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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News Cuomo’s BDS Blacklist Includes Companies That Don’t Boycott Israel
Many of the companies on New York State governor Andrew Cuomo’s new BDS blacklist say that they don’t actually boycott Israel, Politico New York reported this morning. The list, quietly posted by a state agency last week, is the result of an executive order signed by Cuomo months ago to ban New York State from…
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Fast Forward Meet the BDS Backer Who Wants to Lead Britain’s Jewish Students
Britain’s Union of Jewish Students could soon have a leader who supports the boycotts, divestment and sanctions movement against Israel (BDS). That’s if Eran Cohen, an activist linked to the Palestinian cause and the country’s Labour Party, wins the body’s presidential election to be held later this week. “I support it because I believe it…
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News Andrew Cuomo’s Anti-BDS Blacklist Fizzles — but Critics Push Back Anyway
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s blacklist of firms that support the BDS movement seems to have fizzled — none of the 13 targeted companies does business with New York State and therefore wouldn’t lose anything by being included on it. But despite the fact it will have no immediate impact and the fact that no…
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News Expert on Hate Opposes Campus Anti-Semitism Bill — Based on Definition He Created
A controversial anti-Semitism bill sailing through Congress has a new critic: The expert who wrote the definition on which the bill is based. Kenneth Stern, formerly the American Jewish Committee’s specialist on anti-Semitism and extremism, says that the Anti-Semitism Awareness Act of 2016, which aims to combat campus anti-Semitism, is “both unconstitutional and unwise.” Stern…
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News Abe Foxman: Anti-Semitism ‘Sewer Covers Are Off’ — But I’m Optimistic on Trump
“The sun is still shining,” Abe Foxman boomed over the phone from Southern California, where it was “men’s week” at the Golden Door spa in San Marcos, about 35 miles north of San Diego. It was an overcast afternoon in New York. But Foxman was paying one of his twice yearly visits last week to…
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Fast Forward New York State Blacklists 13 Foreign Companies Over BDS
— New York state has released a blacklist of 13 foreign companies that support the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions, or BDS, movement against Israel. The list on stationary from the Office of General Services is dated Dec. 2. It was first reported by the New York Post. Among the companies on the list are Danske…
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Fast Forward Ohio Lawmakers Approve Anti-BDS Bill
(JTA) — The Ohio House of Representatives approved a bill targeting the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement against Israel. The bill, HB 476, passed in Wednesday by a vote of 81-13. Five members did not vote. The legislation would prohibit the state from contracting with companies that engage in boycotts of Israel, including companies located…
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Food Portuguese Eatery Vandalized Over Chef’s Visit to Israel
JTA — Anti-Israel activists vandalized a restaurant in Portugal because its head chef participated in a food festival in Israel. The perpetrators, who are believed to be activists for the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement against Israel, on Friday night spilled red paint on the façade of the Cantinho do Avillez restaurant in the northern…
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