Tag Archives: BDS

Radiohead in Israel, was “never going to be just your average rock concert in the park” [VIDEO]

JERUSALEM POST Radiohead overcomes BDS pressure for triumphant night in Tel Aviv by Ronnie Remeny July 20, 2017 The last time Radiohead performed in Israel was in 2000, just before the release of the divisive, Kid A; an album which saw the band … Continue reading

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BDS Fail “Schumer and Gillibrand aren’t New York’s first Democratic politicians who’ve embraced #TheResistance while simultaneously attacking #BDS activists” [VIDEO]

GOTHAMIST Schumer, Gillibrand Co-Sponsor Senate Bill That Would Make Boycotting Israel A Felony by David Colon July 19, 2017 Both of New York’s Senators have signed on to a bill that would criminalize any attempt by Americans to boycott Israel, … Continue reading

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#BDS hurts me: “I am a Muslim Arab woman. I am a singer”

NEWSWEEK I’m an Arab. Here’s why I’ll be performing with Radiohead in Israel by Nasreen Qadri July 18, 2017 Much has been said and written ahead of Radiohead’s concert in Tel Aviv this week. The successful British rock band has … Continue reading

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“Where did Roger Waters — whose greatest contribution to rock was leaving Pink Floyd in 1985 – get the credibility to preach about anything other than boilerplate bass playing?”

TIMES OF ISRAEL The legacy of an adequate bass player by John C. Wolfe July 15, 2017 I’d like to meet the Jew who turned Roger Waters into a lunatic. That’s gotta be what happened. Someone with a Jewish last … Continue reading

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Some American Jews engaging in their own BDS movement

GATESTONE So Now American Zionists Want to Boycott Israel by Alan M. Dershowitz July 14, 2017 …This is not to say that I am happy with the end result. As a post-denominational Jew, I want to see a part of … Continue reading

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#TarekElMessidi #LindaSarsour to cemetery: The check is in the mail

ALGEMEINER Director of Colorado Jewish Cemetery Promised $100,000 by BDS Activist Linda Sarsour in March 2017 Says Money Still Hasn’t Arrived by Rachel Frommer July 11, 2017 A Jewish cemetery in Colorado that has fallen into severe disrepair has yet to … Continue reading

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Lincoln Center standing up to BDS (for now anyway)

NEW YORK TIMES Artists Protest Lincoln Center Play Backed by Israel by Sopan Deb July 5, 2017 More than 60 artists, including four Pulitzer Prize winners and other prominent writers, actors, directors and playwrights, have signed an open letter calling … Continue reading

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BDSFail Radiohead stands up to BDS; “ZOA calls on concert facilities not to give a platform to anti-Israel activist Roger Waters”

JERUSALEM POST Radiohead withstands pro-Palestinian jeers at Glastonbury Festival by Ariane Mandell June 24, 2017 Rock legends Radiohead were harassed by pro-Palestinian hecklers during their set at Glastonbury Music festival on Saturday, photos from the Facebook group “Radiohead fans for … Continue reading

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“For years, the Israeli government has been urging these and other European governments to stop funding Palestinian hate groups to no avail. What explains their abrupt change of heart? In two words: Donald Trump”

JERUSALEM POST Israel, American Jewry and Trump’s GOP by Caroline B. Glick June 23, 2017 Earlier this month Norway, Denmark and Switzerland did something surprising. Norway announced that it was demanding the return of its money from the Palestinian Human … Continue reading

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Hezbollah’s Nasrallah: “If we searched the entire world for a person more cowardly, despicable, weak and feeble in psyche, mind, ideology and religion, we would not find anyone like the Jew. Notice I do not say the Israeli”

ALGEMEINER What Links Progressive Intersectionality? Blame the ‘Zionists’ by Paul Miller June 14, 2017 …Today, antisemitism is being stoked by self-described “resistance” groups and assorted other practitioners of leftist intersectionality. Under the guise of human rights and equality, social justice … Continue reading

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