Posts Tagged: BDS Campaign

Poll: Vast Majority of Americans Unfamiliar With BDS Campaign Against Israel
The vast majority of Americans have heard nothing or very little of the international campaign to boycott Israel, according to polling released by the Pew...

Israeli Envoy Asks to Meet New Zealand Pop Star Lorde Over Cancelled Tel Aviv Show
Israel's ambassador to New Zealand on Wednesday appealed to the pop star Lorde to meet him after she cancelled a show in Tel Aviv following appeals...

‘Hate Spaces’ Film Exposes Campus Intolerance
A new documentary, "Hate Spaces," exposes the epidemic of campus intolerance, favoring Muslims and anti-Israel activists over Jews and Israel-supporters when it comes to free...

Moroccan Official Denies Trade With Israel After BDS Pressure on ‘Zionist’ Dates
JNS.org - In response to a Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement campaign in Morocco during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, a Moroccan government minister...

Is J-Street Really Against BDS? Their Opposition to Anti-BDS Legislation Shows the Answer
The Times of Israel reports: After weeks of legislative drama, a trade bill containing provisions opposing the boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) campaign against Israel cleared...
Jewish Group ‘Outraged’ After Plaque Honoring Paris Murder Victim Desecrated
A major Jewish group expressed shock on Sunday after vandals in Paris desecrated a plague in memory of Ilan Halimi, a French Jew who was...

Antisemitism on Campus: Old Wine in New Bottles
As someone who has been critical about the sometimes overheated reaction to what is taking place regarding Jews on campus, I also believe it is...

BDS Supporters Pressure Swedish Store Owners to Boycott Israeli Goods
Supporters of the anti-Israel Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) Movement descended on stores in Malmo, Sweden on Sunday to intimidate owners into dropping Israeli products. "Join...

At Israel Trade Event in South Africa BDS Supporters Threaten to ‘Kill Jews’
Supporters of the anti-Israel Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement threatened to slaughter Jews as they protested outside an Israeli expo in South Africa on...

Anti-Israel BDS Movement is Fashionable in Academia, But Far From Invincible
JNS.org - While the global anti-Israel Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) campaign has officially hit America's scholarly associations over the last two years, even considering...

BDS Movement Fails to Derail Israeli Economy, Knesset Committee Report Says
The BDS movement has failed to derail the Israeli economy, according to a recent report commissioned by the Knesset Finance Committee. Photo: Twitter JNS.org -...

BDS Group Spreads Photoshopped Image of Concentration Camp Inmates Holding Anti-Israel Posters
A Facebook page supporting the anti-Israel Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement on Wednesday uploaded a Photoshopped image of Nazi concentration camp prisoners holding anti-Israel...

Univ. of Haifa Sending Representative to Controversial American Studies Confab
JNS.org - The American Studies Association (ASA), which in late 2013 had voted to endorse a boycott of Israeli academic institutions, returned to the forefront...

57 Anti-Israel Protesters Arrested at South Africa Store
BusinessReport - A TOTAL of 57 people who had protested in a Woolworths store in Killarney Mall were arrested on Saturday, Johannesburg police said. The...