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Robbie Keane during an Ireland-Austria match in 2013. Source: Wikimedia Commons.

Irish MP blasts Robbie Keane’s move to Maccabi Tel Aviv

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An Irish politician from the extremist Sinn Féin party has criticized Robbie Keane for accepting a head coaching position with the Maccabi Tel Aviv soccer team. “Very very disappointing that Irish Football icon Robbie Keane...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with then-U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo (center) and U.S. Ambassador to Israel David Friedman, April 2018. Credit: U.S. embassy in Israel.

Friedman: Biden administration is ‘embracing BDS movement’

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U.S. State Department spokesman Matthew Miller confirmed on Monday that the United States would be freezing scientific and technological cooperation with Israeli entities in areas over the 1949 armistice line, i.e., in Judea, Samaria, the...

Ariel University decries ‘racist and BDS-like’ State Department

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A U.S. State Department decision to cease scientific and technological cooperation with Israeli entities over the 1949 armistice line, commonly known as the Green Line, is racist and smacks of a BDS-like double standard,...
Artists are public figures who need audience support to succeed, making them particularly vulnerable to attacks on their character,” says author Lana Melman.

The antisemitic BDS war on celebrities

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The BDS movement has been a total failure. It has not damaged Israel’s economy, it has not turned Israel into a pariah, it has not changed Israeli policy, and it has not destroyed the Jewish state....
Protesters in Berlin hold a Palestinian flag and the initials of the anti-Israel BDS movement while then-Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was visiting Germany in August 2019. Credit: Israel Hayom.

British ministers to advance bill to stop councils boycotting Israel

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British Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities Michael Gove is due to push forward the U.K. government's long-anticipated plan to prevent further boycotts against Israel, reported Britain’s Financial Times. The bill is aimed...
Communities secretary Michael Gove. Credit: www.gov.uk.

New UK bill to prevent government councils from boycotting Israel

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A new bill soon to be introduced is set to deal a blow against the BDS movement in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. Communities Secretary Michael Gove will introduce legislation to prevent councils in the United...
The southern entrance to the Capitol Visitors Center in Washington, D.C. Credit: Matthew G. Bisanz via Wikimedia Commons.

Tlaib to be ‘special guest’ at ‘nakba’ event at Capitol Visitor Center

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Nine groups that are known for opposing Israel plan to gather on Wednesday for “Nakba 75 and the Palestinian People” at the Capitol Visitor Center in Washington, D.C., with Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) as a “special...
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Why boycotts of Israel are never kosher

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu may have thought that he was initiating a truce in the battle over judicial reform when he paused efforts to pass his legislative initiative. But the demonstrations against the...
MEP Ana Miranda returns to Madrid, Feb. 21, 2023. SourceL Twitter.

Israel refuses entry to member of EU Parliament for terror ties

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Ana Miranda, a member of the European Parliament, returned to Spain after she was denied entry to Israel on Tuesday. She was detained for six hours at Ben-Gurion International Airport and then returned on the...
U.S. President Joe Biden speaks in the East Room at the White House Hanukkah celebration on Dec. 1, 2021. In a new survey, Biden received a 47% approval rating and 34% disapproval rating from U.S. Jews on his responses to antisemitism. Photo by Dmitriy Shapiro.

Antisemitism dramatically undercounted in 2022, AJC report says

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Despite well-documented surges in antisemitism in America, new data suggests official numbers dramatically undercount the problem’s scope. In 2022, more than one-quarter (26%) of U.S. Jews said they were targets of either physical or in-person...