Posts Tagged: Israel free speech
Supporters of Israel Are Hurting Their Cause by Trying to Restrict Free Speech
As the Macklemore debacle fades out of the news cycle, my only hope is for some of my fellow pro-Israel advocates to wake up and...
A Political Ploy to Curb Free Speech
JNS.org - In an act of chutzpah characteristic of the Israeli left, Prime Minister Yair Lapid’s Yesh Atid Party has petitioned the Central Elections Committee...
They Want to Silence Jews and Israel; It Won’t Work
In my 15 years of working as a civil rights lawyer, I have never seen a wave of requests for legal help like I am...
There Is No Effort to ‘Ban Criticism of Israel’
A Guardian article ("New York: college volleyball players kneel during Israeli national anthem," Feb. 29) by Victoria Bekiempis began straightforwardly enough: Two Brooklyn College volleyball players...
The Fallacious Argument About Free Speech and Israel
In a recent Los Angeles Times op-ed, UCLA Professor David Myers and Rabbi Chaim Seidler-Feller claim that StandWithUs’ Title VI complaint against UCLA -- in conjunction with President...
Bibi Should Have Stood Up to Trump, and Followed AIPAC’s Lead
JNS.org - There are many angles to the still-burning controversy surrounding Israel's refusal to allow entry to US Reps. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) and Ilhan Omar...
Ilhan Omar Puts the ‘BS’ in BDS
JNS.org - Antisemitism in America has no greater asset today than Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN), who recently led the filing of H.R. 496, a resolution...
Why I Believe That Jews Shouldn’t Criticize Israel
Is there such a thing as “legitimate criticism” of Israel? Furthermore, should the identity of the critic have an impact on how we view the...
In Israel, Shouting ‘Fire’ in a Theater Is Considered Free Speech
Imagine, if you will, a member of the US Congress being caught smuggling cell phones, SIM cards and documents to the Black Liberation Army, Aryan Nation or some...
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)...
If BDS Supports Tolerance, Why is it Trying to Suppress Free Speech?
The cultural boycott against Israel strikes at the heart of freedom of expression. The Boycott, Sanctions and Divestment (BDS) movement seeks to rob the world...
Bill to Ban Free Israeli Newspapers Sparks Outcry
JNS.org - With the Summer Assembly of Israel's 19th Knesset now in session, a highly controversial bill has drawn the ire of many from...
