Posts Tagged: Israel Divestment
Don’t Believe the Hype — BDS is as Dangerous as Ever
Ben Cohen, Senior Editor of The Tower magazine, wrote an op-ed about BDS that was for the most part salient. Unfortunately, his opening sentence was both irresponsible...
Threats to Jewish Students and Double Standards at UC Berkeley
After years of urging the University of California Board of Regents to take a strong stand against campus antisemitism, the regents will soon be issuing...
Quick Pushback Is Needed as BDS Efforts Grow
In September there were a number of international BDS incidents. The Reykjavik city council’s decision to boycott all Israeli products was quickly ridiculed; now only...
American Labor Union Embraces BDS, Accuses Israel of Genocide
During its national convention in Baltimore last month, the United Electrical, Machine and Radio Workers of America labor union (UE) adopted a resolution endorsing the anti-Israel...
Will United Church of Christ’s Israel Divestment Pack a Punch?
JNS.org - The United Church of Christ (UCC) this week became the latest mainline Protestant denomination to approve a resolution calling for divestment from companies that...
As Church Votes in Support of BDS, New Leader Lacks Courage to Voice Opposition
Rev. John Dorhauer has a problem. He just got elected president and general minister of the United Church of Christ (UCC), a liberal Protestant denomination...
BDS’ Only Goal is to Slander and Destroy Israel as a Jewish State
The BDS movement is not about economic pressure on Israel, and it’s not about advancing the cause of human rights. It’s about turning world opinion...
Is the UCC Headed for Another Bout of Anti-Israelism?
The United Church of Christ, a liberal Protestant denomination with approximately 900,000 members (less than half of what it was in the mid-1960s and down...
From Durban to Los Angeles: The BDS Movement’s Long Trail of Anti-Semitism
JNS.org - Last month, in a breathtaking display of anti-Semitism reminiscent of Nazi Germany, members of the student government at South Africa's Durban University...
SPME BDS Monitor: BDS Remains a Serious Issue on College Campuses and Elsewhere
Introduction During break between academic semesters the focus of BDS advocacy shifted to academic associations and to the American political arena. Efforts by BDS advocates to...
Florida Atlantic University Students Indefinitely Table Anti-Israel Resolution
JNS.org - The student government of Florida Atlantic University (FAU) on Aug. 1 indefinitely tabled a resolution to divest from Israel. The measure was...
The Corrosive Self-Delusion of the Presbyterian Church’s Israel Divestment Vote
JNS.org - Much has been written about the deplorable anti-Israel divestment vote at the recently held 221st General Assembly (GA) of Presbyterian Church USA...
Presbyterian Church Approves Israel Divestment, But Does its Boycott Even Matter?
JNS.org - Leaders of Presbyterian Church USA (PCUSA) voted Friday at the church's biennial general assembly in Detroit to divest from Caterpillar, Hewlett-Packard, and Motorola...
University of New Mexico Graduate Students Rescind Israel Divestment Measure
JNS.org - The University of New Mexico (UNM) Graduate & Professional Student Association on Saturday rescinded an Israel divestment resolution that it had passed...
