Introduction US President Biden’s whirlwind visit to the Middle East produced few tangible gains in terms of restoring Israeli-Palestinian negotiations or promises to increase Saudi oil production. But in an interview Biden, long regarded as a heartfelt supporter of Israel,…
read moreIntroduction The ‘Mapping Project’ of Boston area Jewish organizations including schools, youth groups, and philanthropic organizations, as well as entities such as corporations, is a new escalation by the BDS movement. With an all-encompassing and conspiratorial concept of entities tainted…
read moreIntroduction The end of the academic year shows BDS on campus having made further gains in colonizing student media and student government. The significance of BDS resolutions and editorials remains not in forcing universities to boycott or divest from Israel…
read moreIntroduction The spring semester approaches its end with a variety of BDS activities on campus. In the US several student governments have passed BDS resolutions and protested pro-Israel and pro-IHRA speakers. In the UK, the National Union of Students has…
read moreIntroduction With global politics dominated by Russia’s war on Ukraine the BDS movement predictably took advantage to attack Israel. Complaints that the international community has a double standard, sanctioning Russia but not Israel, have meshed with complaints that Israel has…
read moreIntroduction BDS in February was shaped by Amnesty International’s report labeling Israel an ‘apartheid state’ and the growing split in the Democratic Party over Israel. With midterm season ongoing and with a large number of Democratic retirements in the House…
read moreIntroduction With universities slow to reopen due to COVID the focus on BDS activity in January was suddenly shifted to the Texas synagogue hostage crisis. Calls from Muslim organizations to free convicted terrorist Aafia Siddiqui, including those supporting BDS, was…
read moreIntroduction The fall semester ended with a new study of social media demonstrating that campus ‘diversity, equity, and inclusion’ staffers are important promoters of anti-Israel bias. These staffers are part of a pipeline that extends from student governments through higher…
read moreIntroduction BDS activities in November were marked by increased anti-Israel agitation on campus and harassment of Israeli diplomats and Jews. The rhetoric of ‘no two sides’ that completely excludes any pro-Israel viewpoints is gaining strength, especially on campus. Another notable…
read moreIntroduction With higher education already saturated BDS activity in October remained focused on “ethnic studies” in K-12 education. Approved in California, “ethnic studies” curriculums that emphasize race and which target Jews and Israel, as ‘white’ ‘oppressors’ are now under consideration…
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