BDS Movement
News about economic and academic attacks against the Jewish state
A coalition, including CodePink and the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee, is pressuring FIFA, UEFA and national federations to ban the Jewish state from play.
A Pisa professor says he was beaten by pro-Palestinian activists, while Turin Polytechnic cut ties with an Israeli academic who defended the IDF.
The candidate will “approach antisemitism in line with the Biden administration’s National Strategy to Counter Antisemitism,” said a spokesperson for his campaign.
“There is no reason why Israel should not continue to be a significant part of this cultural event, which must not become political,” said Kan director Golan Yochpaz.
Israeli Defense Ministry Director General Amir Baram called the decision “a profoundly dishonorable act.”
The studio said it believed in “the power of storytelling to connect and inspire people, promote mutual understanding and preserve the moments, ideas and events that shape the world we share.”
The Sestao Chess Club in the Basque Country said it would display only Palestinian flags and encouraged anti-Israel protests.
With the E.U.'s 27 member states divided, the Netherlands’ ruling party said it now backs a Dutch embargo.
“No academic event should, by design or effect, be exclusionary in nature, and the university will not sponsor an event that violates its policies,” university spokesperson Emily Gest told JNS.
Attacks reported in Brussels, France, Italy, the United Kingdom and Belgium, from synagogue desecration to street assaults.
A source confirmed to JNS that Israel-Premier Tech will compete in the Grand Prix Cycliste de Montreal, despite pressure to bar the team.
Activists say that First Minister John Swinney’s arms boycott and “genocide” rhetoric endanger Jews.
