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 Tufts Student: BDS Resolution Vote Marginalized Jewish Voices
At 1:00 a.m. on Thursday April 6, I got a text from a friend telling me that the Tufts University student government was going to hear a resolution about divestment the coming Sunday. We would have only four days to respond to this. Many members of the Jewish community and the Tufts Students for Two…
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Community The Tribal Case for Israel
Supporting Israel means supporting indigenous rights. Despite the obviousness and the power of this statement, much of the rhetoric used by the pro-Israel community revolve around Israel’s technological innovation, treatment of women and the LGBTQIA+ community, democratic character, and morality. While accurate, this paradigm is irrelevant to the average college student that supports BDS (the…
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Fast Forward Columbia U. Student Council Kills BDS Referendum
NEW YORK (JTA) — A student council at a Columbia University college voted not to add a question asking about support for the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement to a student referendum. The Columbia College council decided Monday that it would not include the resolution, which was proposed by the student group Apartheid Divest, to the ballot, according to The…
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Fast Forward Thousands Gather At United Nations To Oppose BDS
NEW YORK (JTA) — Thousands filled the United Nations General Assembly hall for a conference opposing the BDS movement. The conference on Wednesday, sponsored by the World Jewish Congress and Israel’s mission to the U.N., focused on ways to combat the movement to boycott, divest from and sanction Israel. Sessions concerned opposing BDS on campus, among…
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Fast Forward J Street U: ‘Demonizing’ Israel’s Critics Only Strengthens BDS
The university arm of the dovish Jewish American group J Street called on Wednesday for the Jewish community to take “a new approach” and stop “demonizing” the movement to boycott, divest and sanction Israel. J Street U said efforts made by the Israeli government and its supporters to counter BDS are “unhelpful and counterproductive.” These…
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Community What We Talk About When We Don’t Talk About The Nakba
In recent weeks, I have been paying particular attention to the arguments in favor of Zionism from those who call themselves progressive Zionists and call for a two-state solution, support Israel’s right to exist as a Jewish state, and express criticism of some of Israel’s policies and actions. More precisely, I have been paying attention…
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Opinion The Israeli Settler Movement Isn’t Much Of A Movement
Israel is a sovereign state and recognized member of the United Nations while the West Bank and East Jerusalem under the international law of armed conflict remain occupied territories. With the methodical precision of a dumb machine, the Knesset had passed each month for the past two years a new law or amendment not so…
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Fast Forward Arkansas Lawmakers Vote 69-3 To Bar Deals With Companies That Boycott Israel
(JTA) — The Arkansas state legislature has passed a law that prohibits state agencies from contracting with or investing in companies that boycott Israel. The law was sent to Arkansas State Gov. William Hutchinson on Friday for his signature. The bill passed the state House of Representatives on its third reading on Wednesday by a…
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