Tag: BDS Movement
Airbnb reverses its decision to blacklist Jewish properties in Judea and Samaria
The online hospitality service Airbnb announced on Tuesday that it has reversed its November decision to blacklist about 200 Jewish-owned properties in Judea and Samaria and has settled all lawsuits.
“Under the settlement terms, Airbnb will not move...
Spanish judge rules city’s cancellation of Israeli festival due to BDS unconstitutional
A Spanish judge recently ruled that a city’s cancellation of an Israeli film festival due to its support of the BDS movement violates the country’s constitution.
The city council in the port town of Cádiz,...
Israeli Ambassador Danny Danon: Anti-Zionism, BDS are the new forms of anti-Semitism
The Jewish state has seen remarkable diplomatic success in recent years—from the U.S. recognition of Jerusalem as its official capital last year to Israeli sovereignty over the Golan Heights this week, to emerging relations...
Ambassador Dermer to AIPAC: Israel will be most important ally for US in the...
Addressing 18,000 attendees at the AIPAC policy conference, Israeli Ambassador to the United States Ron Dermer stated he believes that Israel continues to have strong bipartisan support in the United States.
He added that supporting...
Pitzer College president vetoes move by university’s council to suspend study abroad in Israel
By a margin of 67-28, with eight abstentions, the College Council at Pitzer College in Claremont, Calif., voted on Thursday to suspend the school’s study-abroad program at the University of Haifa in Israel; however,...
A brief history of Jew-hatred
A freshman member of Congress openly espouses bigotry towards Jews and Israel. Her fellow Democrats, with only a few exceptions, fail to forcefully condemn her words and views. Troubling to be sure, but let’s...
SJP promotes Palestinian terror group’s imagery at two colleges
The local affiliates of Students for Justice in Palestine at Cornell and Binghamton universities in New York state have been promoting images created by a Palestinian terrorist organization on their respective social-media pages.
Ahead of...
Pro-BDS Tlaib uses Israeli web-development platform for campaign website
Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.), a supporter of the anti-Israel BDS movement, just so happens to have used the Israeli web-development platform Wix to create her campaign website.
“I personally support the BDS movement,” said Tlaib in December, following the lead...
On combating campus BDS: Listen, reach out, stress facts, perspective
Tremayne Smith, 31, is a rising pro-Israel activist who went viral in 2017 for addressing George Washington’s student association against a resolution calling on the school to separate its interests in Israel.
The BDS resolution failed by...
In Tel Aviv, British experts warn of anti-Semitism across the UK
A lecture hosted by the Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting in America (CAMERA) on Sunday evening in Tel Aviv featured a panel of experts who warned about growing anti-Semitism in the United...