Tag: BDS Movement
Spanish high court rules anti-Israel boycott by city council is unconstitutional
The High Court of Justice in Spain’s Asturias province ruled that a city council’s policy of boycotting Israel was unconstitutional.
Last year, the City Council of Castrillon in northern Spain passed a motion effectively boycotting...
Major BDS groups have ties to Palestinian terrorist organizations, ministry says
The Strategic Affairs Ministry on Tuesday named 42 major anti-Israel organizations as having clear ties to Palestinian terrorist groups.
According to the ministry’s data, these groups – part of a network of 300 boycott, divestment...
Spanish city cancels Israeli concert in latest boycott move
The city of Oviedo, the capital of Spain’s Asturias region, has purportedly canceled an upcoming concert by Israel’s NK Orchestra and a ballet performance.
The producer of the concert set to take place in Oviedo...
Pro-Israel group explore legal action after Valencia declares itself ‘free of Israeli apartheid’
ACOM, a pro-Israel Spanish group, is exploring legal action against the city council of Valencia, Spain’s third-largest city, after it passed a pro-BDS resolution.
The city council of Valencia approved a motion last week to...
Anti-Israel campaigns in Latin America on the rise
Anti-Israel campaigns in Latin America, specifically in Argentina, Brazil, Chile and Mexico, have grown in recent years.
For decades, Latin American governments generally had strong ties with Israel, but this shifted during the 2000s when...
Rabbi Daniel Lehmann sees opportunity in interreligious dialogue, BDS challenge in Berkeley
The Graduate Theological Union (GTU) of Berkeley, Calif., recently announced the selection of Rabbi Daniel L. Lehmann as the eighth president in the school’s 56-year history.
Rabbi Lehmann, 56, comes to the position from Hebrew...
Minister calls on EU foreign policy chief to halt BDS funding
Strategic Affairs Minister Gilad Erdan has called on the European Union to end its “hypocrisy” and stop funding organizations that support the boycott of Israel.
In a letter to European Union foreign policy chief Federica...
Louisiana becomes 25th state to prohibit business ties with anti-Israel BDS groups
Louisiana Democratic Gov. John Bel Edwards issued an executive order on Tuesday prohibiting his state government from doing business with companies that boycott Israel.
“The United States, and by affiliation Louisiana, have benefited in innumerable...
Israel rocks, according to bassist Dave Rublin
In 2012, Dave Rublin, 31, was a struggling New York musician with the long hair, tattoos and a restaurant job to prove it. His Jewish mother in New Jersey played her part, worrying about...
Netta beats ‘nakba’
The results of the 2018 Eurovision Song Contest and the reactions to it were as disturbing to foreign Israel-haters as they were to some of the nation’s most fervent domestic critics. At a time...