Tag: BDS Movement
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...
The social-justice trip designed to promote hate
In order to “better understand the human rights situation in Israel and Palestine,” a group of self-proclaimed social-justice advocates are currently touring Israel and the West Bank. The problem with the seemingly noble mission?...
Why did anti-BDS bill fail in Massachusetts when it succeeded in other states?
Legislation to combat the Boycott, Divestment and Sanction (BDS) movement against Israel has been adopted in more than 20 states in recent years, but it was derailed last month in Massachusetts. Pro-Israel activists are...
Jewish group outraged by BDS founder’s address to E.U. Parliament
The American Jewish Committee condemned the European Parliament on Wednesday for hosting Omar Barghouti, the founder of the anti-Israel Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement.
Barghouti was invited to address the European Union’s legislature by the...
Israel to apply anti-BDS law to Amnesty International
Israel is acting to enforce anti-BDS law against Amnesty International after the human-rights organization embarked on a campaign calling for a boycott of products from Judea and Samaria, as well as a weapons embargo on Israel, which...