Posts Tagged: Divestment and Sanctions
BDS Versus Modern Art
JNS.org – “BDS appears here as contemporary art’s foil. BDS undermines contemporaneity’s claims of autonomy and emancipatory effects, fixes its meanings in ways that might...
Watchdog: Norway Should Cut Funding to Organization That Funnels Money to Pro-BDS Groups (INTERVIEW)
The Norwegian government should cease giving money to an organization that funds NGOs promoting the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement, the head of an Israel-based watchdog group told...
Israeli Reporter Causes Facebook Splash With Roger Waters Selfie at Haaretz Conference
Israeli Channel 2 news correspondent Amit Segal stirred audiences on Facebook on Sunday with a selfie of himself posing with Roger Waters, the former Pink Floyd bassist turned Israel boycott activist, at a Haaretz conference in...
Afropop Star Salif Keita Cancels Jerusalem Benefit Concert Citing Fear of ‘Being Harmed Personally’ After BDS ‘Threats’
Afropop musician Salif Keita on Thursday was forced to cancel a performance scheduled for today at the Jerusalem Sacred Music Festival on the recommendation...
SWC Blasts ‘Horrific Anti-Semitic Character’ Roger Waters as ‘Disconnected From Reality’ After BDS Call During Peace Talks
Rabbi Abraham Cooper, associate dean of the Simon Wiesenthal Center, sharply criticized Pink Floyd musician Roger Waters Tuesday after Waters "doubled down" on his support for...
Breaking the Silence 2.0
Once again the fallacies of the Israeli NGO Breaking the Silence (BtS) are making headlines, this time directly from the IDF. Barak Raz, ...
NYC Mayoral Candidate Bill Thompson Blasts Brooklyn College for Anti Israel BDS Event
New York City Democratic mayoral candidate Bill Thompson ripped Brooklyn College Thursday for its plan to hold a BDS (Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions) event against...
Sacramento City Council Members Who Resisted BDS Dedicating Ambulance to Ashkelon
After resisting a push by local Palestinian Americans and Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) advocates to block the adoption of Ashkelon as a sister city last...
Stevie Wonder Backs Out of IDF Fundraiser Performance
Singer Stevie Wonder backed out of a performance of the Friends of the Israel Defense Forces (FIDF) Dec. 6 gala in Los Angeles due to "a recommendation from...
Quakers Divest from Israel in ‘Absence’ of Definitive Information
Friends Fiduciary Corp.—a nonprofit managing assets for American Quakers—divested from its holdings in Caterpillar and Hewlett-Packard due to questions over whether the products they sell...
