Tag: BDS Movement
When Israel’s enemies endorse a Jewish candidate
At a time when his presidential campaign seemed about to go on life support, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) was thrilled to get a boost from his party’s rock stars. Just days after returning to...
BDS, anti-Semitism and class
Class has emerged as one of the most important features of global politics. Predictably, anti-Semitism and the boycott-Israel movement are enmeshed in class-based patterns of belief and behavior, though some of these patterns are...
Saudi soccer team visits Jerusalem ahead of first-ever West Bank match
Saudi Arabia’s national soccer team arrived in Israel this week ahead of a Tuesday match against the Palestinian national team in the West Bank.
On Sunday, the team was greeted by Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud...
Children’s book reading prompts legal action against borough in central New Jersey
A controversy that began last summer, pitting community library-event planners in a New Jersey suburb and various Palestinian sympathizers against a Jewish community, is now moving into the legal arena.
The almost 20-year-old Central Jersey...
Israel, US urge EU lawmakers to break ties with BDS orgs
Israeli and U.S. officials warned in a meeting with European lawmakers on Wednesday of a rise in hate crimes against Jews in Western Europe, and urged the European Union to cut funding to organizations...
British Labour Party adopts anti-Israel policies, including first formal one on BDS
The British Labour Party voted in on Tuesday several anti-Israel policies, including what is believed to be its first formal policy regarding BDS.
During the Labour Party conference in Brighton, delegates voted to support a...
Corbyn faces scandal after revelation of document accusing Israel of ‘apartheid’
British Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn signed a 2002 document that accuses Israel of committing genocide against the Palestinian people, it was revealed over the weekend.
The Cairo Declaration calls for a boycott of Israel, and accuses...
Women’s March drops Zahra Billoo from board after outcry over anti-Semitism
Amid an outcry over anti-Semitic and anti-Israel tweets made by Zahra Billoo, the Women’s March reportedly voted to drop her from the board of the women’s rights group just days after her appointment.
Billoo was...
Women’s March cuts ties with three co-founders accused of anti-Semitism
The Women’s March has cut ties with three of its founders who have been accused of anti-Semitism.
Linda Sarsour, Tamika Mallory and Bob Blandstepped down from the board on July 15, reported The Washington Post on Monday.
The movement told the...
BDS co-founder Omar Barghouti to speak at Labour Party Conference festival
Palestinian activist and co-founder of the BDS movement Omar Barghouti will speak on a panel at an event taking place alongside the British Labour Party Conference.
Barghouti plans to discuss “British state and non-state actors”...