist designed to remove Israel from the world stage. It's well documented that the...
Growing Organization Helps Israeli Americans Find Their Voice
JNS.org - The so-called "alphabet soup" of American Jewish organizations covers seemingly every communal concern and interest group. Yet despite their direct connection with the...
American Studies Group Receives Renewed Scrutiny Over Israel Boycott
JNS.org - About a year after the American Studies Association's (ASA) widely condemned vote to endorse a boycott of Israeli academic institutions, the organization's...
‘I Can Hear Music’ But Not in Israel, as Beach Boys Cancel Gig” (VIDEO)
"God Only Knows" what diehard fans here are thinking about a statement by local promoters on Tuesday announcing that the Beach Boys have cancelled a...
Forget Boycotts, Target ‘Israel Lobby,’ Urges BDS Advocate
A leading supporter of the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement has conceded that the growth of western trade with Israel shows the "limits" of...
Academic Boycott Making Resurgence on Campus
When the American Studies Association approved an academic boycott against Israel late last year, the academic world spoke out against the move loudly and clearly. Presidents...
Left-Wing Israeli Journalist Justifies Her Own Exclusion by Palestinians
Amira Hass, the long-serving correspondent on Palestinian affairs for Israel's Haaretz newspaper, has written about her exclusion from a conference last week at Bir Zeit...
South African BDS Activists Storm Woolworths Store in Johannesburg
Scuffles broke out at a Woolworths store in the South African city of Johannesburg on Saturday, after Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) activists staged a...
