Tag: BDS Movement
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...
Israeli report shows close, vast ties between terror and BDS organizations
A new report by Israel’s Ministry for Strategic Affairs examined 13 international BDS organizations and discovered that senior positions were held by 30 terror activists—20 of whom who had actually spent time in prison...
Spanish railway company refuses tender to build train in ‘occupied’ Jerusalem
A Spanish railway construction company announced on Friday that it had rejected an Israeli tender to build part of the Jerusalem railway because of “the occupation of land through which will pass a section...
![VOA [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons](https://jewishwebsite.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/Rashida_Tlaib_is_seen_at_her_campaign_headquarters_in_Detroit_Michigan_Aug.7_2018-324x235.jpg "Rashida Tlaib likely a one-termer")
Rashida Tlaib likely a one-termer
U.S. Rep. Rashida Tlaib may persist the next two years calling out Sen. Marco Rubio’s 800,000 Jewish constituents for dual loyalty, but not likely from Capitol Hill after 2020.
Tlaib is about as vulnerable as...
Israel gets ‘key’ to Eurovision, BBC rejects calls to boycott
At a ceremony in Tel Aviv on Monday, Israel officially received the “keys” to the Eurovision Song competition for 2019.
The “insignia handover,” symbolized with the passing of a large decorated key chain, took place...
Watchdog accuses Amnesty International of anti-Semitic campaign against Israel’s tourism industry
Amnesty International published “The Tourism Industry and Israeli Settlements” on Jan. 29, a report alleging that “the Israeli government has political and ideological reasons for developing a tourism industry in occupied East Jerusalem and Area...
On fourth try, Senate clears major hurdle to vote on pro-Israel, anti-BDS bill
The fourth time was the charm as the U.S. Senate finally cleared a major procedural hurdle on Monday evening to vote on a bill on Republican-introduced legislation that, if enacted, would impose fresh sanctions on Syria,...