Posts Tagged: Israel boycott
The Disappointed BDS Supporters
A 2014 global survey by the Anti-Defamation League found that there are more than one billion antisemites worldwide. This translates into about 70 antisemites for every Jew. When...
The UN Makes the Case for an Anti-BDS Law
JNS.org - If there were any doubt about the need for Congress to pass the Israel Anti-Boycott Act, it was erased this week -- when the United...
Annual StandWithUs Conference Makes Latest Effort to Fight BDS
JNS.org - Israel advocates need to “go to the moral dimension of the issue, not to run away from it,” said UCLA professor Judea Pearl, father...
Israel Can’t Deny the Reality That BDS Is in Decline
JNS.org - Recently, I’ve been nursing some concerns about the way the Israeli government is handling its response to the BDS campaign against the Jewish state,...
Banning BDS Groups From Entering Israel Is Necessary and Just
JNS.org - Israel’s decision to finally ban 20 of the worst organizations leading the boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) movement is necessary for the country’s security....
How Boycotting Israel Promotes Violence
Many proponents of the boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) movement against Israel unconvincingly state that BDS is nonviolent. Indeed, the BDS movement website boasts that BDS is...
I Despise BDS — but Israel’s New BDS Ban Is a Big Mistake
JNS.org - The term “blacklist” is one that brings up memories of McCarthysim to most Americans. But those on a new Israeli “blacklist” -- who are...
Major Jewish Organizations Back Israel’s BDS Entry Ban, Barred Groups Call It ‘Bullying’
JNS.org - Leaders of several major American Jewish organizations have told JNS that they are supporting the Israeli government’s decision to prevent the entry of foreign...
Israel Bans Entry for 20 BDS Groups, ‘Won’t Turn a Blind Eye’ to Delegitimization
JNS.org - On January 7, Israel’s Strategic Affairs Ministry published a list of 20 organizations affiliated with the BDS movement that will be barred from entering...
Will BDS Bully Roger Waters Hide Behind His Hollywood Lackeys and Refuse to Debate?
We Americans are often criticized for our candor. But speaking truth to power was the very foundation of the American revolution. It’s a lesson that the American...
Good Lorde, Another Cancellation
The New Zealand songstress Lorde recently buckled under pressure from the boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) campaign against Israel -- and cancelled her June concert...
Jewish Students Around the World Report Shared Challenges on BDS, Antisemitism and Apathy
JNS.org - They may live thousands of miles apart, but student activists from around the world identify various shared challenges living as Jews in their respective...
Lorde Is Swimming in Antisemitic Waters
JNS.org - On December 14, the singer-songwriter Lorde tweeted, not uncharacteristically, “my cutie tour mate covered the heart song.” A week later, she was taking a crash course on the Israeli-Palestinian...
Opposition to BDS Intensifies
It has been a bad few months for the boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) movement against Israel. First, the state of Wisconsin adopted a rule in October prohibiting companies...
