Tag: BDS Movement
World Council of Churches trained 2,000 anti-Israel activists, funded by UNICEF
The World Council of Churches (WCC) has sent nearly 2,000 participants to Israel, and Judea and Samaria, since 2002 to train them in anti-Israel narratives and assign them to communities worldwide, according to a report from NGO...
Senate Democrats block pro-Israel, anti-BDS bill for second time in a week
For the second time this week, Senate Democrats failed to reach the necessary 60 votes on Thursday afternoon to end debate on Republican-introduced legislation that, if enacted, would impose fresh sanctions on Syria, as well as...
Senate Democrats block pro-Israel, anti-BDS bill
The Senate failed to reach the necessary 60 votes on Tuesday evening to end debate on Republican-introduced legislationthat, if enacted, would impose fresh sanctions on Syria, as well as boost security cooperation with Israel and...
BDS is anti-Semitic and aids terrorist groups, says Arizona attorney general
In an important victory against the BDS movement, Arizona’s Attorney General Mark Brnovich filed a brief in late December stating that the BDS campaign was motivated by anti-Semitism and aids terrorist groups such as...
New Congresswoman Tlaib displays map with Israel replaced by ‘Palestine’
Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) displayed a map on her first day in the House of Representatives with a note posted over Israel that reads “Palestine.”
Buzzfeed reporter Hannah Allam posted on Twitter, “Someone has already...
National fight over BDS outlined
n December BDS continued to be a prominent political and campus issue, fully integrated into larger questions of antisemitism, free speech, and the nature of the university.
At Temple University faculty member Marc Lamont Hill...
Germany to condition foreign aid on combating anti-Semitism
Germany will not back organizations that operate abroad unless they commit to fighting anti-Semitism, the country’s first anti-Semitism commissioner announced on Thursday.
Dr. Felix Klein, who took up his newly created post in the federal...
Discrimination against the Jewish state isn’t free speech
It sounds outrageous. A speech pathologist in a Texas school district was asked to sign a pro-Israel pledge. If she refused to go along, she would lose her job. Described in that way, the...
University of California first to issue condemnation of faculty support for BDS
The University of California became the first institution of higher education to issue a condemnation against faculty support for BDS in the aftermath of such cases at the University of Michigan and Pitzer College.
“As chancellors of the...
Reservists on Duty: Using personal experiences to combat anti-Israel sentiment on campus
campuAs American university campuses continue to be an active battlefront in the fight for Israel, well-trained reinforcements can be useful, even necessary. That’s where Reservists on Duty (RoD) comes in.
Established in 2015 by reserve...