Tag: Boycotts of Israel
It’s Official: Illinois GOP Gubernatorial Candidate Is Pro-Palestinian, Pro-BDS
Did you know Republicans knew all the words to Kumbaya?
UK to Ban Public Entities from Declaring Boycotts
Boycotts erode “community cohesion” and “overwhelmingly target Israel.”
Dershowitz, 17 Other Law Professors, Team Up in Support of Texas Anti-BDS Law
“Arguments that anti-BDS laws violate the Constitution threaten to put Jews outside the protection of anti-discrimination principles.”
Jewish Group Warns Court’s Anti-Israel Ruling in Texas Anti-BDS Law Invites Discrimination
Calling a federal district court’s ruling on the Texas anti-BDS law an “Israel-exception” that is “nothing less than a naked assault on principles of...
New Study Shows Faculty-Driven BDS Is Fueling Campus Antisemitism
The study provides evidence that MESA’s likely adoption of academic BDS would be disastrous.
Fearing Illinois’ Wrath, Chicago Investment Firm Investigates Its Subsidiary for BDS Practices
“We would be wholly justified in adding Morningstar to the state’s list of prohibited investments today.”
120 Entertainment Industry Leaders Condemn Boycott of Sydney Festival over Israeli Funding
"Their actions only further hostility and dampen hope for peace, which all of us so urgently desire."
BDS Enraged by Arab Museum’s ‘Collaboration with Israel’ in Exhibition on Jews in Muslim...
52 intellectuals claim that the IMA is "betraying its intellectual mission" by "normalizing" and "standardizing" cooperation with Israel.
Labor Minister Says Not Every BDS Action Is Necessarily Antisemitic – He’s Wrong
BDS leader Omar Barghouti opposes a Palestinian State alongside the State of Israel. He doesn't want the State of Israel there at all.
Rep. Jamaal Bowman in Trouble with Democratic Socialists of America over Supporting Israel
Thank God for the DSA, maybe there's hope for the GOP to take back both houses next November?
Palestinian Human Rights Activist Suing Unilever over Boycott of Israel
"Such boycotts as this will only result in increased economic hardships for actual Palestinians, such as myself."
79 Groups Urge Virginia Tech to Protect Jewish Students after Graduate Senate Approves Pro-BDS...
Virginia Tech’s Graduate and Professional Student Senate members implement the academic boycott on campus and in their own classrooms.
Nikki Haley Attacks AIPAC for Taking Bipartisanship Too Far
“Why do they invite politicians to their conference who strongly support the Iran nuclear deal?"
NY State’s Pension Fund Dropping Unilever over Ben & Jerry’s Settlements Boycott
The state pension fund's shares in Unilever were valued last September at $103.6 million.
Report: 89% of Netflix’s ‘Palestinian Films’ Directed by BDS Supporters
“It is unfortunate that Netflix is giving a platform to directors who advocate division and bigotry in the arts of all places."
Don’t Mess with Jersey: Garden State Divesting from Unilever over Ben & Jerry’s Settlements...
Unilever North America, which is based in Englewood Cliffs, NJ, has 90 days to appeal the decision.
Holocaust Survivors Urge California Legislators to Oppose Ethnic Studies Bill
Several web pages published under the heading “Preparing to Teach Palestine: A Toolkit” suggest the LESMC curriculum will be even more politicized, divisive, and antisemitic than its predecessor.
Senators Rubio, Cotton, Introduce Bill Banning Country-of-Origin Labels
“Left-wing activists abuse country-of-origin labels in order to stigmatize products made in Israel.”
Illinois, Arizona, Take Steps to Reverse Ben & Jerry’s Israel Boycott
"There is a name for people who don’t want to do business with Jews, and the name is anti-Semite."
Ben & Jerry’s Graphic Designer Quits after 21 Years over Boycott, Texas & Oklahoma...
Israel’s ambassador to the US asked 35 US governors to enforce their states' laws which make it a crime to support the BDS.
Dozens Quit CUNY Faculty Union over Anti-Semitic, Anti-Israel Resolution
Eugene M. Chudnovsky, Distinguished Professor of Physics at Lehman College and the Graduate School of CUNY, took offense at calling Israel “a settler-colonial state.”
In US, Campaign Ignited to Revoke Ben & Jerry’s KOF-K Kosher Certification
Vermonters for Justice in Palestine called on Ben & Jerry’s to go all the way in erasing Israel from the map.
Ben & Jerry’s Israel: We Refused to Obey their Boycott, So They Won’t Renew...
"We do not accept the demand of Unilever and Ben & Jerry's Global."
New Education Minister Upholds Decision to Deny Israel Prize to Pro-BDS Professor
"We need to embrace those who take part in building the country and society, not those who work to destroy it."
ZOA Wins Vote on Expulsion from Boston JCRC
The petition criticized Mort Klein’s rhetoric on Black Lives Matter, George Soros, Barack Obama, Rashida Tlaib, and Ilhan Omar.
Biden to Appoint Former Human Rights Watch Official Sarah Margon to Senior State Dept....
Margon is an outspoken critic of authoritarian allies of the United States, and has had a testy relationship with Netanyahu's government as well.
Spanish Local Elections Feature Far-Left Anti-Semitic Pro-Arab Contenders
The Unidas Podemos and Más Madrid parties, as well as presidential candidate Pablo Iglesias, have a history of anti-Jewish, anti-Israel action and rhetoric.
Canada’s New Democratic Party Adopts Settlements Boycott, Arms Embargo on Israel
The Palestinian Authority's Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates was beside itself with joy.
Mayoral Candidate Andrew Yang Courts Jewish Voters But his Campaign Manager Likes Linda Sarsour
Quo vadis, Andrew Yang? Seriously, quo vadis?