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As the 2022 midterms approach BDS has been pushed to the center of American politics. Democrats are split between traditional center-left stances on Israel and far-left approaches that have adopted Palestinian style ‘anti-normalization,’ most recently explicit opposition to the Abraham…
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Jay P. Greene is a senior research fellow in the Center for Education Policy at The Heritage Foundation. At Heritage, Jay conducts and disseminates research on the key issues facing education today, including the cultural, civic, and economic implications of…
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Alan Dowty distills over half a century of study as an inside/outside analyst of Israel in tracing this remarkable story. Alan Dowty taught at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem (1963-1975) before coming to Notre Dame in 1975. He retired at…
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A publisher faces pressure to withdraw a children’s book that erases Israel from the Middle East. The book, ‘ Amazing Women of the Middle East: 25 Stories from Ancient Times to Present Day’, is published in the UK by Pikku Publishing. Its…
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The number of artists and ensembles boycotting the 2022 Sydney Festival over the festival’s decision to take $20,000 in funding from the Israeli embassy has now blown out to eight and includes high-profile artist Khaled Sabsabi and comedian and TV…
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The Natural History Museum is investigating how the word “Israel” was manually erased with what appears to be a red marker pen on the caption on one of its displays. The exhibit is a reconstruction of a child’s face, and…
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A beauty queen who claimed to be the Miss Universe contest’s Greek delegate — and announced that she would be boycotting the 2021 Miss Universe competition in Israel — was denounced as a fraud by an organization representing Miss Greece…
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British MP and member of prime minister Boris Johnson’s Conservative Party Robert Jenrick, has announced on Tuesday that the British government will pass legislation to outlaw the Boycott, Divestments and Sanctions (BDS) movement in the UK. Jenrick, formerly the UK’s secretary of…
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Asked during a Dec. 13 webinar whether “anti-Zionism is anti-Semitism,” Noura Erakat – no stranger to antisemitism herself—proclaimed the proper reaction to Nazism is not Zionism, but “a class-based response that sought to create class-based solidarity in order to overcome nationalism.” Her unsolicited advice…
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A motion to consider divesting from Ben & Jerry’s parent company Unilever has been introduced in Los Angeles City Council, a response to the ice cream maker’s decision to end sales in Israeli settlements. Proposed by two Jewish council members on Dec.…
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