Tag: BDS Movement
‘Forbes’ reports Airbnb policy ‘growing headache’; app now to ban Palestinian listings
A recent article in Forbes magazine reported that Airbnb’s decision to delist 200 Jewish residences in Judea and Samaria from its popular travel rental site is becoming a “growing headache” for the company, with new reports...
BDS has successes, but not so for P.A. and Gaza
From the looks and sounds of BDS it would seem that Palestine is on the verge of something big.
BDS prevails on a number of campuses, often with Jews as well as Palestinians and others...
NYU student government passes BDS resolution
The student government at New York University passed a BDS resolution on Thursday evening calling on the university to separate its interests from firms such as Lockheed Martin, General Electric and Caterpillar Inc., which...
The mission to ‘Palestine’ will hurt J Street, not AIPAC
At first glance, it’s a one-sided struggle.
On the one hand, you have incoming House Majority Leader Rep. Steny Hoyer of Maryland. On the other, there is freshman Michigan Rep. Rashida Tlaib. Both Hoyer and...
Business leaders, officials lament the toll BDS has taken on Judea and Samaria
At a gathering of senior Israeli officials, business leaders and other global representatives at the Jerusalem Post Diplomatic Conference, the BDS movement was at the forefront of discussion following the recent news of Airbnb’s...
Marc Lamont Hill fired from CNN for blasting Israel, retained by Temple U
Temple University professor Marc Lamont Hill, no stranger to anti-Israel vitriol with his embrace of the Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan, is under fire for calling for “a Free Palestine From the River to the...
UK student union backs protest commemorating Palestinian terrorists
A student union at King’s College London supported a protest several weeks ago commemorating terrorists from Hamas and other groups.
“F*** KCL! Israel is a terrorist state!” shouted anti-Israel demonstrators, led by KCL Action Palestine,...
Beverly Hills boycotts Airbnb after company bans listings in Israeli settlements
In the wake of Airbnb’s decision last week to remove listings of rentals in Israeli settlements, the city council in Beverly Hills, California, announced over the weekend it plans to boycott the short-term home-rental company.
“We...
Airbnb to remove Jewish rental listings in Judea and Samaria
The online marketplace and hospitality service Airbnb announced on Monday that it will no longer permit listings in Judea and Samaria due to what it alleges as “Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank that are...
Kentucky becomes 26th state to enact anti-BDS measure
Kentucky became the 26th state on Thursday to enact an anti-BDS measure, prohibiting awarding state contractors who partake in the anti-Israel movement.
Republican Gov. Matt Bevin signed the executive order during a ceremony at the...