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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Israel News EXPLAINED: Why Did Israel Impose An Anti-BDS Travel Ban?
Israeli lawmakers took a cue from the White House Monday night and passed a travel ban. This one will target advocates of boycotts against Israel, Israeli settlements or Israeli institutions. Although pro-Palestinian activists have faced scrutiny and sometimes denial of entry into Israel for years, this law will codify what has until now been an…
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Fast Forward Knesset Votes 46-28 To Bar Foreigners Calling For Boycott Of Israel
(JTA) — Israel enacted a law banning entry to foreigners who publicly call for boycotting the Jewish state or its settlements. The Knesset passed the law by a vote of 46-28 on Monday, the Israeli daily Haaretz reported. The ban applies to any foreigner “who knowingly issues a public call for boycotting Israel that, given the content of the…
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Fast Forward Did Danny Glover Unknowingly Bankroll Pro-Israel Group With Film Shoot?
A Jewish engineer in Georgia who rented his driveway to a film crew including Danny Glover has donated the proceeds to the anti-BDS group StandWithUs to counter the actor’s criticism of Israel. Dovid Antopolsky of Sandy Springs told the Atlanta Jewish Times that he agreed to rent out his yard to the crew for a…
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Fast Forward These 26 Hollywood Stars All Shunned $55K Israel Junket In Oscars Swag Bag
Israel invited 26 Hollywood stars on all-expense paid trips to the Holy Land around the 2016 Academy Awards, but a year later none of them have visited, Agence France-Presse reported. Activists with the movement to boycott, divest from and sanction Israel are calling it a victory that Leonardo DiCaprio, Matt Damon and two dozen other…
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Community What The NFL Players Refusing A Trip To Israel Can Learn From Muhammad Ali
On February 5, 2017 the Times of Israel published a piece discussing an upcoming “Stars of the NFL trip” to Israel, organized apparently by Israel’s Ministry of Tourism, to include a number of NFL stars, among them, Michael Bennett, a star defensive end for the Seattle Seahawks. Shortly after the publication of this article, the…
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Fast Forward Stephen Hawking Fundraises For Palestinian Physics Students
Palestinian physics students just got a boost from world famous British physicist Stephen Hawking. Hawking, perhaps the most influential living scientist, asked his 3.8 million Facebook followers to pitch in to the Palestinian Advanced Physics School, a physics lecture series for West Bank masters students. Hawking gave a video greeting in the school’s 2016 session,…
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Fast Forward Spanish Courts Rule Against BDS And Order Probe of Matisyahu Ban
(JTA) — Spanish judges scrapped two municipal resolutions on boycotting Israel and approved probing for discrimination organizers of a music festival who sought to bar the Jewish singer Matisyahu. The rulings on the resolutions passed last year by the local councils of Xeraco and Olesa de Montserrat were given independently last month, according to a…
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Fast Forward Seahawks’s Michael Bennett Boycotting NFL’s Israel Trip
Michael Bennett, the Seattle Seahawks defensive lineman, pulled out of an Israeli-government sponsored trip to the country, after BDS activists urged him to do in protest of human rights violations against Palestinians. Im not going to Israel pic.twitter.com/KWzA0nCiFb — Michael Bennett (@mosesbread72) February 10, 2017 The boycott petition, organized by the U.S. campaign for Palestinian…
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