Tag: BDS Movement
Tlaib calls Israel ‘racist’ for not offering COVID vaccines in Palestinian territories
Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) accused Israel of being “racist” for not distributing coronavirus vaccines to the Palestinian territories, despite the fact that the West Bank is under the control of the Palestinian Authority, and...
New attacks on Israel and Zionism may fuel campus anti-Semitism
Amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic and the fallout from the 2020 election, anti-Semitism continued to morph and grow during 2020.
While the school year for many students consisted of online or hybrid learning, anti-Semitic and...
As Israel-UAE ties deepen, BDS advocates ‘give up’ on efforts to boycott Jewish state
Amid expanding ties between Israel and the United Arab Emirates following the Abraham Accords, a leading Palestinian BDS organization is giving up on efforts to boycott the Jewish state inside of the Arab Gulf...
France gives $10 million to pro-BDS Palestinian group
France’s government has given roughly $10 million to a Palestinian group that supports boycotting Israel, despite the fact that in the country, promoting BDS is illegal.
The French Development Agency, or AFD, which focuses on...
Wiesenthal Center releases list of 2020’s 10 worst anti-Semitic incidents
The Simon Wiesenthal Center on Tuesday unveiled its list of 2020’s top 10 worst anti-Semitic incidents.
Rabbi Abraham Cooper, associate dean and director of Global Social Action Agenda at the Wiesenthal Center, said that while it was...
Legal group urges Trump administration to publish list of BDS organizations
The Zachor Legal Institute, a legal think tank and advocacy group, is urging the outgoing Trump administration to publish a list of anti-Israel BDS groups.
In a letter sent to Special Envoy to Monitor and...
Webinar: Fighting Jew-hatred means going after groups, factually and financially
The best chance to fight anti-Semitism in the United States is by elucidating the connections between the hatred of Jews and anti-American sentiments, according to philanthropist, real estate developer and Jewish communal activist Adam...
JVP under fire for tweeting ‘L’Chaim Intifada’ poster
Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP), an organization that supports the BDS movement, has come under fire for a since-deleted tweet that appears to glorify the First Intifada.
The Dec. 8 tweet featured a poster from...
Trump administration plans to release list of BDS groups
The Trump administration plans to release a list of organizations that support the anti-Israel BDS movement, a senior Trump administration official told JNS.
The groups are still in the works and being decided this month,...
Anti-Semites combating anti-Semitism: An Orwellian farce
If George Orwell is spinning in his grave these days, he’s likely rolling so hard with laughter that it’s bringing him and the rest of us to tears. An upcoming webinar on Jew-hatred is...