Tag: BDS Movement
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...
The limits of American anti-Semitism
Does Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) get to make this all go away with just an apology? That’s what many on the left and a lot of Democrats agree. Following a tongue-lashing from House Speaker...
How is the EU funding NGOs with ties to BDS?
Israel’s Ministry of Strategic Affairs came out with a scathing report last month—its second on the issue—accusing the European Union of funding Palestinian and European organizations that promote BDS, the boycott of Israel. In...
Explain BDS to America
The Israeli election, which is heating up, must not distract us from a disturbing development that is gaining traction in the U.S. election: the battle by the radical left-wing of the Democratic Party to...
Anti-Semitic author and BDS activist scheduled to speak at Bucknell University
An Israeli American author and activist who has said that Jews have “a reputation for being sleazy thieves” and questioned whether the Holocaust occurred, as well as equated Zionism with racism, is scheduled to...