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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Fast Forward Florida Moves To Pass Tougher Anti-BDS Laws
Florida is one of 20 U.S. states that have already enacted measures to confront companies that boycott Israel. Now, the Tallahassee Democrat is reporting that state legislatures are poised to toughen the already existing anti-BDS law, making it even harder for companies to do business with Florida if they chose to boycott Israel. The new…
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Fast Forward New Orleans Mayor Walks Back Support Of Pro-BDS Resolution
(JTA) — New Orleans Mayor-elect LaToya Cantrell has walked back her support for a resolution she authored and supported that lends support to the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement against Israel. The resolution to boycott investments with human rights violators, which passed the New Orleans City Council on Jan. 11 with all five members present voting in support, mentions neither…
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News Israel Isn’t The Only One That Blacklists ‘Enemy’ Critics — Russia And China Do, Too
A new entry ban for the leaders of 20 international not-for-profit organizations puts Israel in the company of a group of mostly authoritarian nations that are cracking down on foreign nongovernmental organizations. Since 2006, restrictions on foreign NGOs have become increasingly prevalent worldwide, spreading from Russia to other authoritarian regimes, like China and Egypt, and…
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Opinion How American Jews Laid The Foundation For Israel’s Blacklist
This week, the Israeli government announced its plan to ban the entry of key activists from 20 groups who advocate Boycott Divestment and Sanctions of Israel. The move is neither surprising nor new. Israel has for years been barring people from entering the country over their politics – even Jews. In 2010, it denied Noam…
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Community Israel, Not The West, Should Control Who Enters Its Country.
The confirmation by Israel’s Ministry of Strategic Affairs that it will be implementing a blacklist of people in senior leadership roles at pro-BDS organizations has prompted another round of handwringing on the part of some Western observers and anti-Israel activists. Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP), whose name should be reported to the Better Business Bureau…
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Opinion Why We Liberal Zionists Need BDS – Even If We Oppose It
This week, Israel placed twenty far-left groups, including Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP) and CodePink, on a “blacklist.” Leaders of groups that support the boycott against Israel will no longer be allowed into its borders. This is bad news, no doubt about it. Strong democracies welcome dissent, from citizens and foreigners alike. Only insecure, authoritarian…
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Opinion Israel Is Right To Boycott Its Boycotters
This weekend Israel published a list of 20 mainly European and U.S.-based pro-BDS (boycott, divestment, and sanctions) organizations whose senior members will be automatically barred from entering the country. The list is a follow up to Israel’s decision last March to amend its 1952 Entry Into Israel Law so that foreign nationals who support a…
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Opinion Israel’s Deplorable Boycott Of BDS Supporters Is Just The Beginning
Over the weekend, in a decision redolent of the repressive policies of the old Soviet Union, the Israeli government blacklisted 20 international organizations, officially barring entry to these groups’ officials and activists expressly for their peaceful opposition to the Israeli government’s policies. It would be bad enough – for all who cherish progressive democratic values…
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