Posts Tagged: BDS
South Africa’s Wits University Sentences 11 Students to Community Service for Anti-Israel Riot
Administrators of the University of Witwatersrand, in Johannesburg, South Africa, said the school sentenced 11 students to community service for disrupting a performance of Israeli concert...
Dueling Groups Debate BDS Inside and Outside of MLA Convention
JNS.org - CHICAGO—The Modern Language Association (MLA) delegate committee on Saturday passed Resolution 2014-1, which condemns Israel for denials of entry by U.S. academics...
The MLA’s Top Five BDS Blunders This Week
The Modern Language Association (MLA) has blundered repeatedly over its treatment of Israel in the run-up to its annual conference this week. Technically the 30,000...
Pro-Israel College Groups Denied Chance to Present at Modern Language Association Conference
JNS.org - The pro-Israel campus groups Hillel International and the Israel on Campus Coalition (ICC) were denied the right to present a discussion at...
Oren: Congress Must Fight Academic Boycott of Israel
JNS.org - Responding to the American Studies Association boycott of Israel, former Israeli Ambassador to the U.S. Michael Oren called on Congress to legislate...
ADL’s Foxman on Farrakhan’s Defense of Kanye West: His Anti-Semitism Gets Worse With Age
A back-and-forth that's been going on for decades between Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan and Anti-Defamation League Director Abraham Foxman enjoyed another volley this...
Crooner Sir Tom Jones Condemns Boycotts of Israel by Musicians After Playing Tel Aviv
British crooner Sir Tom Jones condemned boycotts of Israel by musicians after playing two sold out shows in Tel Aviv last month, the UK...
Irish BDS Groups Place ‘Boycott Israel’ Stickers on Israeli Products
JNS.org - Irish pro-BDS (Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions) groups have placed stickers urging buyers to support "Palestine" and boycott Israel on Israeli-made products in...
Academic Boycott of Israel Will Not Bring Peace
In 1915, John Dewey of Columbia University and Arthur Lovejoy of Johns Hopkins University came together with other educators to establish the American Association of...
An Open Letter to Peter Tidey of the Methodist Church in Britain
May it please the Kangaroo Court... Peter Tidey: I write to you in your capacity as the point person for the survey that the Methodist Church in...
Israeli Law Center Sues Australian Academic for BDS Campaign
JNS.org - Israeli law center Shurat HaDin has filed a legal suit in the Australian federal court against the director of the Centre for...
‘Zionist BDS’ is a Lie
JNS.org - I recently received an email from a friend of mine who lives in Brighton, a town on England's south coast. He told...
College Professors Shamelessly Promote BDS Movement
A potentially important BDS development occurred this month with the appearance of an issue of the American Association of University Professors (AAUP) Journal of Academic Freedom...
England’s Cooperative Wholesale Society and the Israel Boycott
At the recent meeting of the North London Area Cooperative Movement on October 12, the area managers were asked about the Cooperative's boycott of Israeli...
