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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Fast Forward Pittsburgh Jewish groups hope to quash a referendum that would force the city to boycott Israel
Though unlikely to make the ballot, the referendum has prompted a top staffer in the mayor’s office who supported it to resign
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Fast Forward NYC Council staffers union endorses ceasefire in Gaza, calls for divestment from Israel bonds
The council’s speaker is in discussions with members about a measure calling for an end to the Israel-Hamas war
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Culture The war comes to the Park Slope Food Coop — could it also provide the blueprint for peace?
This isn't the cooperatively-owned grocery's first schism over Israel and BDS
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Fast Forward Radiohead’s Jonny Greenwood rejects calls to cancel tour with Israeli musician Dudu Tassa
'Silencing Israeli artists for being born Jewish in Israel doesn’t seem like any way to reach an understanding between the two sides of this apparently endless conflict,' Greenwood wrote
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Fast Forward Despite string of pro-Palestinian statements, CUNY faculty union rejects Israel boycott
he Professional Staff Congress’ delegate assembly rejected a wide-ranging anti-Israel measure by a vote of 117 to 40
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Opinion Student protesters want universities to ‘divest’ from Israel. But how much have they actually invested?
Demands for divestment have included cutting ties with multinational giants like Google
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Fast Forward Rutgers University student governments vote overwhelmingly to divest from Israel
The student governments of two campuses also voted to push the university to end its partnership with Tel Aviv University
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Fast Forward BDS activists say they successfully pressured a college to end its Israel study-abroad program. Did they?
“Going to Israel was ‘social suicide,’” said the new director of Claremont Colleges Hillel
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