BDS Movement
News about economic and academic attacks against the Jewish state
“It’s a crisis threatening the safety and dignity of Jewish students,” Jacob Baime, CEO of ICC, told JNS.
Health minister welcomes reinstatement of Israeli medical students group by international federation
“It was clear that this was an outrageous political decision that has no place in the world of medicine,” stated Uriel Bosso, the Israeli minister of health.
Reut Ben-Chaim, a mother of eight and co-founder of Tzav 9, a group opposed to the entry of aid into Gaza, was slapped with U.S. sanctions targeting “extremist” individuals “undermining peace in the region.”
“There is not one iota of the union having done this because it was the right thing to do,” Jeffrey Lax, a CUNY law professor, told JNS.
“Israel is a democratic state, but it is not naive,” said the legislation’s sponsor, MK Michel Buskila of the New Hope Party.
MSCI is still confirmed to be penalizing the military giant Elbit Systems, mainly because of pro-Palestinian protests against it.
The Stuttgart Reds club reportedly acted due to the “political situation” and fears “troublemakers” would attack Israelis.
“Whoever acts against the State of Israel will not be eligible for benefits from the State of Israel,” Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich said.
The BDS ad campaign, which names the performance venues in the United States, also calls for protests.
“We have zero tolerance for any anti-Israel bias,” Ari Hoffnung, managing director of JLens and a senior ADL adviser, told JNS.
“It is a complex area that’s extremely difficult to get right,” Morningstar told JNS, of its prior downgraded ratings of companies operating in eastern Jerusalem, Judea and Samaria.
“If states like Florida, New Jersey or New York now open their own investigations, the remaining BDS controversies would magically disappear soon too,” Richard Goldberg, of FDD, told JNS.
