This is 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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News Scott Stringer trying to play both sides of the BDS debate in mayoral campaign
Scott Stringer, one of the leading candidates in the New York City mayoral race, pretended not to know the views of his close progressive allies in support of the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement in an interview published on Thursday. Stringer, the city’s comptroller, was asked in an interview with Jewish Insider to address concerns…
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News Andrew Yang confronted in Brooklyn over his stance on BDS
Andrew Yang, one of the leading candidates in the New York City mayoral race, was confronted during a campaign stop in the Bay Ridge neighborhood of Brooklyn on Saturday about his opposition to the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement. In an OpEd for the Forward last month, Yang described the BDS movement as “rooted in…
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News Bernie Sanders vs. Queens Jewish community: A race to watch in the City Council’s special election
Voters in the New York City’s 24th Council District are heading to the polls on Tuesday to elect their representative for the remainder of the term of former Councilman Rory Lancman, who took a job in Governor Andrew Cuomo’s administration. With eight candidates running, the race is a test of the city’s new rank-choice election…
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Fast Forward Sarah Silverman doesn’t have a problem with BDS – under these conditions
In a Jan. 9 post to Instagram, comedian Sarah Silverman made clear her position on the BDS movement: She is “down with it,” so long as it is protesting Israel’s government and its support of the occupation, and not Israelis themselves. “It’s not antisemitism to criticize a government,” Silverman said. “I’m fine with BDS as…
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Opinion ADL: We’re proud of our record defending Jews — and Muslims
As one of the oldest civil-rights organizations in the Jewish community, we’re not unaccustomed to criticism, even in the pages of one of America’s oldest Jewish news outlets. But the OpEd by Salam Al-Marayati, president of the Muslim Public Affairs Council, which the Forward published on Tuesday morning, was illuminating about how certain quarters in…
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Opinion No, the Democrats aren’t abandoning Israel. This election proved it.
Everyone has heard Viscount Northcliffe’s famous aphorism explaining what makes news: “When a dog bites a man, that is not news… But if a man bites a dog, that is news.” While it’s an understandable editorial principle, if two or three men start biting dogs, each generating its own splashy set of news stories, one…
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Fast Forward Trump’s State Department to defund international non-profits that support BDS
The State Department will work to identify groups that support the boycott, divestment and sanctions movement in order to stop funding them due to the alleged antisemitic nature of BDS, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced in a meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The U.S. is committed to countering the Global BDS Campaign…
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Fast Forward Biden campaign platform for Arab Americans reiterates opposition to BDS movement
(JTA) — Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden’s campaign condemns boycotts against Israel in its new platform geared toward the Arab American community. In “Joe Biden and the Arab American Community: A Plan for Partnership,” released Saturday, the candidate pledges to include Arab Americans “across his administration,” combat anti-Arab bigotry in the United States and reverse…
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