Tag Archives: BDS

How our “first Jewish president” engages in BDS against Israel

NATIONAL INTEREST How the United States Mislabels Israel by Asaf Romirowsky and Benjamin Weinthal February 16, 2016 In a move uncharacteristic of U.S. policy as it has been carried out for decades, the Obama administration recently endorsed Europe’s version of … Continue reading

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Obama signs bill, hailed by AIPAC, including anti-BDS provision

TIMES OF ISRAEL Obama to reluctantly sign trade bill that lumps together Israel and settlements by Eric Cortellessa February 12, 2016 The White House announced Thursday that President Barack Obama will sign a trade bill despite it containing a provision … Continue reading

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Senator Mark Kirk and Congressman Bob Dold cosponsor bills: The Combating BDS Act of 2016 will support states’ right to cut ties with companies boycotting or divesting from Israel

TABLET MAG New Congressional Bill Supports States Fighting BDS by Liel Leibovitz February 10, 2016 Lawmakers in both chambers of Congress are slated to introduce bipartisan legislation boosting efforts at the state and local levels to combat economic warfare against … Continue reading

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College students have risen up to fight racism on campuses across the country. But it is often those very same students who bash Jews

THE TOWER In the Safe Spaces on Campus, No Jews Allowed by Anthony Berteaux February 2016 When Arielle Mokhtarzadeh and Ben Rosenberg arrived at University of California, Berkeley on November 6 to attend the annual Students of Color Conference, they had no … Continue reading

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Unless legislators support the boycott of Israel, it’s hard to understand why they aren’t supporting Sen. Tom Cotton’s proposed law

JEWISH PRESS Here’s an Easy Way to Find Out if Your Congress Member is Actually Pro-Israel by Lori Lowenthal Marcus January 5, 2016 …It would be hard to understand how a legislator who claims to be pro-Israel could justify any position other … Continue reading

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BDS has effectively branded itself as a human rights movement, concealing its true intentions: Destruction of Israel and demonization of Jews

HUFFINGTON POST BDS Ain’t New: The Arab League Boycott Gets a Makeover by Adam Milstein and Marc A. Greendorfer February 5, 2016 …It’s important to recognize that BDS is nothing new. Those behind this campaign have simply put old wine in … Continue reading

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Calling out Students for Justice in Palestine members (at Brown and elsewhere) as anti-Semitic and racist

OBSERVER Don’t Tolerate Intolerance at Brown University The Editors February 2, 2016 Free speech and the free exchange of ideas in higher education were under attack Thursday evening as anti-Israel forces attempted to thwart a conversation about Jewish identity at … Continue reading

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Support Israel by enjoying the exceptional wines of Judea and Samaria, here the top 3

TABLET MAG Want To Fight BDS? Drink Up by Liel Leibovitz January 22, 2016 The BDS movement has got me down. Not, God forbid, because the anti-Semitic and obscurantist cabal that advocates the singling out of the Jewish state for all of … Continue reading

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CAMERA’s “Less Hamas, More Hummus” and other strategies for debunking BDS

JEWISH JOURNAL Jewish student leaders learn to combat BDS at Israel conference by Eliana Rudee January 7, 2016 Seventy Jewish student leaders from all over the world came together last week to learn about Jewish social justice and to develop … Continue reading

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#BDSFail US historians’ group rejects anti-Israel resolution

TIMES OF ISRAEL For second year in a row, American Historical Association votes down proposal to condemn Israel by 111 to 50 by Eric Cortellessa January 10, 2016 For the second year in a row, an anti-Israel measure was voted … Continue reading

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