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 WATCH: Justin Trudeau Says BDS Is Anti-Semitic
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau called the boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) campaign against Israel “anti-Semitic” during a town hall in Ontario last week. “I will continue to condemn the BDS movement,” Trudeau said. Speaking at Brock University in St. Catharines, Trudeau was asked by an audience member to retract his previous condemnations of BDS,…
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Breaking News Boston JCRC Says Members Can’t Work With Anti-Zionists, Setting Up Showdown
(JTA) — Boston’s Jewish Community Relations Council passed a resolution saying its members cannot partner with Jewish groups that are anti-Zionist, setting up a showdown with one of its members, the local branch of the Workmen’s Circle. The resolution, approved on Thursday evening, states that working with Jewish anti-Zionist groups, specifically by co-sponsoring events or…
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Fast Forward Women’s March’s New Agenda Includes Fighting Anti-BDS Laws
The Women’s March unveiled its new policy agenda on Friday, a day before its third annual event — and one of its priorities is fighting against laws designed to thwart the boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) campaign against Israel. The 71-page Women’s Agenda includes 13 policy priorities, including ratifying the Equal Rights Amendment to the…
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Fast Forward GOP Congressman Tries To Block Tlaib From Leading Delegation To West Bank
A Republican congressman is trying to block Representative Rashida Tlaib from leading a congressional delegation to the West Bank, Politico reported. Rep. Brian Babin of Texas asked Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Democratic committee chairs not to sign off on Tlaib’s suggested trip to the West Bank, according to a letter obtained by Politico. Tlaib, the…
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Opinion Don’t Believe The Hype. 2020 Won’t Be About Israel.
There’s a narrative emerging on the left that’s surprising only because it’s so commonplace on the right: the idea that the Democratic Party is abandoning Israel. Thus, when freshmen congresswomen Rashida Tlaib and Ilhan Omar came out in support of the boycott effort against Israel, known as BDS, you saw commentary from Republicans jubilant that…
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Fast Forward Ilhan Omar Claims She Didn’t Hide Her Support For BDS During Campaign
Representative Ilhan Omar claimed in an interview on Sunday that she didn’t hide her support for BDS during her election campaign — even though she went from saying it was “not helpful in getting that two-state solution” during a debate to announcing her personal support for it after the election. MSNBC’s Ayman Mohyeldin asked Omar…
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Fast Forward ‘McJesus’ Artist Joins BDS Movement, Asks Haifa Museum To Remove Work
JERUSALEM (JTA) — An artist who created a sculpture of Ronald McDonald on a crucifix has asked a Haifa museum to remove the work, saying that he joined the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement against Israel. Jani Leinonen of Finland demanded that the Haifa Museum of Art take down his “McJesus” sculpture. Hundreds of Arab-Christian protesters…
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Opinion Enough With The Hysterics. Anti-BDS Laws Are Perfectly Constitutional.
The Constitutionality of laws penalizing the boycott of Israel, known as BDS, is being called into question by elected government officials as the Senate considers the Combating BDS Act in Senate Bill 1. As Senator Dianne Feinstein put it, “This Israel anti-boycott legislation would give states a free pass to restrict First Amendment protections for…
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