BDS Movement
News about economic and academic attacks against the Jewish state
The Council of State says proposal is legally sound, urges enforcement plan as critics say six-year prison penalty is disproportionate.
Diaspora Affairs Ministry officials toured the Gush Etzion region before signing an agreement with the regional council.
“We are demonstrating that we can transform moments of division into opportunities for connection, resilience and positive action,” organizer IMPACT CEO Aaron Herman said.
Israeli Minister Amichai Chikli decries the absence of any transparent evidentiary process.
“BDS should stand for ‘blind, dumb and stupid,’” a Muslim community leader told protesters outside the Brooklyn cooperative, where members recently voted to remove Israeli products.
Ari Hoffnung, of the Anti-Defamation League, told JNS that “we’re not just talking about Israeli bonds and Israeli companies. We’re talking about American companies that do business in Israel and with Israel.”
Park Slope Food Coop “needs to undo the Israel boycott, put the Israeli products back on the shelves, stop letting the co-op become a hostile place for Jewish and Zionist members and preserve all records connected to how this happened,” Mark Goldfeder told JNS.
The Maryland State Retirement and Pension System told JNS that it “has not adopted any policies to discourage or prohibit investments in Israel bonds.”
“These movements don’t stop with a boycott. We know where this is going, and that’s why we are going to get out ahead of it,” an attorney at the center told JNS.
Wolfram Weimer, who punished culture bosses for anti-Israel displays in the Federal Republic, denounces “antisemitic” boycott attempts in Italy.
“Ohio law prohibits divestment from Israeli investments,” a spokesman for the public school in Athens told JNS.
“Public funds aren’t props,” said Mark Goldfeder, of the National Jewish Advocacy Center.
