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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Community Beyond Anti-Semitism: The Biggest Progressive Problem At The Chicago Dyke March
The Chicago Dyke March is supposed to be an especially inclusive gathering of progressives. Shockingly, Jews carrying rainbow flags with the Star of David were asked to leave. One Dyke March collective member told the Windy City Times the women were told to leave because the flags “made people feel unsafe,” that the march was…
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Opinion We Were 100% Right To Highlight Anti-Israel Hate — Whatever Peter Beinart Says
In his June 21 column, Peter Beinart accused The Israel Project of wanting to suppress the video of an anti-Israel event held on Capitol Hill on June 8. If we had wanted to suppress the video, we would not have drawn attention to it. For those who would like to see the whole video, it…
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Food Is An Anti-Israel Activist Working At Izzy’s Kosher BBQ?
What happens when the brother of a staunchly anti-Israel activist works at a wildly popular kosher barbecue joint? At first, nothing. Then last week, The Jewish Week reported that the The Jewish Defense Organization (JDO) — a vigilante ultra-Orthodox group committed to rooting out and fighting anti-Semitism — was handing out fliers telling members of…
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Fast Forward British Protesters Disrupt Radiohead Concert To Protest Israel Gig
(JTA) — British protesters disrupted the band Radiohead’s performance at a festival in Britain over its upcoming performance in Tel Aviv. Some waved Palestinian flags and raised a banner reading “Israel is an apartheid state. Radiohead, don’t play there,” the London-based website Jewish News reported. Some members of the audience shouted “free Palestine,” as well….
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Fast Forward British Court Says Government Anti-BDS Push Went Too Far
Britain’s High Court has ruled that the government acted unlawfully in barring local municipal pension funds from engaging in “ethical divestment” from companies that do business in Israel. BDS activists are hailing the ruling as a victory for their cause, even though a judge said politics had nothing to do with the ruling. Hugh Lanning,…
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Fast Forward Israeli Soldiers Accused Of Harassing Activists On California Campus
Pro-Palestinian activists in California claim that they faced harassment and intimidation from Israeli soldiers who were invited to their school last month amidst a weeklong anti-Zionist protest. In May, University of California Irvine’s chapter of Students Supporting Israel invited members from the Israeli organization Reservists on Duty to campus. Their visit coincided with an “anti-Zionism…
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Fast Forward Modern Language Association Votes Against Boycott Of Israel By 2-1 Margin
(JTA) — The members of the Modern Language Association have voted to reject academic boycotts of Israel. The MLA announced Wednesday that the resolution passed by a vote of 1,954 to 885. A vote of ten percent of the organization’s more than 18,000 eligible voting members was needed to pass the resolution and make it…
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Fast Forward Roger Waters Says ‘I Have Made Every Effort To Engage’ With Radiohead On BDS
(JTA) — Roger Waters said he personally reached out to Radiohead frontman Thom Yorke requesting that the band cancel its upcoming show in Israel. Waters — the Pink Floyd guitarist who is a leading proponent of the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement against Israel — was responding to an interview Yorke gave to Rolling Stone last…
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