The boycott, divestment and sanctions movement claimed a landslide victory in Canada on the weekend of July 9 as the Mennonite Church Canada Assembly overwhelmingly supported a resolution backing the boycott of Israel. All but one of the 350 delegates of the Canadian assembly supported the resolution, the website Mondoweiss reported. The Mennonite Church of…
As many Jewish groups jump on board a push for laws to penalize businesses and groups boycotting Israel, the Anti-Defamation League, long considered a pillar of the Jewish establishment, is not just standing back — it has been opposing the tide. And now, it’s taking flack for this. In a press release calling ADL’s opposition…
In March, the United Nations compiled a “black list” of Israeli companies doing business in the West Bank. In some pro-Israel circles, it appeared part of a larger trend: the UN singling out Israel for condemnation. But on May 31, Israel’s Permanent Mission to the United Nations and the World Jewish Congress hosted what they…
TORONTO — Two Canadian corporations have promised vigilance after pro-Palestinian activists plastered their products with anti-Israel stickers. In recent weeks, Facebook posts by those advocating the boycott, divestment and sanctions or BDS campaign against Israel have shown warning labels affixed to bottles of Israeli wine for sale in Vancouver and grocery products at a store…
WASHINGTON — A Presbyterian group that works with Jewish groups to counter anti-Israel activity within the church published a pamphlet aimed at stopping the church from abandoning support for the two-state solution. “Two States for Two Peoples,” released this week, comes “as activists from the global Boycott, Divest and Sanctions (BDS) movement are working toward…
The World Medical Association will not expel Israeli physicians over pro-Palestinian activists’ allegations that they practice torture, the president of the world body said. Michael Marmot, the London-born physician at the head of the association, made the assertion in a letter he sent Monday to Shimon Samuels, the international relations director of the Simon Wiesenthal…
Days after the American Historical Association decisively rejected a resolution denouncing Israel, the Washington D.C.-based Association of American Universities reaffirmed its opposition to boycotts against Israeli academic institutions. In a statement issued Thursday, the AAU said it was re-issuing its executive committee’s 2013 statement on boycotts because the annual meeting of the American Anthropological Association…
The pension fund for the United Methodist Church, one of the largest Protestant denominations in the United States, has removed five Israeli banks from its investment portfolio. The church’s General Board of Pension and Health Benefits said this week on its website that along with its Wespath Investment Management division, the fund was attempting to…
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