Most Clicked This Week
- UCLA Student Council: Omer Shem Tov event was “selective platforming” of an Israeli voice — with no Palestinian counterpart — that would “legitimize and normalize” Israel’s war in Gaza and bombings of Lebanon”
- Anti-Israel SJP Stormtroopers, next stop: Tufts University
- #Dershowitz: Why is a bigot president of Black Lawyers for Justice, and praised by Cornel West?
- "The media has a track record of tenaciously ignoring the anti-Semitism creeping into Democratic Party politics"
- “It’s time for URJ members to speak up and ask Rick Jacobs some hard questions”
- BBC's many lies: "101 of CAMERA’s complaints were upheld and BBC Arabic was forced to make 213 corrections to stories deemed biased, inaccurate or misleading"
- A "Nakba" Museum in Washington, DC?
- Aroma Espresso Bar, from Israel, one of the fastest-growing coffee chains in Canada [VIDEO]
Tag Archives: Boycott Divest Sanctions
Actress Helen Mirren says on a visit to Jerusalem that she is a ‘believer’ in the state, which she calls ‘an extraordinary country’
THE GUARDIAN Helen Mirren criticises Israel boycotters by Associated Press June 24, 2016 The Oscar-winning actor Helen Mirren said that she was a “believer” in Israel and that she rejected efforts to boycott the country. Mirren showered Israeli artists with praise … Continue reading
Posted in Israel & Middle East, Jewish, Politics
Tagged BDS, Boycott Divest Sanctions, Helen Mirren
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Dershowitz: “BDS is immoral, discriminatory, and undermines US interests abroad”
JERUSALEM POST Combating BDS by legislation: Different approaches, same goal by Alan Dershowitz June 22, 2016 …Before examining these legal differences, I should state the obvious: governors and legislatures are morally and politically right to counter-boycott BDS. The so-called BDS … Continue reading
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Tagged BDS, Boycott Divest Sanctions, Dershowitz
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Anti-BDS language being stalled by top senator, Patrick Leahy
FREE BEACON Senate Democrats Blocking Pro-Israel Effort to Combat Jewish Boycotts by Adam Kredo June 14, 2016 A congressional measure to combat economic boycotts of Israel is being blocked by a leading senator who recently called on the Obama administration … Continue reading
Sen Sherrod Brown (D-OH) fighting #AntiBDS bill proposed by Mark Kirk and Bob Dold
TABLET MAG Prospective Clinton VP Pick Blocks Anti-BDS Legislation by Liel Leibovitz June 10, 2016 As if we didn’t have enough reasons to feel exasperated by our politicians: Sherrod Brown, a senator from Ohio and one of the top Democrats … Continue reading
#BDSFail Foreign investment in Israel has nearly tripled since anti-Israel ‘BDS’ movement launched in 2005
ARUTZ SHEVA Israel boycott campaign is failing miserably, study shows by Ari Soffer June 2, 2016 The anti-Israel boycott movement has been the topic of headlines recently, with the Israeli Ambassador to the United Nations hosting a major “anti-BDS” conference … Continue reading
Posted in Israel & Middle East, Politics
Tagged BDS, Bloomberg, Boycott Divest Sanctions
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At the #UnitedNations of all places: “Building Bridges, Not Boycotts” [VIDEO]
TIMES OF ISRAEL Israel hosts first-ever anti-BDS conference at UN by Cathryn J. Prince June 1, 2016 More than 2,000 people attended on Tuesday the first-ever conference at the UN General Assembly aimed at combating the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions movement, … Continue reading
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Tagged BDS, Boycott Divest Sanctions, United Nations
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CAMERA calls out AFP “impartial” reporter who also happens to lead #BDS campaign against Israeli journalists
ALGEMEINER Fiercely Anti-Israel Head of Palestinian Syndicate Reports on Conflict for Major News Outlet Boasting ‘Rigorous Neutrality’ by Ruthie Blum May 25, 2016 A leading media watchdog organization issued a report on Tuesday strongly criticizing French news outlet Agence France Presse (AFP) for … Continue reading
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Tagged aF, AFP, Agence France-Presse, BDS, Boycott Divest Sanctions, CAMERA, Nasser Abu Baker
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“The Democrats have ceased to be a pro-Israel party and become one where Israel-haters are not only welcomed but given honor and power”
COMMENTARY The Party’s Over for Pro-Israel Dems by Jonathan S. Tobin May 24, 2016 The names of those chosen to be on the Democratic Party platform committee were announced yesterday, and the headlines were about Bernie Sanders getting his due. … Continue reading
When it comes to J Street (to paraphrase John Mitchell) “Watch what we do, not what we say”
FREE BEACON Pulling a Breira by David Isaac May 22, 2016 Dov Waxman, a professor of political science at Northeastern University, says he has written Trouble in the Tribe to investigate the “internecine battle” waged over Israel in the American … Continue reading
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Tagged BDS, Boycott Divest Sanctions, Breira, Dov Waxman, J Street
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“New York’s anti-BDS law will be crucial because scores of major European companies and banks are based in the Empire State”
NEW YORK POST How New York can help stop Europe’s rampaging Israel boycotters by Benjamin Weinthal and Asaf Romirowsky May 11, 2016 In America, the odious boycott, divestment and sanctions movement targeting Israel remains largely confined to university humanities departments, … Continue reading
Posted in Israel & Middle East, Politics
Tagged Anti-BDS, BDS, Boycott Divest Sanctions, Charles Lavine, New York State
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