Tag Archives: BDS

The New Special Relationship: The British Conservative Party and Israel

FATHOM JOURNAL by Alan Mendoza Summer 2015 In recent years, a once ambivalent relationship between the world’s oldest political party and one of its younger countries has been comprehensively transformed.   Once suspicion, mistrust and the occasional dose of establishment … Continue reading

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Can States Fund BDS?

TABLET MAG by Eugene Kontorovich July 13, 2015 Abe Foxman says that banning the use of public money to support companies that boycott Israel is unconstitutional and illegal. Is he right? In the latest act of a decades-long fight against … Continue reading

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An Unpopular Man

NEW REPUBLIC by Jordan Michael Smith July 7, 2015 Norman Finkelstein was a rock star of the pro-Palestinian movement. Then he came out against BDS. ….Throughout the 1990s, Finkelstein became a prominent defender of the Palestinians and a relentless critic … Continue reading

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Anti-Israel movement based on fallacies

CHICAGO SUN TIMES by Steve Huntley July 1, 2015 The Obama administration rarely misses an opportunity to take a swipe at Israel. This week President Barack Obama signed the fast track trade bill that includes admirable language rejecting the unjust … Continue reading

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Lower the Age for Birthright Israel to Build a Pro-Israel Army on Campus

ALGEMEINER by Robert Lappin July 2, 2015 Sheldon Adelson’s goal to “put more boots on the ground” to fight BDS on college campuses is right on, and his recommendation to form an army of college students, dubbed “Campus Maccabees,” is … Continue reading

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Obama Won’t Enforce Anti-BDS Provision Language in Trade Bill he just Signed

JEWISH PRESS by Lori Lowenthal Marcus July 1, 2015 The Obama administration has clearly stated it will not enforce the anti-boycott language of the Trade Bill it signed, which extends protection to the disputed territories. This week the United States … Continue reading

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Desmond Tutu: Once a hero, now forlorn anti-Israel loser

THE COMMENTATOR by Professor Michael Curtis June 28, 2015 Desmond Tutu was once a hero in the eyes of freedom fighters around the world. But talk about a tragic flaw: he’s now best known for having fallen in with the … Continue reading

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Jews Against Themselves, by Edward Alexander [EXCERPT]

ALGEMEINER by Edward Alexander June 22, 2015 Jews Against Themselves is about the new forms taken by Jewish apostasy in an age when Jewish existence is threatened more starkly and immediately than at any time since the Hitler era. I have not … Continue reading

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New York State Assembly passes anti-BDS bill #BDSFail

JNS.ORG June 18, 2015 The New York State Assembly passed a resolution on Thursday rejecting the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement, becoming the latest state government to condemn the anti-Israel movement.  The resolution, which was introduced by Assemblyman Walter … Continue reading

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Israeli group threatens to sue Coca-Cola over Palestinian partner

TIMES OF ISRAEL by Marissa Newman June 16, 2015 Israel Law Center says it’ll pursue legal action if soda giant doesn’t sever ties with BDS-supporting Zahi Khouri An Israeli advocacy group on Monday threatened legal action against Coca-Cola if it … Continue reading

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