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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Fast Forward American Studies Association Votes To Boycott Israeli Universities
The membership of the American Studies Association endorsed its national council’s call for a boycott of Israeli universities. Two-thirds of the 1,252 members who voted approved the boycott, according to the ASA announcement Monday, a day after the deadline for voting. At the time of the vote, there were 3,853 eligible voters, meaning a third…
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Fast Forward Knesset Committee Approves Bill To Tax Donations To Pro-BDS Groups
A Knesset committee approved a bill that would heavily tax foreign donations to organizations that call for a boycott of Israel. The bill, which has spurred controversy, passed the Ministerial Committee on Legislation on Sunday by an 8-4 vote. The measure taxes at 45 percent foreign donations to nonprofit foundations and organizations whose directors or…
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Israel News Israel’s Defenders Glum as American Studies Association Votes on Boycott Resolution
Opponents of an Israel boycott proposal being voted on by the Association for American Studies were glum about their chances of defeating the resolution, meant to register the group’s protest against Israel’s policies towards the Palestinians. The on-line vote, now taking place, is open to all members of the 5,000-member group and closes Sunday. If…
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Opinion Censoring Hillels Goes Against Jewish Traditions
Hillel President Eric Fingerhut chats with a student. Flickr: Hillel News and Views. Hillel, the ancient sage, was famously impossible to insult. The Talmud portrays intellectuals, rebellious students, passersby and would-be converts as offering jokes, specious arguments, and outrageous claims — all to rattle the unflappable teacher. But in the face of faulty arguments, Hillel…
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Fast Forward Hillel Issues Warning to Swarthmore Chapter About Flouting Israel Guidelines
Hillel International warned its Swarthmore College chapter that it cannot use the Hillel name if it flouts the international Jewish campus group’s Israel guidelines. Hillel delivered the warning Tuesday in a sharply worded letter following the Swarthmore chapter student board’s decision to repudiate Hillel guidelines prohibiting partnerships with groups deemed hostile toward Israel. In his…
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Fast Forward Professors’ Group Calls on American Studies Association To Vote Down Israel Boycott
The American Association of University Professors called on members of the American Studies Association to vote down a resolution endorsing an academic boycott of Israel. In an open letter to American Studies Association members published Dec. 6, two days after the ASA’s 20-member national council approved the boycott resolution, the American Association of University Professors,…
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Opinion Academic Hypocrisy
The decision by the National Council of the American Studies Association to support a boycott of Israeli academic institutions is hypocritical and short-sighted. We’re not of the belief that college campuses are as rife with anti-Israel sentiment as some activists contend, but this unanimous vote by the leadership of a sizable cohort of scholars is…
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Fast Forward French Court Fines Members of BDS Group Calling for Supermarket Boycott
A French court imposed a $1,300 fine on members of an anti-Israel group who called on supermarket shoppers to boycott Israeli products. The Court of Appeals of Colmar near Strasbourg fined each of the group’s 12 members individually on Wednesday for their participation in a pro-boycott activity in 2009-2010, which the court qualified as “provocation…
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