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A BDS movement protest against Israel in Melbourne, Australia. Credit: Mohamed Ouda via Wikimedia Commons.

Academic watchdog groups blast MESA for adoption of BDS resolution against Israel

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Academic watchdog groups expressed disapproval on Wednesday at the adoption of a BDS resolution against Israel by members of the Middle East Studies Association (MESA), based in the United States. In an electronic vote from...
Morningstar building in downtown Chicago. Credit: Adriana.Macias/Shutterstock.

Illinois divestment vote on an investment company targeting Israel to be delayed again

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Back in December, the Unilever conglomerate found itself in the crosshairs of an Illinois investment board. Every board member pulled the trigger, and as a result, the state divested from Unilever and its Israel-boycotting...
Supporters of the BDS movement against Israel. Photo by Alex Christy/Flickr.

Study shows pro-BDS faculty members contribute to campus anti-Semitism

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A new study by the watchdog group AMCHA Initiative revealed that university faculty members who endorse an academic boycott of Israel are directly contributing to the anti-Semitic activity taking place on their campuses. The study, titled...
Logo of the Sierra Club. Credit: SierraClub.org.

Sierra Club reverses course, decides to reinstate Israel trips after talk with rabbi

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After canceling its trips to Israel due to pressure from anti-Israel groups, the California-based Sierra Club will reportedly reinstate those trips in response to backlash from Israel supporters. The news came after a call on Tuesday between...
A view of a empty high school classroom. Credit: WoodysPhotos/Shutterstock.

Israeli-Palestinian heated narrative shifts from American colleges to public schools

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The educational battleground in the Israeli-Palestinian narrative is shifting yet again. Just as pro-Israel forces had anchored themselves at North American college campuses to counteract a hotbed of anti-Israel and anti-Jewish activity that has...
A classroom. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

US Jewish leaders asleep in the face of anti-Israel school curricula

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Massachusetts Jews are facing a storm of institutionalized animus as anti-Israel curricula are spreading to public schools statewide. Jewish leaders in the Bay State know about these developments, but to date have not told...
Hertfordshire County, United Kingdom. Source: Facebook.

Local UK council rejects BDS bid to divest from companies tied to Israel

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The local authority in the county of Hertfordshire in the United Kingdom has rejected a bid from supporters of the BDS movement to divest from companies that have ties to Israel. The Hertfordshire County Council was legally...
The Unilever company. Credit: Unilever.com.

Unilever fires 1,500 workers, splits ice-cream from food division

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The multinational firm Unilever, which owns Ben & Jerry’s, announced on Tuesday that in the wake of severe losses, it will fire 1,500 workers around the world and split off its ice-cream division from...
U.S. Ambassador to Israel Thomas Richard Nides visits the Hall of Names at the Yad Vashem holocaust memorial museum in Jerusalem, Dec. 2, 2021. Photo by Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90.

Israeli Cabinet approves $9.2 million increase to Yad Vashem budget

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Israel’s Cabinet on Sunday approved a proposal to increase the Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial museum’s budget by 29 million shekels ($9.2 million), according to a statement from the Prime Minister’s Office. The decision was taken...
A Unilever building in Toronto, Canada. Credit: Peter Bueno/Shutterstock.

Unilever’s Israel boycott said to cost company $26 billion

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Unilever’s stock has plunged 20.7% in the six months since it informed Avi Singer, the owner of Ben & Jerry’s Israel, that his contract was over unless he stopped selling the company’s ice cream...