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- "Instead of insisting on efforts to topple the regime, there was a more effective step that was never taken, and the sense of a missed opportunity is enormous"
- A Yom Hazikaron Reflection with Rachel Goldberg-Polin
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- University of Chicago: Palestinian on campus shouted down for supporting Israel [VIDEO]
- “A newly released book sheds light on a secret operation that put a halt to terror funding for some of the organizations that threaten the Jewish state”
- Yom Kippur (the 10th day of the Jewish year) concludes 10 days of soul-searching, atonement and repentance– the holiest Jewish time - which begins on Rosh Hashanah, the first day of the Jewish year, commemorating the creation of the first human-being, Adam
- Can Gideon Levy explain why "If Arabs can live in Israel, then why can’t Jews live in the West Bank?"
- Greetings from Jerusalem
Tag Archives: BDS
Illinois Governor Signs First Anti-BDS Bill Into Law
WASHINGTON FREE BEACON by Staff July 23, 2015 Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner became the first state leader to sign into law “historic” legislation that makes it illegal for any taxpayer-funded public pension fund to invest in any company that participates … Continue reading
Posted in Israel & Middle East, Jewish, Politics
Tagged BDS, Boycott Divest Sanctions, Governor Bruce Rauner, Illinois
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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
Posted in Israel & Middle East, Politics
Tagged BDS, British Conservative Party, David Cameron
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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
Posted in Israel & Middle East, Politics
Tagged Abe Foxman, ADL, Anti-Defamation League, BDS
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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
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
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
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
Posted in Israel & Middle East, Jewish
Tagged BDS, Haredim, J Street, JBIG, Jewish Voice for Peace, Jews Against Themselves, MESA
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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