Anti-Israelism

BDS network infiltrating Holland

The Netherlands is a consistent and strategic ally of Israel, and in recent months has promoted important initiatives to strengthen economic partnerships, including the Netherlands-Israel Cooperation forum. Yet, at the same time, the Dutch government maintains ambiguous policies pertaining to political…

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Think about it: Anti-Semitism and the boycott of Israel

In his exceptionally warm speech in the Knesset last Monday, Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper rightly pointed out that the attacks that Israel endures in the international community regarding its alleged or actual wrongdoings are totally out of proportion by…

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Confronting European funding for BDS

Although the cabinet is only now giving this high priority, the boycott campaign targeting Israeli firms and companies that do business with Israel has been active for more than ten years. The BDS movement (boycott, divestment and sanctions) is led…

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New tactics combat BDS

The Free Palestine movement has long been a popular, go-to movement for activism on many U.S. college campuses. Its sister Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement captured headlines in December, when the American Studies Association (ASA) voted by a two-thirds…

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Harper tells Knesset: Anti-Zionism is the new face of anti-Semitism

Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper addresses the Knesset. Photo by AFP Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper on Monday became the first leader of his country to address the Knesset, telling parliamentarians that Canada supported Israel’s right to statehood and would…

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Against Boycotts and More

Amid all the shouting (in person and online) about the academic boycott of Israel, a new effort by boycott critics seeks to broaden the discussion. They have launched a petition that opposes both the boycott of Israeli universities and also attempts to…

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Jewish Students Fight Back on Canadian Campus

It’s Gaza in the Canadian Rockies on campuses. While Canadian PM Harper, a true friend of Israel, “gets it,” the politically correct students at the University of Calgary do not. They believe that Jewish students deserve to be heckled, silenced,…

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Academic Boycotters Talk Academic Freedom

Last February, Brooklyn College’s political science department was under attack for co-sponsoring a panel in support of the boycott, divestment, and sanctions movement. In the heat of the controversy, Brooklyn College President Karen Gould issued a statement defending the political science department.…

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