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BDS Declared Illegal for All Cities in Chile
By: LAHAV HARKOV
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Hernán López, Executive Director of CCHIL (Left) and Gabriel Colodro, President of CCHIL (right). (photo credit: CCHIL) It is illegal for municipalities to boycott Israel, the Chilean National Comptroller determined this week. The comptroller’s decision followed complaints from Shai Agosin…
read morePublic Security Minister Erdan Urges German Bank to Close BDS Accounts
By: BENJAMIN WEINTHAL
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The Jerusalem Post’s disclosure of a bank account in Germany held by an entity that supports the BDS movement prompted Strategic Affairs Minister Gilad Erdan to urge the Germany-based Bank for Social Economy this week to pull the financial plug…
read moreIsrael calls on EU to stop funding groups that support BDS
By: Ariel Kahana
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Strategic Affairs Minister Gilad Erdan has asked the European Union to investigate whether its funds are being transferred to organizations that promote boycotts of Israel. On Wednesday, the European Court of Auditors published a detailed report on the funding the…
read moreBDS, Anti-Intellectualism, Safe Spaces for Hate: Reflections on the U. Michigan Controversies
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In October, the University of Michigan went through a number of controversies concerning the Arab-Israeli conflict, one brought on by a faculty member, adherent of BDS, who refused to write a letter of recommendation for a student who wanted to study in…
read moreNick Cave: cultural boycott of Israel is ‘cowardly and shameful’
By: Ben Beaumont-Thomas
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Nick Cave has elaborated on his stance regarding the Israel-Palestine conflict, calling the cultural boycott of Israel “cowardly and shameful”. Cave played a pair of concerts in Tel Aviv in November 2017 with his band the Bad Seeds, and received…
read moreCampaign Against U.S.-Israel Police Programs Is the BDS Version of Blood Libel
By: Jonathan S. Tobin
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Jewish Voice for Peace can finally claim a couple of victories for its Deadly Exchange program. The Vermont State Police and the Northampton, Massachusetts Police Department have pulled out of a program in… Read full article, click here.
read more‘In Vino Veritas:’ Prominent BDS Leader Arrested After Drunken, Racist Rant Against Staff on Air India Flight
By: Ben Cohen
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BDS advocate Simone O’Broin was arrested following a drunken racist rant on an Air India flight. Photo: Facebook. Amateur video of a prominent BDS leader and human rights lawyer engaging in a prolonged, racist rant against staff in the business class…
read moreUniversity of Leeds Denies BDS Claims That It Divested From Companies Over Israel Ties
By: Shiri Moshe
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The Parkinson Building at the University of Leeds in England. Photo: Wikimedia Commons. The University of Leeds in England has pushed backed against claims that it divested from three companies in response to a petition by supporters of the Palestinian-led boycott,…
read moreAmsterdam BDS rally at monument to Nazi victims features suicide bomber song
By: Cnaan Liphshiz
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Anti-Israel activists in Amsterdam’s Dam Square, November 2018 (Facebook screenshot) AMSTERDAM (JTA) — Representatives of the Netherlands’ ruling party have asked the capital city’s government to explain why it allows anti-Semitic and anti-Israel incitement at a monument for victims of…
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