Posts Tagged: Boycott Israel
How Brooklyn College Legitimized BDS
The controversy over a "panel discussion" at Brooklyn College has little to do with free speech, and everything to do with politicization of...
Free Speech a Principle, Not an Instrument
One of the biggest challenges facing modern democracies is how to deal with anti-democratic movements that use the institutions of civil society to advance their...
BDS and the Jewish Studies Trap
The recent boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) event at Brooklyn College featuring professional...
Mayor Bloomberg Says BDS Apostles Should Speak at Brooklyn College
Times of Israel - New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg on Wednesday spoke up for academic freedom amid controversy over an event at a public college,...
Hamas Terror Chief Plays Soccer with Team tied to Pepsi
Photos surfaced last week showing Hamas terror chief Ismail Haniyeh playing soccer with a team whose jersey's are adorned with the Pepsi logo. The images...
Defending Judith Butler in the Ivory Tower
The controversy that erupted when it became known that the prominent American post-structuralist philosopher Judith Butler will be awarded Frankfurt's prestigious Theodor Adorno Prize has...
Frankfurt to Award Professor Who Called Hamas, Hezbollah Progressive (VIDEO)
The city of Frankfurt is set to award its prestigious Theodor Adorno prize to Professor Judith Butler, an avid proponent and supporter of boycotting Israeli...
University of California Urged to Examine Anti-Israel Bias
The pro-Israel education and advocacy organization StandWithUs has garnered more than 1,500 signatures on a petition urging the University of California (UC) system's President's Advisory...
South African BDS – or Just BS?
The government of South Africa has defined the State of Israel as not including Beersheva, Yad Mordechai, Acco, Afula, and Nahariya. It creates...
Israeli ‘Occupation’ a Relic of the Past
As the dog days of summer are coming to an end, pro-Palestinian activist groups are gearing up for the fall semester to rally campuses...
The “Crisis” of Jewry (Not Zionism)
Jews Without a Meaningful Connection to Their Own Religion, Heritage, and History Think Little of Disavowing Them. The recently highlighted "crisis of Zionism" is in...
The War Against the Jews
The sustained anti-Israel de-legitimization campaign is a corollary of the millenarian obsession with the Jews in the Christian and the Muslim worlds. Since...
When Silence Isn’t Golden
How does one respond to a malicious campaign of anti-Israel advertising, which distorts the facts and slanders Israel? Should all anti-Israel criticism elicit...
Cairo Tightens Egypt’s Blockade of Gaza After Sinai Terrorist Attack
An angry Egypt has tightened its five-year land, sea and air blockade of Gaza following the spectacular weekend attack on an Egyptian border installation by...
