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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Opinion Why the New York Times Is Wrong on Reporting While Jewish
It’s a question every reporter for a Jewish publication has encountered. At least once a day. How do you ask someone about their religion? For many, faith is a private issue, one they’d rather not discuss, or are reluctant to engage in a detailed discussion about. Still, as a reporter covering Jewish issues for a…
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Opinion How American Jews Can Fight the Academic Intifada
As the New York Times reported this weekend, Israel is under attack. Except, this time, the tools of attack are not military. They are not rockets fired on Sderot from Gaza, or Hezbollah-sponsored salvos from Lebanon. The attacks are not even located in Israel itself. They are attacks on the very idea of Israel, and…
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Israel News Birthright Paves Path to BDS for Some Participants
Sam Sussman’s tour of Masada started in a pretty standard way. It happened three years ago as part of the Taglit-Birthright program, which offers young Jews free 10-day trips to Israel. At Masada, 50 American students were on hand. Sussman, a 24-year-old New Yorker, climbed to the top of the plateau and expected the requisite…
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Fast Forward Indiana Becomes Second State To Pass Anti-BDS Measure
Indiana’s state senate passed a nonbinding resolution opposing boycotts of Israel. Resolution 74, adopted earlier this week, makes Indiana’s legislature the second in the United States to pass a resolution condemning BDS, or the boycott, divestment and sanctions campaign. Tennessee passed a similar appeal last month. The Indiana House of Representatives unanimously passed the anti-BDS…
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Fast Forward University of Texas BDS Opponents Cheer Defeat of Measure
Opponents of a University of Texas student government divestment resolution that was handily defeated gave credit to a letter from area alumni. The divestment vote last week in the Student Government Assembly was 23 against and 11 in favor, with one abstention. The resolution, proposed by the UTDivest coalition organized by the Palestine Solidarity Committee,…
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Fast Forward Earlham College Student Senate Passes Divestment Resolution
(JTA) — The Student Senate at Earlham College, a liberal arts school in Indiana, passed an Israel divestment resolution. The resolution, which passed last week by consensus, calls for divestment from three companies that operate in the West Bank: Motorola Solutions, Hewlett Packard and Caterpillar. The Student Senate “agreed that passing the resolution was in…
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Israel News Princeton Students Narrowly Reject Divestment Referendum
Princeton University undergraduates have defeated a referendum on divestment from Israel by a narrow margin. The referendum on divestment — the first ever on an American campus in which all undergrads were allowed to vote — lost by a margin of 52.5% to 47.5%. Some 2,032 students, or almost 39% of all undergraduates at the…
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Opinion In Stealth Move, Congress Backs Israeli Right’s War on Settlement Boycotts
The finance committees of the House and Senate have approved amendments to a trade bill that equate boycotts of West Bank settlement products with boycotts of Israel, strengthening efforts by the Israeli right to silence opponents of West Bank settlements. Both committees approved the amendments unanimously. Each committee then approved its version of the trade…
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