BDS Movement

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Winning some battles, but losing the war to spread BDS
Maayan Jaffe-HoffmanJNS19.04.2018
Are new tools being used by pro-BDS organizations putting anti-BDS legislation at risk?
A BDS movement protest against Israel in Melbourne, Australia. Credit: Mohamed Ouda via Wikimedia Commons.
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Jonathan S. Tobin20.04.2018
How not to beat BDS
To fight the BDS movement on campus, Jewish students need to be educated about Israel. At the same time, more criticism of Israel from Jews won’t disarm anti-Semitic opponents on campus or anywhere else.
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Barnard College students vote to boycott companies that work with Israel
20.04.2018
Supporters of the measure said that Israel’s power advantage neutralized the need to include pro-Israel voices in the discussion.
The gates of Barnard College in New York City. (Wikimedia Commons)
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Jack Saltzberg19.04.2018
‘Definition of insanity’: Israel loses at George Washington University
The war against BDS on campus will change when one student in one university decides that it’s time to stop this madness, go on the offensive and put BDS on trial instead of Israel.
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Winning some battles, but losing the war to spread BDS
Maayan Jaffe-Hoffman19.04.2018
Are new tools being used by pro-BDS organizations putting anti-BDS legislation at risk?
A BDS movement protest against Israel in Melbourne, Australia. Credit: Mohamed Ouda via Wikimedia Commons.
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Spelling error allows banned Irish mayor into Israel
11.04.2018
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.”
Dublin Mayor Mícheál Éamonn MacDonnch. Credit: Sin Fein via Wikimedia Commons
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Haym Salomon Center
Paul Miller30.03.2018
The right (and wrong) way to defeat BDS on campus
With anti-Israel activism often rooted in misinformation, pro-Israel groups must make it a priority to educate by sticking to the facts, presenting them clearly and staying unified.
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German government-aid workers spread anti-Semitism and anti-Israel propaganda on Facebook
NGO Monitor27.03.2018
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.
Mohammed Al Mutawakel’s Facebook post from May 31, 2010 (Credit: NGO Monitor)
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Why did anti-BDS bill fail in Massachusetts when it succeeded in other states?
Rafael Medoff21.03.2018
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.”
The Massachusetts State House on Beacon Hill in Boston where legislative committee froze a bill targeting the anti-Israel BDS movement in February. Credit: Wikimedia Commons
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Haym Salomon Center
Paul Miller15.03.2018
BDS gets handed a devastating defeat at the University of Illinois
Multiple groups on campus join together to reject the backlash against Israel and what they see as not-so-veiled anti-Semitism.
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Digital Warfare
Media experts sharpen tools to promote Israel amid ‘disinformation apocalypse’
Alex Traiman14.03.2018
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.
Participants from 15 countries came to Israel to hear from global digital experts in the private and public sectors as part of the three-day #DigiTell18 Conference. (Credit: Rafi Kutz)
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Jewish group outraged by BDS founder’s address to E.U. Parliament
Israel Hayom/Exclusive to JNS02.03.2018
In his talk, Omar Barghouti accused Israel of being an “apartheid state.”
Omar Barghouti. Photo by Kevin Van Den. Flickr. Creative Commons license.
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Palestinian BDS leader Omar Barghouti invited to speak at E.U. Parliament; Jewish groups protest
Yossi LempkowiczEJP / Exclusive to JNS25.02.2018
European Jewish leaders say that by offering a podium to Barghouti, “the house [of the E.U. Parliament] directly undermines its own policy stance on anti-Semitism,” citing how some BDS activists “consistently engage in practices which are considered anti-Semitic according to the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance working definition on anti-Semitism.”
Omar Barghouti. Photo by Kevin Van Den. Flickr. Creative Commons license.
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Israel advocates mobilize to defend Arizona’s anti-BDS law following setback in Kansas
Sean Savage12.02.2018
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.
The Arizona Capitol Museum building in Phoenix. Credit: Gage Skidmore via Wikimedia Commons.
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Legal Summit in Jerusalem Tackles Moves Against International BDS Efforts
Alex Traiman07.02.2018
Top legal experts gathered in Jerusalem for a three-day summit focused on countering a global delegitimization campaign against Israel.
Attendees of the 2018 Legal Network Initiative. Credit: Courtesy International Legal Forum.
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Why is Ireland the most anti-Israel country in Europe?
Sean Savage06.02.2018
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.
Pro-Palestinian protesters near the Irish Parliament in Dublin at a rally against Israeli air strikes in Gaza in 2009. Credit: William Murphy/Flickr.
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