Tag: BDS Movement
New Irish government rejects effort to boycott Israeli products
The anti-Israel movement in Ireland has suffered a major defeat. Earlier this month, the political parties working on forming the next government in Ireland eliminated a key bill that would have placed a boycott...
Should Jewish groups make their peace with Black Lives Matter?Should Jewish groups make their...
Is the phrase “black lives matter” a universal sentiment that all decent people should support? Or is it a particular political program put forward by specific groups with radical positions that deserves to be...
New website lists Israeli professors who support BDS, oppose IDF service
A new English-language website, launched by the NGO Im Tirtzu, provides the names Israeli professors involved in the BDS movement and other activities critical of the state.
“Know the Anti-Israel Israeli Professor” lists 150 academics who accuse...
UC Davis student government passes BDS resolution, vetoed next day
The student government at the University of California, Davis, passed a resolution last week calling for the school to boycott Israel—only for it to be boycotted by the student government president.
The Associated Students of...
Defund the police? Only if you’re willing to sacrifice Jewish security
If your synagogue were under attack from a shooter, would you want a social worker to arrive in response to your 911 or a squad of armed policemen? You may think that when you’re...
ADL: Anti-Israel activities on campus contribute to Jewish students feeling ‘threatened’
While most anti-Israel activism on college and university campuses come in the form of political expression, a significant segment of the activism reported in 2019 contributed to an atmosphere in which Jewish students felt...
Pro-BDS interim dean of international affairs school not up for permanent role
Amid backlash from Jewish and pro-Israel groups over a faculty member at George Washington University, in Washington, D.C., with an anti-Israel history being named interim dean of the university’s Elliott School of International Affairs earlier this month, the...
Suddenly, Human Rights Watch discovers anti-Semitism
The drumbeat of anti-Semitism has grown louder and more assured over the last two decades. Yet it’s only with the resurgence of far right activism in the last five years or so that mainstream...
Valencia reverses course on decision to hold seminar hosted by BDS group
The regional government in Valencia, Spain, has canceled an upcoming teacher-training course sponsored by a Spanish anti-Israel BDS group.
“ACOM welcomes the decision of the government of the Region Valencia in Spain to withdraw the...
Wiesenthal Centre Joins Protest on Spanish Valencia’s BDS Group Hiring to Train Against Bigotry.
“The thought that BDS will be training teachers to combat ‘bigotry’ while instilling the virus of hate, is an exercise in the absurd.”
Paris, 17 May 2020
Starting 8 June, (Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions) directed against Israel,...