Tag Archives: BDS

How can the Los Angeles Jewish Film Festival honor Ed Asner?

Dear Los Angeles Jewish Film Festival: It is unconscionable that the Los Angeles Jewish Film Festival is honoring Ed Asner at your upcoming Gala in Beverly Hills. Ed Asner is an advisory board member of Jewish Voice for Peace, a … Continue reading

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Passover on campus

ALGEMEINER With Jews Away for Passover Holiday, US Campuses See Flurry of Activities Targeting Jewish State by Rachel Frommer April 14, 2017 Amid a slew of anti-Israel activities taking place at universities across the US during the Passover holiday this week, … Continue reading

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#Jerusalem Mayor #NirBarkat cancels #SanFranciscoStateUniversity lecture

ALGEMEINER Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat Cancels San Francisco State University Lecture Over ‘Continuing Marginalization, Demonization of Jewish State’ by Rachel Frommer April 7, 2017 Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat announced Wednesday that he was cancelling his return lecture at San Francisco State … Continue reading

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“Can the enemies of Israel be, at the same time, the friends of Jewish communities outside the Jewish state?”

TIMES OF ISRAEL Pro-BDS contributions to Jewish groups — a Trojan horse? by Cathryn J. Prince March 27, 2017 Soon after the first round of religious-based hate crimes targeting Jews and Muslims, something unexpected happened: Muslims started raising money to … Continue reading

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Karma is a b*tch: #BDS leader (and tax-evader) #OmarBarghouti arrested

THE TOWER Omar Barghouti, Founder of Anti-Israel Boycott Campaign, Arrested for Tax Evasion by Staff March 20, 2017 The leader of the campaign to boycott Israel was arrested by Israeli authorities on Monday for allegedly failing to report hundreds of … Continue reading

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“News of an amazing new treatment for prostate cancer shot around the world this week – but it was missing one important detail”

THE JC Soft boycott: How the news of a revolutionary new cancer treatment was spun to hide its Israeli origins by Stephen Pollard March 12, 2017 The past 24 hours have seen wall-to-wall coverage of an amazing breakthrough on prostate … Continue reading

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#BDSFail “BDS campaign’s claims for 2016 are exaggerated, mistaken, misleading, or deliberate lies”

THE TOWER The BDS Movement Claimed Eight Victories in 2016. They Were All Actually Losses by David Gerstman March 10, 2017 One of the key tactics of the anti-Israel Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) campaign is to make claims that … Continue reading

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#BDSFail at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

STANDWITHUS BLOG StandWithUs Congratulates UIUC Students for Defeating Divestment Referendum March 10, 2016 StandWithUs congratulates students at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) for defeating a discriminatory referendum calling for divestment from companies doing business with Israel. The proposal was … Continue reading

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“J Street maintains that it opposes the global #BDS movement, but it repeatedly partnered with the movement’s advocates”

IPT NEWS IPT Examines J Street’s Unusual “Support” for Israel March 9, 2017 J Street, a Washington, D.C.-based advocacy group, has an unusual way of showing it “is the political home for pro-Israel, pro-peace Americans.“It has called for direct negotiations … Continue reading

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#BDSFail Switzerland takes positive stand on #BDS

JERUSALEM POST Swiss Legislature Passes Bill to Stop Funding for Boycotts of Israel by Benjamin Weinthal March 9, 2017 Switzerland’s National Council – the lower chamber of the legislature – passed a bill on Wednesday to stop government funding of … Continue reading

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