Posts Tagged: Israel BDS
Fallout from CUNY Speech and Other Events Made June Busy for Defending Israel
In June, the US State Department quietly reversed a Trump administration policy, and will cut off support for Israeli academic institutions and for technical/scientific projects...
New Book Takes on the Cultural Boycott Against Israel
"Artists Under Fire: The BDS War against Celebrities, Jews, and Israel" by Lana Melman (Lioncrest Publishing 2022). International entertainers of every color and creed are besieged...
Israel on Campus, Post-Truth
In the post-truth world, Hamas apparently no longer exists. Thousands of rockets and incendiary balloons no longer fall on Israeli towns and cities, killing people...
Stopping Study Abroad in Israel Encourages Antisemitism and Anti-Israel Hate
Supporting Israel has rapidly become a controversial position on college campuses. As the BDS movement and organizations like Students for Justice in Palestine grow in...
The ‘Apartheid’ Smear, Antisemitism and the Unending Battle to Destroy the Jewish State
On Tuesday, Human Rights Watch (HRW) -- with its history of anti-Israel smears -- released its most destructive libel yet against the Jewish State: the...
Stop Hate at Brown University
JNS.org - Despite all evidence to the contrary, detractors of Israel continue to make the case that forcing colleges and universities to divest from Jewish-owned...
Normalization Throws a Wrench Into BDS
The most important BDS development in September was the signing of normalization agreements by Israel and the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain. Intense "outside in"...
Empowering Israeli Educators
JNS.org - At the start of the coronavirus crisis, Israel was rightfully filled with various gestures and shows of appreciation for the medical workers who...
The Campus in Historical Context
I have written many articles on the campus climate, and some have raised hackles because my articles have relied on empirical data and observation to...
IfNotNow Spreads More Lies About Israel
The trope that Jews (or in this convenient case, the Jewish state) are the cause of another people’s suffering is not a new one. In...
Antisemitism on the College Campus Is Evolving
JNS.org - True to its chameleonic nature, antisemitism on campus is constantly changing colors. Some of the earliest documented campus antisemitism occurred during the early to...
Why State Legislatures Must Support Israel and Fight Antisemitism
JNS.org - My first visit to Israel was incredible. It was a privilege to visit America’s closest ally in the Middle East as part of...
Anti-BDS Effort Buoyed by New Executive Order
The most important BDS-related development last month was an announcement by the Trump administration of an Executive Order expanding protections to Jewish and other students...
Professors Continue to Advocate for BDS on Campus
BDS activities on campus in November included a number of events sponsored by academic units. Among the most notable was a conference by the “University...
