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On January 5, 2020, an estimated 25,000 people marched from lower Manhattan across the Brooklyn Bridge to raise their voices against anti-Semtism and hatred. We did so in the aftermath of the surge of violent attacks on Jews in and…
read moreTwo resolutions targeting Israel failed to pass at the American Historical Association’s annual meeting in New York on Sunday, amid a years-long campaign encouraging the organization to take a stance in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The measures — which were introduced by academics…
read moreIn 2014, a group of scholar-activists, Historians Against the War (HAW), endorsed the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement against Israel. The following year, HAW rolled out two resolutions on Israeli’s alleged crimes against academic freedom. They asked the American Historical Association (AHA), the “largest…
read moreThe fall semester ended with President Trump signing an Executive Order extending protections to Jewish students under Title VI of the Civil Rights Act. The move came as the Conservative Party crushed Jeremy Corbyn’s Labour Party and then promised to…
read moreA woman wearing a T-shirt which reads, “Boycott Israel”, takes part in a demonstration in favour of the occupied Palestinian people of Gaza in Brussels December 27, 2011. (photo credit: REUTERS/SEBASTIAN SCHEINER/POOL) The Munich Peace Conference has rejected Marian Offman,…
read moreYesterday evening, after a concentrated day of meetings with parliamentarians in Madrid’s Parliament Building, as part of a collaboration with the Spanish-Jewish Information Association ACOM, members of the Samaritan Regional Council arrived at the Intercontinental Hotel in the city center…
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Elio Di Rupo, then prime minister of Belgium, arrives for an EU summit in Brussels, June 27, 2014. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert) JTA — Two local governments in Belgium have pulled out of a trade delegation to Israel, citing alleged…
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Camargo, located in the Spanish province of Cantabria. Photo: Zarateman / Trabajo propio / CC BY-SA 3.0 A Spanish court has found that a decision by the city hall of Camargo in Cantabria, northern Spain, to boycott companies over their…
read moreThe European Court of Justice has ruled that Jewish products from Israeli-controlled territories must be singled out for punitive labeling if they are to be sold in European Union countries. This attack on Israel’s economy is a blow to America’s most important…
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Protesters Monday demanded that Boston police withdraw from a counterterrorism leadership program in Israel. (Nic Antaya for The Boston Globe) NIC ANTAYA FOR THE BOSTON GLOBE A group of activists Monday called on Boston police officials to withdraw from a…
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