BDS Movement
News about economic and academic attacks against the Jewish state
The move came in response to recent actions by faculty at the University of Michigan and Pitzer College against the Jewish state.
“It’s one-sided. … [They] have these lavish trips to Israel, but they don’t show the side that I know is real,” said Rashida Tlaib, a Democrat who will be representing Michigan’s 13th Congressional District.
The Ministry of Strategic Affairs and Public Diplomacy is now partnering with the Jordan Valley Regional Council on a new project to combat BDS that includes participation in international conferences at which products, such as dates and wine from the Judea and Samaria, are distributed to participants, along with information on industrial development in the valley.
“I find the outcome of the discussion to be a repudiation of our educational mission,” said Pitzer College president Melvin Oliver.
Temple University professor and CNN contributor Marc Lamont Hill takes the heat for calling for “a Free Palestine From the River to the Sea.”
“The student union has a history of breaching its legal responsibility to remain neutral and often supports Palestinian student groups at the expense of pro-Israel students on campus,” said student Tamara Berens.
Imam at NJ Islamic Center workshop: Palestinian cause is “Islamic,” but must be marketed as “humanitarian” to garner everybody’s support; speakers praise BDS, say Israel likely to cease existing within 50 years.
A student government resolution, titled “A Resolution Denouncing Action by the Faculty That Eliminates Student Learning Opportunities,” contends the faculty proposition was about “forwarding a political agenda” and “eliminates student learning opportunities.”
“We expect Citibank to be responsive to our community’s justified concerns and fears,” said Rabbi Abraham Cooper. “At the minimum, Citibank should suspend all future sponsorship of this bigot.”
The European Youth Forum, the world’s largest youth body, adopted over the weekend the generally accepted working definition of anti-Semitism from the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance.
“It is an absolute disgrace that Israeli academics, whose salary is paid for by the Israeli taxpayer, are leading the calls to boycott academic institutions in Israel,” said Matan Peleg, CEO of the Zionist organization Im Tirtzu.
A week after short-term home-rental company delists 200 properties in Jewish settlements, California town calls Airbnb move “deplorable” • Beverly Hills Deputy Mayor: Airbnb is not welcome in Beverly Hills as long as its policies are based on anti-Jewish double standards.
