Posts Tagged: Divestment
McGill University Ratifies Ruling Rejecting BDS for Promoting Discrimination Based on Nationality
The undergraduate student government at McGill University in Montreal, Canada on Sunday ratified a ruling against the anti-Israel boycott, divestment, and sanctions (BDS) movement for...
Campus Wars and the ‘Culture of Dignity’
Among those covering or participating in the fight against the boycott, divestment, and sanctions (BDS) movement on college campuses, I’ve always been one of the least...
Understanding the Enemy on the BDS Battlefield
Of all human endeavors, war is least forgiving of wishful thinking and ambiguity. That is precisely why it is vital to judge opponents not by...
Jewish Leaders Attend ‘Global Coalition for Israel’ Conference in Jerusalem
The Israeli Ministry of Strategic Affairs organized a closed conference in Jerusalem to combat the boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) movement, the Hebrew news site nrg...
Minister Shaked Tasks Israeli Justice Ministry With Forming Plan to Take Legal Actions Against International BDS
Israel’s justice minister said she has instructed the ministry’s international department to prepare a list of legal actions for combating boycott, divestment and sanctions measures...
First Proactive Anti-BDS Student Resolution Passes at Western Washington U.
JNS.org - Associated Students of Western Washington University (ASWWU) became the first North American university student government to pass a proactive resolution against the...
University of Washington Anti-Israel Divestment Resolution Defeated in Lopsided Vote
An anti-Israel student senate resolution at the University of Washington that called for school administrators to divest from companies perceived "to directly maintain, support, or...
British Crooner Sir Tom Jones is Latest Target of Anti-Israel ‘Online Bullies’
British crooner Sir Tom Jones has become the latest target of an anti-Israel Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) campaign to pressure the popular singer into...
Simon Wiesenthal Center Calls on World Trade Organization to Condemn EU ‘Earthquake’ Anti-Israel Directive
The Simon Wiesenthal Center has called on the World Trade Organization to condemn the EU "Earthquake" directive, that came into effect today, to place controversial...
TIAA-CREF Decision Sets Precedent to Block BDS Motions – Legal Analysts
A decision by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to allow a major financial services group to keep Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions off the agenda...
Understanding the BDS Movement
Next weekend, the University of Pennsylvania will host the second national BDS conference, an event that will advocate for the "growing global campaign to boycott,...
Israeli Hasbara Efforts Combat Apartheid Analogy
Apartheid: an institutionalized system of racial discrimination and strict, legally-enforced segregation giving the minority control the majority population. This is not Israel. Some sixty years ago, the...
