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 University Of Cape Town Considers Israel Boycott
Palestinian activists are urging South Africa’s University of Cape Town to impose an academic and cultural boycott on Israel – a move now being debated by the school’s Academic Freedom Committee. “The rationale for this call is clear – Palestinian human rights are violated by Israel on a daily basis with the direct and indirect…
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Community The Loves We Lost In Vain
On October 6, 1973, the Yom Kippur War began. I was thirteen years old; still a child but old enough to form memories — of sirens so unexpectedly blowing, cars suddenly running along roads usually deserted to pedestrian synagogue goers and secular bike riders. Confusion. Should we turn on the radio? Should we descend to…
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Fast Forward College Campuses Are Actually Becoming More Pro-Israel, Study Says
NEW YORK (JTA) — Anti-Israel activism on college campuses across the country has declined, according to a new report by a campus pro-Israel organization. The report by the Israel on Campus Coalition published Monday shows that there were nearly three times as many total pro-Israel events on campus as anti-Israel events during the past school…
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Fast Forward Berlin Mayor Pledges Crackdown On BDS
(JTA) — Berlin’s mayor will block the use of city venues and funds by groups or event organizers that support the boycott movement against Israel. The move, announced Wednesday, followed pressure by the Los Angeles-based Simon Wiesenthal Center, which had threatened to put Berlin Mayor Michael Müller on its annual list of 10 worst anti-Semitic incidents…
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Fast Forward Jewish Governor Candidate Loses Key Endorsement After Running Mate Backs BDS
A longshot left-wing campaign to win the Democratic nomination in Illinois’s gubernatorial race just got longer after candidate Daniel Biss lost the endorsement of a key member of Congress due to his running mate’s support for the anti-Israel boycott, divestment and sanctions movement. Daniel Biss, a Jewish state senator and former math professor running a…
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Fast Forward Canada’s Largest Private Union Adopts BDS Resolution
(JTA) — Canada’s largest private sector union adopted a motion in support of the boycott, divestment and sanctions movement against Israel, or BDS. The union passed the motion last month at its Unifor Canadian Council held in Winnipeg. Unifor is made up of more than 310,000 members across Canada. The resolution titled “Palestinian Self-Determination and…
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Fast Forward Singers Pull Out Of Berlin Music Festival Over Israeli Embassy Funding
(JTA) — Several artists pulled out of a popular Berlin music festival because the Israeli Embassy in Germany provided a financial contribution. The three-day Berlin Pop-Kultur festival, which runs through Friday, accepted 500 euros, or nearly $600, from the Israeli diplomatic mission. Israeli artists are among the 70 acts scheduled to perform at the festival….
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News Queens Museum Nixes – And Then Reinstates – Israeli Event
The Queens Museum canceled and then re-instated a celebration organized by Israel’s mission to the United Nations amid a passionate discussion about the boycotts, divestment and sanctions movement. The museum decided in the end to hold the event – intended to mark the 70th anniversary of the U.N. resolution that led to the creation of…
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