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David Menashri, Professor Emeritus Tel Aviv University (TAU), is Founding Director of the Alliance Center for Iranian Studies at TAU and Senior Researcher at the Dayan Center for Middle Eastern and African Studies at TAU. His main field of academic…
read moreIn March the global coronavirus crisis suddenly closed American campuses, changing the direction of higher education. Campus BDS, on the verge of ‘apartheid week,’ was inadvertently thwarted but the exploitation of student government and manipulation of the campus environment continued…
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The logo of the “Africa for Palestine” group, formerly BDS South Africa. Source: Twitter The BDS movement, whose goal is for rest of the world to quarantine the State of Israel as though it was the coronavirus, is undergoing a…
read moreAn anti-Israeli protest inspired by BDS (photo credit: REUTERS) The Austrian press body issued a decision on Friday declaring that labeling the BDS campaign targeting Israel as “antisemitic” is not a violation of the organization’s ethical code. The Austrian Press…
read moreThe Austrian parliament on Thursday unanimously passed a resolution that calls on the government to condemn the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement against Israel. All five parties represented in Austria’s National Council — including the Greens and the far-right…
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2020 has taken a dramatic turn with the global coronavirus pandemic. Most US campuses are closed and politics have focused increasingly on the health crisis. Campus shutdowns also came just as ‘Apartheid week’ was about to get underway. The respite provides an…
read moreWith the UN publication of a blacklist of Israeli and US firms working in the disputed territories, and the BDS movement pushing Democratic presidential candidates to attack Israel and boycott AIPAC, BDS is now a central international and national political…
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A view of the Jewish Federation of Durham-Chapel Hill building. Credit: Screenshot via Google. A group of pro-Israel activists in North Carolina is calling on the Jewish Federation of Durham-Chapel Hill to rescind an invitation to Durham Mayor Steve Schewel…
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Celine Dion in 2013. Photo: Wikimedia Commons The pro-Israel education group StandWithUs launched a petition on Thursday calling on people to show support for and solidarity with Canadian singer Celine Dion, who is facing pressure by BDS activists to cancel her two…
read moreThe logo of global online travel brand Expedia is pictured at the International Tourism Trade Fair in Berlin (photo credit: FABRIZIO BENSCH / REUTERS) A prominent German attorney has filed a lawsuit against online travel agency Expedia for denying service to an…
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