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Good News Friday
Time for another Good News Friday installment. We start this week with a successful tour by the band Depeche Mode: “Oh, Tel Aviv!” Depeche Mode lead singer Dave Gahan groaned Tuesday night as HaYarkon Park was transformed into a bubble … Continue reading
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 Israel, boycott, academics, BDS, Stephen Hawking, Cambridge, Presidents Conference
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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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