BDS Movement
News about economic and academic attacks against the Jewish state
The senators claim that the “implicit advocacy” of Morningstar subsidiary Sustainalytics borders on a boycott of Israel as defined by federal law.
Support for Israel is lower at colleges than in the overall population.
Those reserving accommodations will be cautioned they are traveling to a “disputed, conflict-affected” area that “may pose greater risks.”
The Vermont-based company reportedly plans to file a revised complaint in New York federal court.
The law school’s dean, Erwin Chemerinsky, sent a letter to leaders of law student organizations calling out the BDS group’s anti-Semitism.
JLens, which previously placed General Mills on its “Do Not Invest,” says the company has been dishonest about its plans for Pillsbury in Israel and has been pulling products from shelves in response to pressure from the BDS movement.
Ohio State student Alex Grosman said the program instructed the group “how to tackle anti-Semitism and anti-Zionism on campus while giving us the facts we need to know about Israel.”
“The university needs to examine the legality of marginalizing other students, and at a bare minimum, issue a statement denouncing the targeting of Jewish students for their identity,” says Tammi Rossman-Benjamin, director of the AMCHA Initiative.
Significant changes are needed in how Morningstar’s subsidiary Sustainalytics rates companies doing business in Israel and Judea and Samaria, writes the treasurer to Morningstar’s CEO.
An event in early September billed as a meeting/debate on Facebook is being accused of having “more dubious ideological undertakings.”
The ice-cream maker sued parent company Unilever for transferring production rights to an Israeli company.
The Missouri attorney general’s announcement follows a JNS report of meetings between multiple state officials and pro-Israel groups on the subject.
