BDS Movement
News about economic and academic attacks against the Jewish state
The founder of the Milwaukee-based organization called for the “liberation of Palestine” in a blog post, “From the river to the sea.”
The NGO, headed by two Lebanese-born activists, has filed lawsuits against at least 28 Israeli soldiers in eight different countries.
“Florida is the place where antisemitic discrimination and boycotts of Israel go to die,” said Hillary Cassel, a state representative.
“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.
