Posts Tagged: Boycott Israel
Amid Campus Battles, BDS Loses on the National Stage
The focus of July’s BDS activities remained firmly in the political sphere. Most notable were a series of BDS resolutions introduced in Congress, both opposed...
BDS ‘Anti-Normalization’ Is a Mockery of Progressive Values
Anti-Israel BDS (Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions) promoters have long tried to stake out the moral high ground -- depicting themselves as the champions of the...
Inspiration and a Rallying Cry for Jewish Students and Graduates
The following is Judea Pearl’s speech at the fourth annual UCLA Jewish Graduation on June 16. Dean [Maria] Blandizzi, friends, families, distinguished guests, and especially you,...
New ‘Brave’ Approach to Combating Antisemitism on College Campuses
JNS.org - A new project called “Brave” is bringing together veterans of the IDF and the US military with Jewish students to share stories, learn...
How Liberal Jews Are Being Pushed Out on Campus
I stand with an anonymous fellow student who exposed the truth about Occidental’s Israeli Apartheid Week. Although students at my school have dismissed his perspective,...
In an Era of BDS, Kids Connect to Israel at Summer Camp
JNS.org - Aviva Weinstein fell in love with Israel thousands of miles from the Jewish homeland -- at Camp Ramah in the Poconos. Weinstein is among...
BDS Continues to Normalize Antisemitism on Campus and Elsewhere
The most prominent aspect of BDS in May was the expanded policing on college campuses of pro-Israel support. At DePaul University, the faculty council officially...
Germans Get It, Why Don’t Pro-BDS Democrats?
On May 17, the German Parliament passed a resolution that designates the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement against Israel as antisemitic, and said that...
NYU Department Boycotts NYU Tel Aviv for Hypocritical Reasons
This is from NYU's Department of Social and Cultural Analysis: Faculty and student members of the Department of Social and Cultural Analysis seek at all times to...
BDS Expands on Campus After ‘Apartheid Week’ and Other Incidents
Anti-Israel activities reached a peak in April, with BDS resolutions being considered at a number of schools, and with "Israel Apartheid Week" events at several...
An Open Letter on Israeli ‘Pinkwashing’ and True Discrimination Against the Arab Gay Community
The signatories of this letter seek to address an open letter sent to Eurovision’s Irish entrant, Sarah McTernan. The letter, signed by individuals such as David Norris...
Palestinian Christians: A Minority Threatened by Boycotts
For the ever-dwindling minority of Christians who remain in the Palestinian territories, many are recluses -- bound by political and social pressures that have jeopardized...
Will Israeli Academia Lead the Charge to Counter ‘Apartheid Week’ and BDS?
While anti-Israel incidents driven by the boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) movement are prevalent on American college campuses throughout the year, a particularly jarring period...
The Escalating Campus War on Pro-Israel Jewish Students
For many years, proponents of the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) campaign against Israel focused their campus efforts on verbal and written calls to boycott...
