Welcome to the Forward‘s coverage of BDS – the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement, which seeks to pressure Israel to change its approach to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
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Israel News Israel set up a front company to fight BDS. This is how it failed.
The minutes of the steering committee for a front company established by the Strategic Affairs Ministry in the fight for “mass awareness” against the “delegitimization” of Israel show which projects were funded and the initiative’s failure to raise the amount of donations it promised. Among the projects that the public benefit company, Concert (formerly Kella…
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News In tight Michigan race between Tlaib and Jones, Jews want ‘none of the above’
For some Jewish voters in Michigan’s heavily-Democratic 13th Congressional District — and there aren’t that many — the Aug. 4 Democratic primary is presenting a difficult choice. The one-term incumbent is Rashida Tlaib, the first Palestinian-American ever elected to Congress who has drawn repeated accusations of anti-Semitism for her criticism of Israel and support for…
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News Antone Melton-Meaux, Ilhan Omar’s challenger, calls her a ‘divider’
Early in her brief tenure as a member of Congress, Rep. Ilhan Omar of Minnesota received some advice on how not to sound like an anti-Semite. Local Jewish leaders met with the Democrat to provide a crash course in what’s so offensive about suggesting that for Jews “it’s all about the Benjamins” or that Jewish-American…
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Fast Forward UC Davis student government president vetoes boycott Israel resolution
(JTA) — The president of the student government at the University of California, Davis, vetoed a resolution supporting the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement against Israel. The day after the measure passed last week, Kyle Krueger said he acted “because it included minimal to no input from the Jewish community beforehand,” and the resolution “has…
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Fast Forward Oklahoma governor signs anti-Israel boycott legislation
(JTA) — Oklahoma can no longer contract with companies that boycott Israel. On Tuesday, Gov. Kevin Stitt, a Republican, signed a bill that would apply to state contracts over $100,000, unless the company is officially exempted by the Oklahoma secretary of state. The measure says that Oklahoma may not enter into contracts with companies that…
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Fast Forward Lawyers group settles suit for boycotting an Israeli organization
(JTA) — The National Lawyers Guild has settled a lawsuit with an Israeli organization for refusing its ad in the annual dinner journal. The guild, a public interest association of legal professionals, based its refusal on an official “resolution barring us from accepting funds from Israeli organizations,” according to The Lawfare Project, citing an email…
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Fast Forward Missouri House passes bill barring Israel boycotters
(JTA) — The Missouri House of Representatives passed a bill that would prevent the state from doing business with some companies that boycott Israel. The Anti-Discrimination Against Israel Act passed Thursday in a 95-40 vote. The state Senate had passed the measure last month in a 29-1 vote. The bill advances to Gov. Mike Parson,…
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Fast Forward U Of Illinois student government president vetoes divestment resolution
(JTA) — The president of the University of Illinois student government vetoed a resolution passed by the body last week that supports the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement against Israel. At a cabinet meeting Sunday, Connor Josellis said the remarks made Wednesday evening during discussion of the resolution and in the aftermath of its passage…
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