Posts Tagged: boycott of Israel
New York Governor Cuomo Orders State Businesses to Stop Working With Companies Supporting Israel Boycott (VIDEO)
JNS.org - New York Governor Andrew M. Cuomo on Sunday issued the first-ever executive order on the U.S. state level that targets the anti-Israel Boycott, Divestment...
Academics Across the World Sign Petition Condemning BDS for Double Standards, Anti-Israel Bigotry
More than 1,000 academics from all over the world signed a petition condemning all forms of boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) against Israel. "Boycott is always wrong, I think....
Spanish Court Invalidates City’s Resolution to Boycott Israel
JNS.org - In a blow to the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement in Spain, a Spanish court has invalidated a municipal boycott of Israel on...
Moroccan Team Boycotts Israel in Paralympic Tennis Competition
JNS.org - The Moroccan team in the men’s wheelchair tennis World Team Cup competition boycotted a scheduled match with Israel’s team on Thursday, reportedly at the...
Report: 20 Israeli Academics Encourage Anthropology Association’s Boycott of Israel
JNS.org - A new report compiled by Dr. Shahar Golan of the right-wing Zionist organization Im Tirtzu has revealed that 20 Israeli academics are encouraging...
Swiss Bill Calls on Government to Stop Funding Anti-Israel NGOs
JNS.org - A Swiss lawmaker has introduced a bill — with the support of 41 Members of Parliament — that would stop all state funding to...
Controversy Erupts at Cannes as Disgraced Actor Mel Gibson Presents Film Award to ‘Virulently Anti-Israel’ Director
Controversy erupted on Sunday after disgraced actor Mel Gibson presented an award to an anti-Israel director at the Cannes Film Festival in France, according to the New York...
French Bank Closes Account of BDS Group
JNS.org - A major French bank has shut down the account of a Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement group on the grounds that it is...
Methodist Church Rejects Israel Divestment, Withdraws From Anti-Israel Coalition
JNS.org - The United Methodist Church (UMC) voted down four resolutions that called on the Church to divest from companies doing business with Israel. At its May...
Professors Sue American Studies Association for Boycott of Israel
JNS.org - Several members of the American Studies Association (ASA) announced Wednesday that they are suing their own academic association for its boycott of Israel, arguing...
Florida Passes Bill Requiring State Board to Vet Israel-Boycotting Companies
JNS.org - Florida’s House of Representatives on Wednesday overwhelmingly passed “SB 86: Scrutinized Companies,” which requires a state board to identify all publicly funded companies that...
BDS After the Boycott
JNS.org - 2016 may well be remembered as the year that Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement targeting Israel finally died its death—in a clinical sense,...
BDS Doctors Who Prescribe a Poison Pill for Israel Violate the Hippocratic Oath
JNS.org - Seventy-one British doctors are the most recent group calling for a boycott of Israel. Last week, they signed a letter to the World Medical...
Beware of ‘Friends’ Supporting Boycotts of Israel
Determined enemies launched the movement to boycott, divest from, and sanction Israel (BDS) in order to accomplish through propaganda what they had failed to achieve...
