BDS

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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Bill To Counter BDS Movement Is Introduced in California

A bill squarely aimed at countering the effectiveness of the anti-Israel Boycott, Sanctions and Divestment movement, or BDS, was introduced in the California legislature. If adopted, the bill introduced on Monday would forbid the California state government from contracting with companies “engaging in boycotts based on race, color, religion, gender or nationality.” Republican Assemblyman Travis…

By JTA Jan 5, 2016 | < 1 min read
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Influential Academics Seek To Counter ‘Orwellian’ BDS on Campus

(Washington Jewish Week) — Alarmed by what they called “Orwellian efforts” to link Israel with a multitude of free-speech issues now roiling American college campuses, a group of influential academics has launched an initiative to combat anti-Semitism and facilitate constructive dialogue about Israel. Led by Mark Yudof, president emeritus of the University of California system,…

By Melissa Apter Dec 23, 2015 | 3 min read
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200 South African Professors Back Academic Boycott of Israel

More than 200 South African scholars pledged support for an academic boycott of Israel. In a declaration Tuesday, the scholars said they would not accept invitations to visit Israeli academic institutions and would not participate in conferences organized or funded by them. They will, however, continue to work with Israeli colleagues individually, if they share…

By JTA Dec 19, 2015 | < 1 min read
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UAW Strikes Down Local UCal Branch’s BDS Vote

The United Auto Workers International Union struck down a boycott resolution against Israel. The University of California Student Workers Union, UAW Local 2865, which represents more than 13,000 teaching assistants, tutors and other student workers in the UC system, approved a resolution in December 2014 to join the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement, or BDS,…

Dec 17, 2015 | < 1 min read
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Adam Sandler Drops F-Bombs On Boycott Israel Movement

Adam Sandler criticized Pink Floyd front man Roger Waters and movement to boycott Israel in an appearance on the Howard Stern Show. “I’m disgusted they single out Israel,” Sandler said Tuesday on Stern’s Sirius satellite radio show. “That [they say], ‘We can’t play Israel.’ All these f—king nice Israeli people are getting a ‘f—k you’…

By JTA Dec 16, 2015 | < 1 min read
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Pro-BDS Prof Who Snubbed Israeli Girl Probed for ‘Nazi Jews’ Remark

A British Jewish academic who told a 13-year-old Israeli girl that she would not answer her questions for a school project until there is peace in Palestine is under police investigation. The Cambridgeshire Constabulary has confirmed to the London-based Jewish Chronicle that it was investigating a complaint about a comment by archaeo-zoologist Marsha Levine. The…

By JTA Dec 7, 2015 | 2 min read
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Women’s Studies Group Votes 653-to-86 for Israel Boycott

The National Women’s Studies Association voted to join the international Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement against Israel. The vote on the BDS referendum passed 653 to 86 at the organization’s annual conference earlier this month, the association announced last week. Slightly more than a third of the members voted. The recommendation to join the BDS…

By JTA Nov 30, 2015 | < 1 min read
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For the Women’s Studies Association, the BDS Vote Was Over Before It Began

The results of the vote on the Boycott Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) resolution put forth by the National Women’s Studies Association (NWSA) came over email this past Friday. Of those voting, 88.4 percent or 653 people approved the BDS resolution; 86 opposed. Thirty five percent of the NWSA membership voted. As a longtime member of NWSA,…

By Janet L Freedman Nov 30, 2015 | 5 min read

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BDS

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Bill To Counter BDS Movement Is Introduced in California

Influential Academics Seek To Counter ‘Orwellian’ BDS on Campus

200 South African Professors Back Academic Boycott of Israel

UAW Strikes Down Local UCal Branch’s BDS Vote

Adam Sandler Drops F-Bombs On Boycott Israel Movement

Pro-BDS Prof Who Snubbed Israeli Girl Probed for ‘Nazi Jews’ Remark

Women’s Studies Group Votes 653-to-86 for Israel Boycott

For the Women’s Studies Association, the BDS Vote Was Over Before It Began

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BDS

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Bill To Counter BDS Movement Is Introduced in California

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