Posts Tagged: BDS
Despite Limited Practical Impact, BDS Movement is Leading to Apprehension for Pro-Israel Academics
JNS.org - Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said earlier this month that the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement against Israel will fail because various countries "are...
BDS Resolution Defeated at University of Michigan
A resolution to begin a process to divest from companies that invest or operate in Israel was defeated by the University of Michigan student government...
Black-and-White Boycotts Defy a Technicolor Middle East
The world is never black and white, and it is this binary, zero-sum thinking that perpetuates the Israeli-Palestinian impasse in the Middle East. It's been weeks...
Anti-Israel Speakers and Jewish Self-Hatred
Cape Town, South Africa - The global center of the world BDS movement is, when you think about it, South Africa. BDS, in an attempt...
Presbyterian Org Says Agenda of Group Within Church is ‘End of the Jewish State of Israel’
The battle over Israel within the Presbyterian church turned a corner on Thursday, when a pro-Israel faction, called Presbyterians for Middle East Peace, said it would...
Legislating Against BDS
The backlash continues against the anti-Israel boycott resolution that the American Studies Association adopted last month. Over 200 university presidents have distanced themselves from it....
Berlin Film Festival Award for UK Film Director Ken Loach Angers Jewish Group
A Jewish human rights group on Sunday said a decision to award British film director Ken Loach a lifetime achievement award is a "disgrace," that...
BDS Group Opposing Rolling Stones Concert in Tel Aviv Says Syria’s Assad ‘Owned by the Jews’
A group of anti-Israel activists promoting BDS, the boycott, divestment and sanctioning of Israel, who are trying to pressure the Rolling Stones into cancelling their...
UK Zionist Federation Applauds Supreme Court Decision to Uphold ‘Ahava Four’ Convictions
The United Kingdom's Zionist Federation on Monday applauded last week's ruling by Britain's Supreme Court to uphold convictions against four anti-Israel demonstrators from the BDS...
Ha’aretz Tweets Anti-Johansson Meme, Issues Clarification After Readers Protest
Israeli daily Ha'aretz tweeted an altered photo of Hollywood actress Scarlett Johansson as celebrity spokeswoman for Israel's SodaStream to its 122,000 followers on Sunday, offending...
Facebook Users Attack Roger Waters After Post Calling Out Scarlett Johansson
Facebook users on Sunday attacked Roger Waters, the former Pink Floyd bassist and, for the past eight years, a vocal anti-Israel activist, for his latest...
SodaStream CEO: Scarlett Johansson Encouraging Us to ‘Stay the Course’ (VIDEO)
Daniel Birnbaum, CEO of SodaStream, said the company's new celebrity spokeswoman, Jewish actress Scarlett Johansson, is encouraging him "to stay the course." In an interview on the...
Scarlett Johansson’s Decision to Back SodaStream Over Oxfam Puts Charity’s Anti-Israel Activism Into Spotlight (INTERVIEW)
Oxfam, founded in Oxford, England, in 1942, as the 'Oxford Committee for Famine Relief,' is now one of the world's largest international charities, with an annual...
Scarlett Johansson Applauded for Standing Up to BDS Movement, Invited to Visit Israel
Hollywood actress Scarlett Johansson was lauded by Jewish groups for her support of SodaStream, an Israeli company that has come under fire from anti-Israel BDS...
