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 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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Fast Forward Israel Activist Detained At Airport In Act Of ‘Political Persecution’
A senior official at the New Israel Fund was detained at Israel’s airport on Wednesday, in an incident that an Israeli opposition lawmaker slammed as “political persecution.” Jennifer Gorovitz, the vice president of the New Israel Fund, a U.S.-based not-for-profit that supports Jewish and Arab civil society groups in Israel, traveled to Israel via Ben…
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News Citing National Interests, Switzerland Withholds Data on Funding for BDS Groups
(JTA) — Citing a desire to avoid harming the foreign relations interests of Switzerland, the country’s foreign ministry is withholding information on Swiss funding for promoters of boycotts against Israel. An official from the Federal Department of foreign Affairs sent the unusual refusal and its reasoning earlier this month to NGO Monitor, an Israel-based organization…
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Breaking News Senate Bill Bars BDS Against Israel — and West Bank Settlements
(JTA) — Two senators introduced a bill providing protection from lawsuits to state and local governments passing anti-BDS legislation. On Tuesday, Sens. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., and Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., introduced the Combating BDS Act, which would increase legal protection for state and local governments that ban, limit or divest from companies “engaged in commerce-related or investment-related BDS…
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Fast Forward Rex Tillerson Blasts BDS and Questions Two-State Solution at Confirmation Hearing
Rex Tillerson, President-elect Trump’s pick to be secretary of state, denounced countries that support the boycott Israel movement and questioned the two-state solution at his Senate confirmation hearing. The former Exxon CEO vowed to make the fight against BDS a key priority. “Countries [that support BDS] need to understand that it does shape our view…
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Breaking News Modern Language Association Rejects BDS by 113-to-79 Vote
The Delegate Assembly of the Modern Language Association voted down a resolution endorsing an academic boycott of Israel. The resolution was rejected on Saturday by a vote of 113 against to 79 in favor at the MLA’s annual convention in Philadelphia. Following the voting down of the Israeli boycott resolution, the convention delegates approved a…
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Breaking News Spanish Town Nullifies BDS Resolution Passed This Year
(JTA) — In a rare move, a Spanish municipality voted to nullify a resolution it had passed earlier this year endorsing the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement against Israel. Santa Eulalia, a town on the island of Ibiza 300 miles southeast of Madrid, last week nullified in a vote the pro-BDS resolution it passed in…
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Community What Jewish Life at Rutgers is Really Like
Algemeiner’s recent publication of “the 40 Worst Colleges for Jewish Students, 2016” is both frustrating and frightening. First, while it is understandable that creating “lists” and provocative titles for articles helps to get the all important “click,” publications like the Algemeiner should realize the dangers of such a piece. We know that anti-Semitism is real….
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