Tag: BDS Movement
It’s time to de-normalize ‘Palestinianism’
Last year, there were nearly 3,000 anti-Semitic attacks in the U.S., an increase of 34% over 2020. In New York City, attacks increased by 409%. This is mirrored in the daily incidents on campus...
Hearing gets intense over accusations of growing anti-Semitism at CUNY schools
The New York City Council postponed an early June hearing on anti-Semitism on college campuses to accommodate the schedule of the chancellor of the City University of New York.
At the rescheduled hearing on Thursday, Chancellor Felix...
Unilever ends Judea and Samaria boycott, sells license to Ben & Jerry’s Israel franchisee
The ice-cream battle between Ben & Jerry’s and its Israeli distributor may have been resolved, but the repercussions continue to reverberate in what many considered a considerable loss for the BDS movement.
On Wednesday, Unilever—the parent...
Appeals court rules Arkansas anti-BDS law does not violate First Amendment
In the highest-level challenge yet to American laws prohibiting boycotts of Israel, the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in St. Louis ruled on Wednesday that an Arkansas law limiting state business with those...
37 members of Congress send letter urging investigation into Boston BDS map
A bipartisan group from the U.S. House of Representatives is calling for the federal government to investigate the use of the Boston “BDS Map” by violent extremists and terrorists, and boost security for the...
Fury over German court’s ‘anti-Semitic’ pro-BDS ruling
The Stuttgart Administrative Court recently ruled that calls to single out the Jewish state for boycott, divestment and sanctions do not violate Germany’s laws against hate speech and are protected, sparking outrage from critics...
Boston Jewish community responds to Mapping Project: ‘Threat to all of us’
Boston-based Jewish organizations and community leaders are condemning a newly launched anti-Israel initiative, “The Mapping Project,” that targets Jewish schools, synagogues, nonprofits, media and other entities.
According to its website, the purported aim of the...
Ben & Jerry’s new employees required to watch ‘videos on Israeli-Palestinian conflict’
Newly hired employees joining the Ben & Jerry’s ice-cream company are required to watch four video lectures, each an hour in length, featuring activists discussing the Israeli-Palestinian conflict as part of their job orientation, Jewish...
Pro-Israel groups urge New York to divest from Unilever
Sixteen Jewish and Christian pro-Israel groups are urging New York Gov. Kathy Hochul to take decisive action against Unilever and its subsidiary, Ben & Jerry’s, for the ice-cream maker’s July 2021 decision to stop selling its...
Grammy-nominated indie band caves to BDS, cancels two shows in Tel Aviv
The Grammy-nominated indie folk-rock band Big Thief has canceled two concerts in Tel Aviv after being criticized by pro-BDS activists.
The band, whose bassist Max Oleartchik is Israeli and lives in Tel Aviv, announced the...