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 NYU: Student Pledge To Boycott Pro-Israel Groups ‘Is At Odds With Our Values’
NEW YORK (JTA) — New York University said it opposes boycotts of student groups after 51 campus organizations pledged to boycott pro-Israel groups. “The University opposes any kind of boycott or official refusal by some student groups to interact with other student groups because of differing points of view. It is at odds with our…
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Fast Forward BDS Calls On Argentina’s National Soccer Team To Cancel Match In Israel
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (JTA) — A boycott campaign is threatening the friendly soccer match between the national teams of Israel and Argentina. The boycott campaign sponsored by BDS Argentina is using the motto “Argentina don’t go” to Israel, or #ArgentinaNoVayas. BDS stands for the boycott, divestment and sanctions movement against Israel. Argentina’s national soccer team,…
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Fast Forward Hollywood Execs Back Netflix After BDS Threat Over ‘Fauda’
(JTA) — More than 50 entertainment industry executives have signed a letter in support of Netflix, after the boycott, divestment and sanctions movement against Israel threatened a lawsuit over its distribution of the Israeli drama series “Fauda.” The show focuses on a commando unit of the Israeli Defense Forces whose members embed themselves in the…
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Fast Forward South African Students Create Palestinian Anne Frank For Israel Apartheid Week
Doctored images depicting Holocaust victim Anne Frank dressed in a Palestinian keffiyeh circulated around a South African university on Wednesday. The picture was designed as part of the Palestinian Solidarity Committee at Witwatersrand University’s annual “Israel Apartheid Week.” “This is a flyer that draws attention to the fact that the same racism, hardship and oppression…
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Fast Forward Israeli Politicians Banned From Accepting Travel Funds From BDS Groups
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Two Arab Israeli lawmakers have been banned from accepting funds for travel abroad from organizations that support a boycott against Israel. The lawmakers’ requests were turned down on Tuesday by the Knesset’s Ethics Committee, Times of Israel reported. The rejection was based on a motion passed in January citing a blacklist by Israel’s…
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Opinion Why People Who Oppose BDS Should Oppose Anti-BDS Laws, Too
When UC-Berkeley Lecturer Hatem Bazian was invited to speak at Arizona State University by a group of Muslim students, he found something unexpected in his contract: a clause requiring him to certify he wouldn’t boycott Israel. Bazian was previously best known (depending on who you ask) either for being the founder of Students for Justice…
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Fast Forward Arizona State University Sued Over Anti-BDS Law
(JTA) — A federal lawsuit filed against Arizona State University claims the school is violating the free speech of a student Muslim group by not allowing it to sponsor a speaker who promotes a boycott of Israel. The Council on American-Islamic Relations filed the suit last week in U.S. District Court in Phoenix on behalf of…
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Fast Forward California Democrats Vote to Oppose Federal Anti-BDS Bill
The California Democratic Party adopted a resolution at their annual convention on Sunday to oppose federal bills intended to thwart the movement to boycott Israel. The party’s legislative committee also supported a proposed federal bill preventing the Israel Defense Forces from using U.S. tax dollars to detain Palestinian children, but did not make it into…
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