Posts Tagged: BDS movement Israel
Fallout from CUNY Speech and Other Events Made June Busy for Defending Israel
In June, the US State Department quietly reversed a Trump administration policy, and will cut off support for Israeli academic institutions and for technical/scientific projects...
BDS Co-Founder Says Goal of Movement is End of Israel
JNS.org - While Israel’s supporters claim that the BDS movement is aimed at the Jewish state and is a form of new antisemitism, its supporters...
Filmmakers Boycott LGBT Film Festival in Tel Aviv in ‘Solidarity’ With Palestinians
JNS.org - At least 100 LGBTQIA+ filmmakers and film artists are among a group of more than 230 people in the film industry who have...
House Bill Introduced to Penalize International Entities for Engaging in BDS
JNS.org - A bill introduced on Tuesday in the US House of Representatives would penalize international organizations that boycott Israel. Introduced by Rep. Lee Zeldin (R-NY),...
Standing With BDS Is Standing With Terror
A November 2018 article by Amir Shuan that was published in Yediot Ahronot shockingly revealed extensive relationships between the BDS movement and terrorists. While the...
Don’t Give in to BDS Intimidation
When South African model Shashi Naidoo attacked Hamas on Instagram for being a terrorist group that uses foreign aid to build terror tunnels and rockets she was...
Gaza Riots Won’t Prevent Messi’s Argentinian Soccer Team From Playing in Israel
JNS.org - The possible nixing of a friendly soccer match between the Israeli national team, led by Tel Ben Haim, and the Argentinian national team, headed...
In First, Israeli Lawmakers Barred From Traveling on BDS Groups’ Dime
JNS.org - The Knesset Ethics Committee has for the first time barred Knesset members from accepting money from groups affiliated with the boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) movement,...
I Despise BDS — but Israel’s New BDS Ban Is a Big Mistake
JNS.org - The term “blacklist” is one that brings up memories of McCarthysim to most Americans. But those on a new Israeli “blacklist” -- who are...
SPME BDS Monitor: The Coming Year on Campus
August saw the violent collision of politics and culture in American life, with the BDS movement playing the spoiler. The riots between neo-Nazis and white...
German Bank Closes Anti-Israel BDS Account
JNS.org - Germany’s second-largest bank, Commerzbank, has reportedly closed an account affiliated with the anti-Israel Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement. The Jerusalem Post, citing a “highly...
Hillary Clinton Says She Opposes BDS Movement in Letter to Jewish Leaders
On the eve of her religious denomination’s quadrennial meeting, Hillary Clinton wrote a letter to Jewish agency heads saying she opposes the Boycott, Divestment and Sanction...
Latin American, Caribbean Lawmakers Sign Pro-Israel, Anti-BDS Resolution
JNS.org - Parliamentarians from 13 Latin American and Caribbean nations have signed a resolution in support of Israel and against the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS)...
California Strengthens Proposed Anti-BDS Legislation
Sponsors of a bipartisan bill to prevent the California state government from contracting with companies that participate in the boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) movement against...
