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Leading Austrian lawmakers have vowed they will declare the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions campaign targeting Israel as antisemitic during the next legislative session. “We hope that words will be followed by deeds and that… there will soon be a parliamentary…
read moreKentucky Gov. Matt Bevin. Credit: Gage Skidmore/Flickr. Kentucky became the 22nd state to enact legislation prohibiting state contractors from boycotting Israel. About a half-dozen other states have executive orders or resolutions. “Kentucky condemns the #BDS movement and refuses to tolerate boycott-related tactics…
read moreThe wall between the West Bank and East Jerusalem — in Texas, silence is also golden when it comes to criticizing Israel.DZarzycka/iStock Texas’ law banning government agencies from doing business with people or other businesses that support the boycott, divestment…
read moreState Sen. Brandon Creighton, R-Conroe traveled to Israel to deliver a pen to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The pen was used by Texas Governor Greg Abbott to sign House Bill 89, also known as the Anti-BDS (Boycott, Divestments, and Sanctions)…
read moreI’ve perhaps never seen as much misinformation and bad legal analysis regarding a given issue than about state laws that require state contractors to certify that they do not boycott Israel or those who do business with Israel, otherwise known…
read moreMain building of University of Cologne, by architect Adolf Abel, 1934. (photo credit: TIM ‘AVATAR’ BARTEL/WIKIMEDIA COMMONS) The University of Cologne’s student parliament passed a resolution against the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions campaign targeting the Jewish state because BDS is…
read moreThree events scheduled to take place in Germany in recent weeks and aimed at raising support for the boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) movement against Israel have been canceled in a sign of German efforts to stomp out what many…
read moreIllinois officials say that Airbnb’s ban on lodging listings in the disputed West Bank violates state law. The Investment Policy Board’s vote Wednesday followed Gov. Bruce Rauner’s request last month. He sought a review of Airbnb’s decision to remove 200…
read moreThe decision last week by the Boston Jewish Community Relations Council (JCRC) to pass a resolution declaring that any member organization supporting the BDS movement could be expelled from the council has generated a wider discussion among Jewish leaders as to where…
read moreThe president of Germany’s nearly 100,000-member Jewish community called on the Bank for Social Economy, in an unusual direct and angry statement, on Tuesday to pull the plug on its account with the pro-Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) group Jewish…
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