Tag: BDS Movement
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...
General Mills refutes claims by BDS movement that it is boycotting Israel
Days after the Minnesota-based food-manufacturing conglomerate announced it had sold its stake in an operation based at a Jerusalem plant, General Mills released a statement emphasizing that the decision was all business, and no...
Major Jewish donor added to board of Ben & Jerry’s parent company, Unilever
A major Jewish donor will be added to the board of Unilever PLC, the parent company of Ben & Jerry’s, after the investment company he co-founded recently became its largest shareholder.
According to The Wall Street...
UK to pass legislation preventing public bodies from engaging in boycotts
U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s Conservative government has resolved to pass legislation that will stop public bodies from adopting anti-Israel boycott resolutions. The proposed legislation was outlined in the Queen’s Speech, an annual ceremonial...
Pro-Israel editor of ‘Harvard Crimson’ blasts editorial supporting BDS
A Jewish editor at Harvard University’s student-led newspaper The Harvard Crimson criticized a recent column in which the editorial board declared its support for the BDS movement against Israel and a free Palestine, and rejected the views of...
University of Melbourne opposes student-led motion against Israel
Officials from the University of Melbourne in Australia have condemned an “anti-Semitic motion” recently passed by the school’s student union that calls for a boycott of Israeli universities and academics.
The resolution, passed 10-6 by the...
‘Harvard Crimson’ editorial board declares support for BDS and ‘Free Palestine’
In an editorial last week, The Harvard Crimson announced its support for the BDS movement and a “free Palestine,” ending a 20-year legacy of opposition to boycotting Israel.
“In the past, our board was skeptical of the movement (if...