Posts Tagged: Boycott Israel
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: Israel Supporters See Successes and Challenges With Protestant Churches
JNS.org - As support for Israel erodes in many Western countries, especially among liberals and the millennial generation, American-Christian backing for the Jewish state is considered one...
Let’s Take BDS to Court
The tactics of the boycott, divestment and sanctions movement out to destroy Israel turn out to be in violation of the European Convention on Human...
Israel’s UN Envoy Empowers Students to ‘Fight and Win’ Against BDS
JNS.org - The Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement against Israel might be garnering the most headlines when it comes to college campuses and the business...
Iowa Governor to Sign Bill Banning Use of State Funds for Israel Boycotts
Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad will sign a bill that prohibits state funds from being invested in companies that boycott Israel, he said on Monday. The bill, formally titled House...
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...
As BDS Opponents Move From Campuses to State Capitols, California Is Next
JNS.org - Close observers of the anti-Israel Boycotts, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement have long kept a weather eye on California. But that attention has mostly...
SPME BDS Monitor: Presidential Candidates Renounce Boycotts as Antisemitism Spreads
The BDS movement suffered major losses in March as politicians and legislators condemned the movement. Particularly important were condemnations from all remaining US presidential candidates,...
New York Times Op-Ed Misleads on the True Nature of BDS
The New York Times op-ed about the BDS movement by Eric Alterman is at times both accurate and deceptively misleading. Yes, not all BDS activity at universities are antisemitic. Characterizing them as such,...
Jerusalem Conference Features the Unsung Israeli Perspective on Fighting BDS
JNS.org - Debate on the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement is often heard loudest from Jews in America and the rest of the Diaspora, perhaps...
BDS and ‘Intersectionality’ — a Match Made in Hell
Have you heard of “intersectionality,” the latest strategy of Israel-haters who, like Alice in Lewis Carroll’s classic, reside in a “looking-glass world,” where clocks run...
Want to Boycott Israel? Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is
JNS.org - When navigating to www.bdsguide.com, I’m immediately confronted with a clenched fist on a red banner against a crisp white background, and the matter-of-fact wording...
Colorado Anti-BDS Legislation Advances
On Friday, by a vote of 54-10 with one excused absence, the Colorado State House of Representatives voted to divest the state’s public pension plan...
BDS Suffers an Important Defeat in Europe
In recent days, positive developments have occurred which prove -- once again -- that far from being the isolated nation that Israel's detractors seek to...
