Tag Archives: BDS

Why Does Peter Beinart Despise Pro-Israel Jews?

ALGEMEINER by Shmuley Boteach June 15, 2015 Peter Beinart has long had an unnatural obsession with me. To be honest, the amount of column space he’s devoted to promoting my name is something for which I should be compensating him. Last … Continue reading

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The Upside-Down World of University Human Rights

GATESTONE by Denis MacEoin June 13, 2015 Open Letter to the UK National Union of Students …If you cannot read Arabic or another Islamic language, if you have never studied Islamic history, doctrine, scripture or civilization, if you know little … Continue reading

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Legendary Rabbi of England Calls for Jewish Surrender in Europe

I applaud Shmuley’s call for more muscular pro-Israel activism in Europe, but can’t help but think Rabbi Shmuley is here in America while Rabbi Sacks is in Europe — a continent under siege by anti-Israel and anti-Semitic forces. So his … Continue reading

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Boycott Israel? Yes! Iran, Sudan? Nah

TIMES OF ISRAEL by JTA and Times of Israel Staff June 12, 2015 An American Jewish reporter secretly filmed three Irish retailers who boycott Israeli products agreeing to do business with Sudan, Iran and North Korea. The segment aired by Fox … Continue reading

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From a Jordanian-Palestinian: The dangers of boycotting Israel

ISRAEL HAYOM by Mudar Zahran June 5, 2015 …BDS is dangerous for all of us and could severely harm the West, the Arabs in general, and the Palestinians in particular. As a Jordanian-Palestinian, I have witnessed firsthand that most BDS … Continue reading

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French PM vows support, says he’ll talk with Orange — Israeli lawmaker

TIMES OF ISRAEL by Judah Ari Gross June 7, 2015 Valls to MK Stav Shaffir: ‘There will be no boycott’; Netanyahu calls for bipartisan fight against sanctions French Prime Minister Manuel Valls promised to join in the talks with telecom … Continue reading

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French Move Illustrates Israel Boycott BDS Peril

French telecom giant Orange [formerly France Telecom] announces an end to Israel operations. A major victory for the anti-Israel BDS movement. COMMENTARY by Jonathan S. Tobin June 4, 2015 One of the sidebars to the debate about the trade bill currently before … Continue reading

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The common core of BDS and campus anti-Semitism

THE HILL by Abraham H. Miller May 28, 2015 If you ask proponents of the boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) movement why they single out Israel, they will tell you that you have to start somewhere. But since its beginnings … Continue reading

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Curbing the self-loathing Jewish defamers of Israel

CANDIDLY SPEAKING FROM JERUSALEM by Isi Leibler May 19, 2015 Most of us are thoroughly exasperated with the obnoxious Jewish deviants who are demonizing Israel with their global campaigns, falsely defaming the IDF as monsters and war criminals. Such reprehensible … Continue reading

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Illinois passes historic anti-BDS bill, as Congress mulls similar moves

WASHINGTON POST by Eugene Kontorovich May 18, 2015 The Illinois House just joined the state’s senate in unanimously passing a  bill that would prevent the state’s pension fund from investing in companies that boycott Israel. Gov. Bruce Rauner has pledged … Continue reading

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