BDS Movement
News about economic and academic attacks against the Jewish state
Dublin Mayor Mícheál Éamonn MacDonncha said he would travel to Ramallah in solidarity with Palestinians “who suffer violence by the Israeli forces, as we saw recently in Gaza with shooting at protesters.”
NGO Monitor has identified a number of virulently anti-Semitic statements made by officials of the German Society for International Cooperation, a government-owned agency that implements the country’s humanitarian and development aid around the world.
The executive director of the Jewish Community Relations Council of Greater Boston, which helped draft and promote the measure, conceded that “there were just too many obstacles to overcome.”
Participants from 15 countries gather at #DigiTell18 Conference in Jerusalem to share best practices and strategize effective methods for relaying truths about Israel and fighting anti-Israel propaganda.
In his talk, Omar Barghouti accused Israel of being an “apartheid state.”
The Jewish communities of Portugal and Belgium also voiced concern.
During the last few years, more than 20 U.S. states have targeted the BDS movement with legislation aimed at preventing state entities from doing business with companies that seek to boycott Israel. But this success in pro-Israel advocacy has been met with some pushback, as the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and some pro-Palestinian legal groups have argued that anti-BDS legislation violates the Constitution.
Top legal experts gathered in Jerusalem for a three-day summit focused on countering a global delegitimization campaign against Israel.
The Irish and Jewish people share a common history of suffering cruel persecution and achieving national redemption against immeasurable odds. But today, modern Ireland is one of Europe’s fiercest critics of Israel.
More than 500 people representing a multitude of Jewish and pro-Israel groups gathered in Los Angeles from Jan. 19-22 to take part in the fourth annual “Israel in Focus” conference, hosted by StandWithUs.
Once hailed as the “Paris of the Middle East,” Beirut is now looking more like Tehran than Western Europe.
Amnesty International sparked outrage among the British Jewish community after citing support for the anti-Israel BDS movement in its withdrawal from an event it had organized with the Jewish Leadership Council.
