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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Opinion Why Is Rashida Tlaib Letting AIPAC – And Bibi – Off The Hook
In a major scoop, The Intercept revealed on Monday that Rashida Tlaib, the first Palestinian to enter U.S. Congress, would be leading her own delegation to the West Bank, instead of taking the trip to Israel sponsored by the American Israel Public Affairs Committee. The AIPAC trip is something of a rite of passage for…
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Opinion Angry At Airbnb For Boycotting The Settlements? Birthright Does The Same Thing.
When I was growing up there was a memorable commercial on TV against drug use. A father, finding a basket of illicit drugs in his son’s closet, confronts him with rapid-fire questions, finally yelling at him: “Who taught you how to use this stuff?!” And the cornered son blurts out, “You, alright! I learned it…
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Fast Forward Rashida Tlaib Backs BDS, Plans To Lead Delegation To West Bank
Rashida Tlaib, who became the first Palestinian-American ever elected to Congress last month, will lead a Congressional delegation to visit the West Bank, according to a report in the Intercept today. Tlaib will skip the trip to Israel that the pro-Israel lobby group AIPAC offers to all newly-elected members of Congress. “I want us to…
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Fast Forward California College’s Faculty Votes To Suspend Study Abroad In Israel
(JTA) — The faculty of Pitzer College in Southern California voted to suspend the school’s study abroad program at Haifa University in Israel. The faculty also voted to condemn the school’s trustees for opposing a student government resolution to divest from Israel, according to the Claremont Independent, a student newspaper at the private liberal arts…
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Opinion No, BDS Is Not Anti-Semitic, And Neither Is Ilhan Omar.
It turns out that Ilhan Omar, who this month became the first Somali American and the first Muslim refugee ever elected to Congress, modulates her views to fit her audience. In other words, she’s a politician. In February of last year, before she launched her congressional campaign, Omar praised the movement to boycott, divest from…
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Fast Forward Linda Sarsour Says Ilhan Omar Backlash Shows ‘Allegiance To Israel’
Palestinian-American civil rights activist Linda Sarsour claimed in a Facebook post Thursday that the controversy surrounding Rep.-elect Ilhan Omar’s announcement that she supports the boycott, divestment and sanctions movement is coming from “folks who masquerade as progressives but always choose their allegiance to Israel over their commitment to democracy and free speech.” Sarsour, one of…
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News L.A. Braces For Biggest Ever Pro-Palestinian Student Conference
Students for Justice in Palestine, the biggest pro-Palestinian student movement in the country, is holding its annual conference this weekend. It will convene from November 16-18 on the campus of the University of California, Los Angeles — which has one of the largest Jewish student populations in the country. Predictably, controversy has ensued. National Jewish…
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Opinion Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Flip-Flopped On Israel. Ilhan Omar Did Not.
Three of the Democratic Party’s new members of Congress have already made waves for their willingness to criticize Israel: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York, Rashida Tlaib of Michigan and Ilhan Omar of Minnesota. After endorsing a two state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Ocasio-Cortez backtracked in response to pressure from the left, refusing to say…
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