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The backdrop to BDS activities in July was the burgeoning anarchist and racialist protests across the US, which also featured anti-Israel and antisemitic demonstrations. Just as being pro-peace and pro-Israel were redefined by the BDS movement as ‘right wing,’ patriotism…
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A tweet showing a mural depiction of George Floyd wearing a keffiyeh, said to be created by Palestinian artist Walid Ayoub on the West Bank separation wall. (Twitter, Haaretz)1 Institute for Contemporary Affairs Founded jointly with the Wechsler Family Foundation…
read moreA shocking new art exhibit that urged the complete dissolution of the Jewish state was designed by the vice president of the German-Palestinian Society in which three members of the federal parliament have posts on the advisory board of the…
read moreFormer Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper addressed a virtual conference of the Christians United For Israel (CUFI) organization Sunday evening, accusing the anti-Israel Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement of bringing anti-Semitism ‘into polite society’. Anti-Semitism is on “the rise,…
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The Missouri Capitol building. Credit: Wikimedia Commons. Missouri Gov. Mike Parson, a Republican, signed a bill into law on Monday to prohibit the state contracting with companies that boycott Israel. As such, it has become the 32nd state to enact…
read moreJune was dominated by the sudden onset of global protests over the police killing of George Floyd, for which Israel was immediately blamed, and which escalated into broad institutional and social condemnation of ‘whiteness’ and ‘colonialism’ and the ‘canceling’ of…
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BDS movement co-founder Omar Barghouti. Credit: YouTube Screenshot. While Israel’s supporters claim that the BDS movement is aimed at the Jewish state and is a form of new anti-Semitism, its supporters in Western countries say it’s merely a tool to…
read moreExecutive Summary For the first 10 to 15 years after the crystallization of the modern BDS movement at the turn of the 21st century, the global BDS campaign enjoyed a comfortable operating environment. While the counter-BDS community’s response to specific…
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The United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva. Photo: UN. The United Nations Human Rights Council, long noted for its hostility to Israel, was formally presented with a “blacklist” of various companies doing business in Israel’s West Bank settlements and…
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A general view picture shows houses in the Israeli settlement of Maale Adumim, in the West Bank, Feb. 15, 2017. Photo: Reuters / Ammar Awad / File. An Irish bill that would have criminalized doing business with Israeli settlements was…
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