Tag: BDS Movement
CUNY Jewish professor resigns from union, concerned about anti-Semitism within ranks
Jeffrey Lax says his nostrils are flaring. He is used to coming face to face with hate.
The 47-year-old Jewish professor of business at Kingsborough Community College in Brooklyn, N.Y., was appalled by a recent...
Harvard petition supporting Israel, Jewish community gets hundreds of signatures
More than 900 Harvard University students, faculty members and affiliates have signed a petition “in support of Israel and the Jewish community.”
The “Harvard Israel Initiative,” which as of Tuesday afternoon had garnered 905 signatures and counting,...
Los Angeles teachers union to vote on resolution endorsing BDS movement
The leadership of the United Teachers Los Angeles (UTLA) is scheduled to vote in September on a proposed resolution that urges the U.S. government to end aid to Israel and endorses the BDS movement...
Pro-BDS group blocks Israeli ship from unloading in Oakland
Hundreds of anti-Israel protesters prevented the unloading of an Israeli container ship from Asia at the Port of Oakland, Calif., on Friday, with the cooperation of the local longshoremen’s union, which refused to unload...
University of Toronto Jewish students claim anti-Semitic harassment, intimidation
Friends of Simon Wiesenthal Center for Holocaust Studies is calling on University of Toronto president Meric Gertler to launch a “thorough, third-party investigation” into reports by Jewish students in the university’s medical school that...
Chief rabbi calls out South Africa’s president over Israel ‘apartheid’ allegations
South Africa’s Sunday Times published an open letter by Chief Rabbi Warren Goldstein to South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, who compared Israel to South Africa under apartheid.
Goldstein challenged the president’s claim, saying “the truth is that...
Black Lives Matter expresses solidarity with Palestinians amid Gaza conflict
The Black Lives Matter movement has expressed solidarity with the Palestinians amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and terrorist groups based in the Gaza Strip.
“Black Lives Matter stands in solidarity with Palestinians,” the group...
‘Queen’s Speech’ outlines measures to halt UK officials from implementing BDS
Queen Elizabeth II has tasked the government of the United Kingdom with stopping local councils from implementing BDS activity against Israel and Jewish companies.
Though BDS is not specifically mentioned in her “Queen’s Speech” before...
New York lawmaker draws fire over controversial tweet erasing Israel off map
Claiming that she was misunderstood, a New York state assemblywoman deleted a controversial tweet that replaced a map of Israel with Palestine and adorned with flowers.
“I deleted a previous tweet that led to misunderstandings...
Israeli ambassador Erdan to Tlaib: ‘Open your eyes’ to reality on Temple Mount
Israeli Ambassador to the United States Gilad Erdan called out Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) on Monday after she tweeted a defamatory post against the Jewish state.
On Twitter, she wrote: “Al-Aqsa is the 3rd holiest...