Posts Tagged: Boycott Israel movement
BDS Fails, August 2016
This is the latest installment of an ongoing series of posts documenting BDS fails. Political BDS Fails 1. Benjamin Netanyahu accepts invitation to be the first Israeli PM to visit Australia Benjamin Netanyahu has accepted...
Israelis Seem Blind to the Seriousness of BDS
Last Sabbath morning, I spoke in the Nitzanim Synagogue in Jerusalem, and delivered the sermon. Five days after my daughter’s wedding, I was in high spirits...
Dalit Baum and BDS: Corporate Social Irresponsibility
JNS.org - In an interview earlier this month with The Forward, Dalit Baum, a leading Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement activist, boasted about an increased focus on corporate...
BDS Is a Disneyland of Hate
What truly puzzles the Israeli public is "Israeli Apartheid Week," being staged on several US college campuses these last few weeks. A spin-off of the anti-Israel...
BDS Targets Not Only Israel, But the US and Entire Democratic World
In recent years, the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement has steadily advanced a poisonous culture of hate and antisemitism in the United States. Across...
SPME BDS Monitor: Antisemitism Rises as States Fight Boycott Efforts
February saw dramatic setbacks for the BDS movement as legislators and politicians imposed restrictions and voiced unprecedented opposition. At the same time, BDS in universities...
No Sunshine for BDS: Florida Passes Bill Against Anti-Israel Boycotts
JNS.org - There won’t be any sunshine for boycotters of Israel in the Sunshine State. In a near-unanimous 112-2 vote, the Florida House of Representatives on Feb....
Israel-Advocates Celebrate Passage of BDS Bill at Chicago School. Huh?
JNS.org - Both the pro-Israel and anti-Israel camps are celebrating the passage of a college campus divestment measure. That doesn’t happen too often, if ever. But...
BDS Undermines the Very Values of American Universities
The BDS movement is thriving on many college campuses. Here are some of the reasons this policy actually violates the principles these colleges claim to...
Who Is Actually Boycotting Israel? The Answer Might Surprise You
No one is actually boycotting Israel. Not the Europeans. Not the American Studies professors. Not Saudi Arabia. Not even Roger Waters. There is not a...
The EU Boycotts the Jews
Last Tuesday, Israeli Deputy Foreign Minister Tzipi Hotovely spoke out against the European Union's decision to label Jewish-made products from Judea and Samaria. "Today the Foreign...
It’s Official: BDS Is Hate Speech
JNS.org - A few years ago, the British antisemitism scholar David Hirsh remarked that while Israel was the ostensible target of the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions...
Scholars for Peace in the Middle East BDS Monitor: Boycotts Have Become Common, Normalized
Cultural boycotts of Israel and Israel supporters were suddenly prominent at the end of the summer, as artists, films and exhibitions became targets. Most notable...
Communist China and the BDS Movement Have a Lot in Common
The pandemic of artistic censorship spread last week, not only within China’s oppressive communist regime, but through the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) effort against...
