Most Clicked This Week
- Ted Cruz: "I would not make fighting same-sex marriage a top priority"
- I rarely post Al Jazeera, but this is worth a read: “Every aspect of Iran’s ability to project regional power is being successfully degraded”
- "Visitors will be able to “touch history” by walking in the footsteps of ancient pilgrims through a 380-yard stretch of tunnel along the ancient street that ran uphill to the Jewish temple"
- “Israeli officials fear that the scenario in which Iran's regime remains in power even after the current military campaign is now more realistic”
- Has Biden ever called on Palestinians to compensate Israeli victims?
- Israel's ambassador to the UN in Geneva, Daniel Meron, called the report "scandalous" and "fake," saying it had been authored by "Hamas proxies"
- Eric Cantor's loss was not about religion
- “The future of Israeli diplomacy will be shaped not only by alliances or declarations, but by technologies so essential that they bind nations together in ways traditional diplomacy cannot”
Tag Archives: Boycott Divest Sanctions
#BDSFail UK retail stores who boycott Israel barred from Florida, Illinois, New York and Arizona
JEWISH CHRONICLE Co-op banned from four US states over BDS policy by Marcus Dysch August 1, 2017 A series of American states have barred companies from investing in Britain’s Co-operative Group over its boycott of Israeli firms which source produce … Continue reading
#RogerWaters “increasingly desperate rants are a response to the epic failure of BDS”
ALGEMEINER The Epic Failure of the BDS Cultural Boycott by Mitchell Bard July 26, 2017 For weeks, the headlines focused on the campaign by Roger Waters to persuade Radiohead to cancel its Israel gig. Yet the self-appointed musical boycotter-in-chief was … Continue reading
Posted in Israel & Middle East, Jewish
Tagged BDS, Boycott Divest Sanctions, Creative Community for Peace, Roger Waters
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“Israel isn’t unique refusing entry to foreigners considered high-threat security risks”
FORWARDSeriously, Boycotters: If the Goal of Your Visit is to Harm Israel, Stay Homeby Miriam F. ElmanJuly 25, 2017 Ever since a group of right-wing and centrist lawmakers joined forces to ban foreigners boycotting Israel from entering its borders, Israel’s … Continue reading
Radiohead in Israel, was “never going to be just your average rock concert in the park” [VIDEO]
JERUSALEM POST Radiohead overcomes BDS pressure for triumphant night in Tel Aviv by Ronnie Remeny July 20, 2017 The last time Radiohead performed in Israel was in 2000, just before the release of the divisive, Kid A; an album which saw the band … Continue reading
Posted in Israel & Middle East, Jewish
Tagged BDS, Boycott Divest Sanctions, Radiohead, Thom Yorke
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BDS Fail “Schumer and Gillibrand aren’t New York’s first Democratic politicians who’ve embraced #TheResistance while simultaneously attacking #BDS activists” [VIDEO]
GOTHAMIST Schumer, Gillibrand Co-Sponsor Senate Bill That Would Make Boycotting Israel A Felony by David Colon July 19, 2017 Both of New York’s Senators have signed on to a bill that would criminalize any attempt by Americans to boycott Israel, … Continue reading
#BDS hurts me: “I am a Muslim Arab woman. I am a singer”
NEWSWEEK I’m an Arab. Here’s why I’ll be performing with Radiohead in Israel by Nasreen Qadri July 18, 2017 Much has been said and written ahead of Radiohead’s concert in Tel Aviv this week. The successful British rock band has … Continue reading
Posted in Israel & Middle East, Jewish
Tagged BDS, Boycott Divest Sanctions, Nasreen Qadri, Radiohead
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“Where did Roger Waters — whose greatest contribution to rock was leaving Pink Floyd in 1985 – get the credibility to preach about anything other than boilerplate bass playing?”
TIMES OF ISRAEL The legacy of an adequate bass player by John C. Wolfe July 15, 2017 I’d like to meet the Jew who turned Roger Waters into a lunatic. That’s gotta be what happened. Someone with a Jewish last … Continue reading
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Tagged BDS, Boycott Divest Sanctions, Pink Floyd, Roger Waters
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Some American Jews engaging in their own BDS movement
GATESTONE So Now American Zionists Want to Boycott Israel by Alan M. Dershowitz July 14, 2017 …This is not to say that I am happy with the end result. As a post-denominational Jew, I want to see a part of … Continue reading
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Tagged AIPAC, Alan Dershowitz, BDS, Boycott Divest Sanctions, El Al
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Lincoln Center standing up to BDS (for now anyway)
NEW YORK TIMES Artists Protest Lincoln Center Play Backed by Israel by Sopan Deb July 5, 2017 More than 60 artists, including four Pulitzer Prize winners and other prominent writers, actors, directors and playwrights, have signed an open letter calling … Continue reading
Posted in Israel & Middle East
Tagged Adalah, BDS, Boycott Divest Sanctions, Brand Israel, Lincoln Center
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BDSFail Radiohead stands up to BDS; “ZOA calls on concert facilities not to give a platform to anti-Israel activist Roger Waters”
JERUSALEM POST Radiohead withstands pro-Palestinian jeers at Glastonbury Festival by Ariane Mandell June 24, 2017 Rock legends Radiohead were harassed by pro-Palestinian hecklers during their set at Glastonbury Music festival on Saturday, photos from the Facebook group “Radiohead fans for … Continue reading
Posted in Israel & Middle East, Politics
Tagged BDS, Boycott Divest Sanctions, Radiohead, Roger Waters
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