BDS Movement
News about economic and academic attacks against the Jewish state
It holds 14 seats out of 150 in the Dutch parliament’s lower chamber.
The conference, which included nearly 400 professionals and pro-Israel students from 80 campuses, described best practices in promoting Israel, especially among non-Jewish students.
“We congratulate Congresswoman Tlaib for her decision to use the best products she can find, instead of discriminating against Israel in way that increases hostility, thereby making peace between Israelis and Palestinians more difficult to achieve,” said Democratic Majority for Israel president Mark Mellman.
Anti-Semitic acts in Germany increased by 10 percent overall last year, though violent acts increased by a staggering 60 percent.
Rising pro-Israel activist Tremanye Smith says, “With any kind of movement, you’re going to have a far spectrum of folks on the fringes. If groups took time to see the entire scope, and their ideology is to protest human-rights abuses, then they would probably have a change of heart.”
The Community Security Trust, a London-based nonprofit dedicated to protecting Jews in the United Kingdom, announced a record high of 1,652 anti-Semitic incidents in 2018—an increase of 16 percent over the previous year.
A 34-page January 2019 report detailed the personnel and activities of 10 BDS-affiliated organizations that collectively received about 5 million euros from the European Union in some form in the last year.
The U.S. Senate passed bipartisan legislation on Tuesday that, if enacted, would impose fresh sanctions on Syria, and boost security cooperation with Israel and Jordan.
Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) says “we’re starting to have a conversation about what it means to be of people that harbor hate ... and not only think about how we engage our allies, but also how we criticize and hold them accountable.”
Despite Miko Peled saying that the Jewish people have “a reputation for being sleazy thieves,” university officials defend the right to allow him an event platform.
“This campaign is based on lies and the same idiocy that infects every anti-Israel individual. BDS is anti-Semitic and the Hillel is pro-Israel, and should say that publicly,” said George Washington University junior Shep Gerszberg.
Convicted terrorists have reportedly tried to keep a low profile, but terror organizations view BDS activists as important resources in their war against the Jewish state.
