Posts Tagged: Boycott Israel
An Open Letter to the Tufts Community on BDS and Israel
Tufts University. Photo: Wikimedia Commons.To the students of Tufts University, My name is Dr. Jacob Freedman, and I’m an assistant professor of psychiatry at Tufts' School...
BDS Movement Suffers Setbacks in Israel and Around the World
JNS.org - Last week, Israel's Knesset passed landmark legislation attacking the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement. The new law represents just one of several recent setbacks...
SPME BDS Monitor: Neo-Nazi and Islamic Antisemitism on the Rise
February was marked by antisemitic incidents both on and off campus, originating from both the far-Right and the far-Left. Neo-Nazi and Islamist antisemitism was evident,...
BDS and the New ‘Anti-Normalization’
In early December, Professors Cary Nelson and David Greenberg wrote an op-ed in the Washington Post about the “anti-normalization” tactic that has been widely adopted by proponents of the...
SPME BDS Monitor: Repercussions of the Obama Abstention at the UN Security Council
2016 was a bad year for BDS, with setbacks at universities and the state level. But the Obama administration’s unexpected decision to abstain from a United...
It’s Time to Bless US-Israel Academic Cooperation
A recent study by the Israel on Campus Coalition documented the robust and growing collaboration between Israeli and American researchers, particularly in the sciences. This was...
Reinventing the Blood Libel for Contemporary Consumption
Blood libels have typically focused on far-fetched accusations that the Jews are to blame for whatever ills inflicted a community. More specifically, the claim was...
The Park Slope Food Coop Should Stick to Its Purview, Not Politics
When the Park Slope Food Coop in Brooklyn was founded in 1973, it had a worthy mission: to make healthy and affordable food available to...
SPME BDS Monitor: Anti-Israel Activists Spring to Life on College Campuses
The 2016 academic year began with BDS activities moving into new areas on campus, Capitol Hill and within the progressive movement -- spreading the rejection of Israel...
Moroccan Newspaper Publishes ‘Blacklist’ of Artists Who Speak to Israelis
Noon Presse, a Moroccan news site (ranked #19 in that country among all websites), just published what it calls a blacklist of Moroccan performers and artists who have...
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...
SPME BDS Monitor: The Debate Comes to the Presidential Conventions
In July, BDS took center stage at the US presidential conventions. But important differences between the Republican and Democratic platforms regarding Israel reflect changes in...
How Israeli Politicians are Bolstering BDS and Endangering Israel
Israeli leaders are shooting themselves in their PR foot. There is something wrong with the tone and language of political debate in Israel. It would...
