Tag Archives: BDS

Amnesty, UNRWA, Israel Apartheid Week – and #BDSFails

Posted on 1 March 2014 by

Israel Apartheid Week (IAW) (or is that a month? Maybe it should be a permanent item on the calendar, just like at the UN)  is always the pretext for a slew of anti-Israel reports and events by the usual suspects. … Continue reading →

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It’s Israel Apartheid Week once again. Let’s counter the vicious smear

Posted on 25 February 2014 by

The vile Jew-hating Jew-baiting Israel Apartheid Week (IAW) has kicked off again in the US and Europe. The IAW is a major advocacy event of the BDS (Boycott, Sanctions, Divestment) movement, and offers seminars on what is termed the Israeli … Continue reading →

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Apologies – and a midweek link-dump

Posted on 20 February 2014 by

My apologies for my recent absence on this blog. A combination of recovering from sad news, preparations for good news, pressure of work and volunteer work plus a bout of mild flu have kept me from writing, despite the dozens … Continue reading →

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BDS-Fail News

Posted on 12 February 2014 by

We need some good news for midweek too, not just for Fridays, especially after the very difficult last few days. With the anger at John Kerry for threatening Israel with a boycott if we do not capitulate to his “peace” … Continue reading →

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Guest Post: A Palestinian explains the refusal to recognize Israel as the Jewish state

Posted on 4 February 2014 by

This is another guest post by reader and frequent contributor Brian Goldfarb. It’s not what’s being said, it’s who’s saying it that’s the surprise! In what follows, nothing that will surprise regular readers of this site is said by the … Continue reading →

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Israel’s Scarlett Defender

Posted on 31 January 2014 by

I was going to keep this for my Good News Friday post later on, but I decided that Scarlett Johansson, with the courage of her convictions and her standing by her principles, deserves a post of her own. I mentioned … Continue reading →

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