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 Anti-BDS Activist Approved For Top Education Civil Rights Post
WASHINGTON (JTA) — Kenneth Marcus, who founded a Jewish organization dedicated to fighting bias, won Senate approval for a top Education Department civil rights post without a single Democratic vote. On Thursday, the Senate voted 50-46 to support the Marcus nomination as assistant secretary for civil rights. A number of centrist and right-wing pro-Israel groups…
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Fast Forward New York Senate Passes Bill Banning Funds To Pro-BDS Individuals, Groups
The New York Senate overwhelmingly passed a bill on Monday that would bar the state from investing in or contracting with any business, individual or organization engaging in the boycott, divestment and sanctions movement against Israel. State institutions are currently barred in New York from directly taking part in a boycott against allied countries, but…
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Breaking News Congress Wants To Define Anti-Semitism. That Could Get Messy.
WASHINGTON (JTA) — Republican and Democratic lawmakers are lining up behind a bill that would define anti-Semitism. The measure introduced Thursday by Reps. Ted Deutch, D-Fla., who is Jewish, and Pete Roskam, R-Ill., a leader on pro-Israel issues in the U.S. House of Representatives, at first looks like a bipartisan slam dunk. The principal target…
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Fast Forward Louisiana Is Prohibited From Working With Companies That Boycott Israel
(JTA) — Louisiana has become the 25th state to pass legislation or regulations preventing state government entities from contracting with companies that boycott Israel. Democratic Gov. John Bel Edwards on Tuesday signed an Executive Order that prohibits the state of Louisiana from contracting with any company that participates in a boycott of Israel. The order…
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The Schmooze Shakira Takes A Stand On Israel By Performing In Tel Aviv This Summer
Shakira is scheduled to perform in Tel Aviv’s Yarkon Park this July — despite expected BDS protests. This will be the first time that she performs in Israel, though she did participate in a 2011 presidential conference, hosted by Shimon Peres in Jerusalem. (Apparently, Peres referred to Shakira multiple times as Sharika, but that’s all…
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Fast Forward Pro-Palestinian Demonstrators Disrupt Philadelphia Orchestra Concert
(JTA) — Pro-Palestinian demonstrators protested an upcoming visit to Israel by the Philadelphia Orchestra by disrupting its farewell performance of “Tosca.” About 60 demonstrators blocked traffic and two of them entered the downtown Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts, leading to the Saturday night concert being halted for 10 minutes, the Philadelphia Inquirer reported. According…
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Letters Scott Wallace Says He Is ‘J Street Democrat’ — And Opposes BDS
To the editor, I was surprised and disappointed to see that the Forward published an article incorrectly characterizing me as a supporter of the BDS movement. I do not support the BDS movement and never have. I disavow it. The grants in question were made from an account in the foundation that was assigned to…
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Opinion What’s Next After Bloodshed In Gaza?
You can find some of our other opinions about the conflict in Gaza here and here. Sixty Palestinians in Gaza were killed by Israel in one day this week, along with over 2,400 injured. As each day passes, the public justifications for their deaths have grown louder and louder: that the killed were members of…
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