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 New International Olympic Committee Chief Head Of Group Supporting Israel Ban
The newly elected president of the International Olympic Committee heads a German-based organization that helps companies to guarantee that their products do not contain anything from Israel. Thomas Bach, a German who was elected Tuesday at an IOC session in Buenos Aires, is chairman of Ghorfa, the Arab-German Chamber of Commerce and Industry, which was…
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Fast Forward Bar Refaeli Takes on Roger Waters in Israel Boycott Showdown
It’s not every day that a supermodel takes on a rock legend. But Bar Refaeli laid down a challenge to Roger Waters after the veteran musician published an open letter to his colleagues urging them to boycott Israel. In a letter published this week, Waters, the former frontman of the progressive rock band Pink Floyd…
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Fast Forward Roger Waters Releases an Open Letter to Musicians Calling for Boycott of Israel
British rocker Roger Waters published an open letter calling on fellow musicians to join a boycott of Israel. The letter, which condemns Israel for apartheid and ethnic cleansing, has been expected for several months, according to the Electronic Intifada, which first reported on its existence. “I write to you now, my brothers and sisters in…
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Life Alice Walker Isn’t Welcome — And Rightly So
Alice Walker, the BDS advocate who last summer refused to authorize a Hebrew translation of her Pulitzer-winning novel “The Color Purple,” and who more recently sought to persuade singer Alicia Keys to cancel a performance in Israel, is quick to try to silence others. But now, Walker is declaring herself a victim of censorship. According…
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Fast Forward Roger Waters: ‘I’m Not Anti-Semitic, I’m Anti-Apartheid’
Former Pink Floyd star Roger Waters attempted to deflect accusations of anti-Semitism and defend his decision to use a pig-shaped balloon emblazoned with the Star of David, among other symbols, during a concert in Belgium. Waters, who last year voiced support for the boycott of Israeli goods, came under fire for the use of the…
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Fast Forward Boycott Israel Leader Wins Calif. Regents Post — Jewish Groups Angry
The University of California appointed a Muslim American woman as a student member of its governing board on Wednesday in a move opposed by Jewish groups that objected to her pro-Palestinian activism. Sadia Saifuddin, a 21-year-old social welfare major at the prestigious University of California at Berkeley, will become the first Muslim student member of…
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Fast Forward Boycott Israel Student Leader Sadia Saifuddin Runs for U. of California Regent Post
A student leader in the anti-Israel divestment campaign at the University of California, Berkeley, is a candidate for student regent in the University of California system. Sadia Saifuddin, a student senator at Berkeley, is up against two other students for a regents post in 2014-15 in the vote on Wednesday by the UC Board of…
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News YU Abuse Lawsuit; Pop Stars & BDS; ‘World War Z’
In this week’s Reporters Roundtable podcast, host Josh Nathan-Kazis is joined by Forward staff writer Paul Berger to discuss a lawsuit filed this week by former students of Yeshiva University who allege a long history of sex abuse. Then, Anne Cohen drops by to discuss how different pop stars are dealing with calls to boycott…
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