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Category Archives: Boycotts and BDS
Israel, civil rights and the apartheid smear
I know I’ve written about this subject several times before, but the apartheid libel just doesn’t go away. If it looks like the smear campaign against Israel is failing, some bigot like Alice Walker will make darned sure it makes … Continue reading
Posted in Antisemitism, Boycotts and BDS, Culture & Arts
Tagged Alice Walker, Alicia Keys, Apartheid, Kenneth Meshoe, Simon Deng, slavery, Sudan
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UN Rapporteur Richard Falk attempts to silence UN Watch
The vile Richard Falk, the UN’s “Special Rapporteur on Palestinian Human Rights” (the Palestinians being the only people entitled to their own personal rapporteur), notorious for his extreme anti-Israel prejudice, is now trying to shut down UN Watch, the organization … Continue reading
Posted in Antisemitism, Boycotts and BDS, International relations
Tagged Human Rights Council, Palestine, Richard Falk, UN, UN Watch
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Good News Friday
Even if the world around us is exploding in flames, there can always be found some little nuggets of good news to cheer us up for Shabbat, so I present you with this week’s Good News Friday installment. We start … Continue reading
Posted in Boycotts and BDS, Culture & Arts, Israel news
Tagged BDS, Boris Giltburg, Daniel Pipes, Egypt, gold medal, good news Friday, Ilana Kartysh, piano, SodaStream, wrestling
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The strange case of Stephen Hawking and the academic boycott of Israel that wasn’t. Or was it?
A few weeks ago I wrote in a Good News Friday post how honoured we were to have renowned British physicist Professor Stephen Hawking come to visit Israel. So you can imagine our disappointment and our anger at learning that … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Boycotts and BDS
Tagged academics, BDS, boycott, Cambridge, Israel, Presidents Conference, Stephen Hawking
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French court sees the truth where others can’t: Israel is not illegally occupying land
In a fantastic win for Israel and her supporters, and a devastating reversal for the BDS lunatics, who have used intense efforts to get Veolia to withdraw from building the light rail line in Jerusalem, a French appeals court has … Continue reading
Posted in Boycotts and BDS, International relations
Tagged #BDSfail, Alstom, BDS, court, France, Jerusalem, light rail, occupation, PLO, train, Veolia, West Bank
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A closer look at the New Antisemitism (hint: it’s the same as the old)
Like a virus, the old antisemitism has mutated into a new version, although the old version is still in place as well. The modern version of antisemitism has replaced the Jewish people and the Jewish religion with the state of … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Antisemitism, Boycotts and BDS
Tagged anti-Israel, anti-Zionism, antisemitism, BDS, bombing, Boston, Britain, Golden Dawn, Greece, Hungary, Jobbik, Jonathan Lowenstein, Poland, Ronnie Fraser, Tamerlan Tsarnaev, Ukraine, Venezuela, Zionism
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Undermining Jewish history and the Jewish connection to Eretz Yisrael
The assault by Israel’s enemies on Israel’s sovereignty and integrity takes many forms: from all-out war by standing armies to asymmetric warfare via terrorist attacks and missiles launched at civilians, to “lawfare”, boycotts (BDS) – and since most of these … Continue reading
Posted in Boycotts and BDS, Culture & Arts, Lawfare and Delegitimization
Tagged BDS, history, Israel, Jewish, Jews, lawfare, museum, Naqba, Palestinians, terrorism
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Latest anti-Israel BDS antics
None of the actions mentioned in this post will be much of a surprise to those of you who follow the antics of the BDS anti-Israel brigade, but I thought it worth listing some of the most recent events … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Boycotts and BDS
Tagged academics, Amnesty International, anti-Israel, anti-semitism, anti-Zionism, BDS, Brooklyn College, France, Galway, Ireland, Naqba, Palestinians, Paris, South Africa, teachers, terrorists, TUI, Yaniv D'Or
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Annual Christmas anti-Israel hate-fest gets under way
A straight line runs from the demonisation and delegitimization of Israel, so common in the media and international forums like NGOs and the UN, to incidents like the boycott of Israel instituted by the ANC, the ruling party of South … Continue reading
South Africa’s ruling party votes to boycott Israel
In a disgraceful but unsurprising move, South Africa’s ruling party, the African National Congress (ANC) has voted to make BDS (Boycott, divestment and sanctions) part of its official policy towards Israel. South Africa’s ruling party, the African National Congress, voted … Continue reading
Posted in Boycotts and BDS, International relations
Tagged ANC, BDS, boycott, South Africa
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