Tag: BDS Movement

It’s curious that U.S. Reps. Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib would travel to a country – namely, Israel – that they suggest replicates Nazi Germany. Of course, Israel is no Nazi Germany. No concentration camps,...

The Palestinian groups that were part of Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) and Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) canceled trip to Israel and the West Bank have a public record of openly expressing anti-Semitism, supporting the...

After rejecting entry to Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) and fellow congresswoman Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) on Thursday due to their support for the anti-Israel BDS movement, Israel’s Interior Minister, Aryeh Deri suddenly approved on...

Israeli Ambassador to the United States Ron Dermer dismissed accusations that the decision to bar Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) and Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) from entering Israel was the result of pressure by U.S....

U.S. Ambassador to Israel David Friedman said in a statement on Thursday that the United States “supports and respects” Israel’s decision to deny entry to Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) and Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) “The...

Israel has blocked entry to Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) and Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.), who support the anti-Israel BDS movement. Israeli Deputy Foreign Minister Tzipi Hotovely announced the move on Thursday, despite Israel’s Ambassador to...

Nearly two-dozen right-wing members of the Knesset are urging the U.S. Congress to reconsider their position on Palestinian statehood, arguing that a two-state solution is “far more dangerous” than the BDS movement. “The establishment of...

A course on the docket again this fall at Tufts University is causing controversy even before classes begin. “Colonizing Palestine,” offered by the Race, Colonialism and Diaspora Studies Department (RCD), “will explore the histories and...

Hillel Frisch’s highly original analysis of the popularity of BDS raises important questions about the character of this global “movement.” In brief, by examining the geography of Google queries on BDS and Israel’s legitimacy, Frisch concludes...

While many in the Jewish world have been sounding the alarm about the threat from the BDS movement, others have said the concern about this issue has been overstated. Some have pointed out that...