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Melbourne, Australia, has been the site of anti-Israel and anti-Jewish sentiment before, as in this BDS protest against Israel’s Gaza blockade in 2010. Credit: Wikipedia.

EU’s Blatant Anti-Semitism

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The BDS Movement began as an international civil insurrection against Israel following a series of military failures by combined Arab armies. It was designed to inflict severe, even crippling, economic damage on Israel. International agencies...
Omar Shakir, the New York-based rights group's Israel-Palestine director, speaks during a press conference at a Jerusalem hotel ahead of his expulsion from Israel, Nov. 24, 2019. Photo by Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90.

Israel deports Human Rights Watch director Omar Shakir for advocating BDS

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Human Rights Watch’s Israel-Palestine director will be deported under Israel’s anti-BDS law for promoting a boycott of the Jewish state. Omar Shakir, a U.S. citizen, was ordered to leave the country after Israel’s Supreme Court...
A view of New York University’s campus in Greenwich Village. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

NYU department co-sponsors anti-Israel speaker, rejects request to host pro-Israel one

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New York University’s Asian/Pacific/American Studies Institute has denied a pro-Israel student’s request to host a Zionist speaker in response to an event it hosted last month with anti-Israel Palestinian-American lawyer Noura Erakat, according to...
Indiana University Bloomington. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

Middle East center at Indiana University circulates anti-Semitic flier

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The Center for the Study of the Middle East (CSME) at Indiana University Bloomington has issued an apology for featuring in its newsletter a flier consisting of an anti-Semitic cartoon. “The cartoon featured the Republican...
IfNotNow rally. Source: IfNotNow Facebook Page.

New Israel Fund’s war on Jewish life

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According to the Forward, the rationale for the New Israel Fund’s push to create an alternative philanthropic system can be explained by what a Philadelphia psychologist named Roy Idelson considered to be a reasonable request. He wanted...
Human Rights Watch Israel and Palestine Director Omar Shakir. Credit: Human Rights Watch.

Supreme Court rules Israel can deport Human Rights Watch official

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Israel’s Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled that Human Rights Watch Israel and Palestine director Omar Shakir may be deported, upholding a district court ruling that found him guilty of promoting anti-Israel boycotts. According to a ruling handed...
A sign for "Israeli Apartheid Week," the annual international anti-Israel showcase, on the campus of the University of California, Irvine, in May 2010. Credit: AMCHA Initiative.

Report shows uptick in anti-Israel activity on American college campuses

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Anti-Israel activity on college campuses in the United States increased during the 2018-19 academic year, according to an Israel on Campus Coalition report that shows there was a record number of anti-Israel disruptions at pro-Israel campus...
Northrop Mall at the University of Minnesota campus in Minneapolis, with Walter Library on the left and Cyrus Northrop Auditorium on the right. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

Pro-Israel and watchdog groups expose support for anti-Semitic violence within SJP

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Pro-Israel and watchdog groups are raising the alarm on the upcoming National Students for Justice in Palestine conference at the University of Minnesota beginning on Nov. 1. It comes amid growing concern of association...
Toronto Raptors vs. the Washington Wizards on April, 27, 2018. Credit: Flickr.

Toronto Raptors object to BDS claiming victory behind canceled Israel trip

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Despite activists from the anti-Israel BDS movement claiming victory over the Toronto Raptors canceling their planned visit to Israel this summer after winning the NBA championship this year, the team’s co-owner Larry Tanenbaum said...
American-Palestinian comedian Amer Zahr. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

Sanders’s presidential campaign selects anti-Semitic comedian as surrogate

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The Democratic presidential campaign of Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) recently picked anti-Semitic comedian and University of Detroit Mercy School of Law Professor Amer Zahr, who has expressed support for the anti-Israel BDS movement. “Does #BDS...