Posts Tagged: Boycott Divestment Sanctions
Israeli Consul General Tells Mamdani to Brush Up on His History After Mayor Rejects Israel’s Jewish Identity
Israel's Consul General in New York, Ambassador Ofir Akunis, has sharply criticized New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani after the mayor said during a televised...
Michigan Democrats Nominate Lawyer Who Praised Hezbollah for Top University Post
The Michigan Democratic Party on Sunday nominated attorney Amir Makled over incumbent Jordan Acker for the University of Michigan Board of Regents, drawing fresh scrutiny...
New York’s Bruce Blakeman Vows to Protect Jews, Combat Anti-Israel Policies if Elected Governor
Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman, the Republican gubernatorial candidate in New York, is outlining an aggressive law-and-order platform centered in part on combating antisemitism and...
Democratic Socialists of America to Demand Mamdani Implement Extreme Anti-Israel Agenda
The Democratic Socialists of America (DSA), the largest socialist organization in the US which counts prominent politicians among its ranks, intends to pressure New York...
Contender in NYC Mayoral Race Has Extensive Anti-Israel Track Record
A major contender in the New York City (NYC) mayoral race has an extensive anti-Israel track record, raising concerns among the Big Apple’s Jewish population...
Chicago Financial Firm Announces It Will Guard Against BDS
Morningstar, Inc., a Chicago-based investment firm managing over $250 billion in assets, has adopted measures preventing anti-Zionist bias from affecting ratings assigned to Israeli companies...
Harvard Crimson College Newspaper Biased Against Israel, Says Conservative Group
Virtually all of college newspaper The Harvard Crimson's coverage of Israel is negatively biased, according to an analysis by Campus Reform, a college news daily founded by...
Queen’s Speech Announces UK Legislation Taking Aim at Israel Boycotts
New legislation that would prohibit local UK governments from boycotting Israel was announced on Tuesday in the Queen's Speech, an annual address highlighting the government's...
Pro-BDS Tlaib Uses Israeli Web-Development Platform for Campaign Website
JNS.org - Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.), a supporter of the anti-Israel BDS movement, just so happens to have used the Israeli web-development platform Wix to...
BDS Suffers Dual Defeats as Anti-Israel Resolutions Fail at CA Community College, Bowdoin College
The anti-Israel boycott, divestment and sanctions movement suffered two resounding blows this week, in college campuses across the U.S. Bowdoin College in Maine defeated on Wednesday...
BDS Group Opposing Rolling Stones Concert in Tel Aviv Says Syria’s Assad ‘Owned by the Jews’
A group of anti-Israel activists promoting BDS, the boycott, divestment and sanctioning of Israel, who are trying to pressure the Rolling Stones into cancelling their...
UK Zionist Federation Applauds Supreme Court Decision to Uphold ‘Ahava Four’ Convictions
The United Kingdom's Zionist Federation on Monday applauded last week's ruling by Britain's Supreme Court to uphold convictions against four anti-Israel demonstrators from the BDS...
Facebook Users Attack Roger Waters After Post Calling Out Scarlett Johansson
Facebook users on Sunday attacked Roger Waters, the former Pink Floyd bassist and, for the past eight years, a vocal anti-Israel activist, for his latest...
BDS in Academia, Politics and Industry
Introduction January was an important month for BDS. In the academic sphere, the American Studies Association boycott resolution was followed by a pseudo-debate at...
