Posts Tagged: Israel Divestment
Here’s Just Some of the Boycott and Protest Activity Being Aimed at Israel
As has been widely reported, activists with the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement targeted their efforts on college campuses this year. The connections between...
Cornell’s Anti-Israel Divestment Resolution Is Full of Lies, Slanders, and Inaccuracies
On April 11, the Cornell Student Assembly will vote on a resolution submitted by Students for Justice in Palestine (Resolution 36). Much of Resolution 36 is...
We Must Push Back Against BDS
The Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) campaign against Israel is a public relations effort to demonize the Jewish state. In recent months, BDS tactics have intensified...
BDS Debates Rage on College Campuses
BDS news in October continued to be dominated by examples of institutions being subverted and manipulated by the BDS movement. Earlier this year, two University of...
SPME BDS Monitor: Boycott Marches on, but Double Standards Become Painfully Clear
The BDS movement has been stymied in the political arena by legislative initiatives. But through deliberate obfuscation, new efforts to expand anti-boycott legislation have now...
SPME BDS Monitor: Academic Situation Improves, Cultural Sphere Worsens
With the school year over, the focus of BDS activity has moved to other parts of the academic ecosystem. One of the most important developments...
SPME BDS Monitor: Divestment Stalls, But Antisemitism Thrives
March was a complicated month for BDS efforts, with divestment resolutions, "Israeli Apartheid Week" activities, outbreaks of campus antisemitism and important political developments. Last month, BDS...
Israelis Seem Blind to the Seriousness of BDS
Last Sabbath morning, I spoke in the Nitzanim Synagogue in Jerusalem, and delivered the sermon. Five days after my daughter’s wedding, I was in high spirits...
Israel to Expel BDS Activists? Bravo!
The decision by the Interior and Public Security ministers to form a special task force to expel foreigners engaged in Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS)...
Six Ways to Stop BDS
BDS. For over a decade, this movement slowly spread while most of us in the pro-Israel community underestimated it. Then, almost overnight, we shifted from...
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...
SPME BDS Monitor: Presidential Candidates Renounce Boycotts as Antisemitism Spreads
The BDS movement suffered major losses in March as politicians and legislators condemned the movement. Particularly important were condemnations from all remaining US presidential candidates,...
Jerusalem Conference Features the Unsung Israeli Perspective on Fighting BDS
JNS.org - Debate on the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement is often heard loudest from Jews in America and the rest of the Diaspora, perhaps...
Don’t Believe the Hype — BDS is as Dangerous as Ever
Ben Cohen, Senior Editor of The Tower magazine, wrote an op-ed about BDS that was for the most part salient. Unfortunately, his opening sentence was both irresponsible...
