By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
This decision mandates religious discrimination, treating Jewish-owned and Muslim-owned businesses differently even if they operate in the same geographic location.
By Josh Hasten
“Even though the ECJ ruled against us , this is just the beginning of the fight. We are not going to accept a double standard,” said CEO of Psagot Winery Yaakov Berg.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
“We want to be the organization that provides a national Jewish progressive home,” said NIF vice president of finance and operations Jennifer Spitzer of a new fund that will include support to anti-Israel groups like IfNotNow.
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
This is the first instance in which a new Israeli law enabling the deportation of anti-Israel activists has been enacted and upheld by the courts.
Association France Palestine Solidarite (AFPS) helps fund the activities of an organization managed by PFLP terrorists.
The Augusta Victoria hospital in Jerusalem, which serves the Arab public, has announced it will no longer receive patients from the PA, which has accumulated a NIS 200 million debt to the hospital.
Accuses Chancellor Robert Jones of having “improperly characterized” SJP presentation as having anti-Semitic content • Jewish campus community not consulted • Strong display of Jewish unity.
The Lawfare Project, a human rights group that defends the rights of the Jewish people and the pro-Israel community around the world, won a major legal victory against the anti-Israel boycott movement in Spain.
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
The Czech Chamber of Deputies on Tuesday passed a resolution strongly condemning all manifestations of anti-Semitism, including against the State of Israel, and condemning any call for boycotting the Jewish state.
The Shin Bet announced Saturday that Arabid, 44 from the Ramallah area, headed the terror cell, prepared the explosive charge and set it off when he noticed the Shnerb family approaching the Danny Spring in the Binyamin region.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The report recommends that all UN member states adopt the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance working definition of anti-Semitism. So far, 18 of them have done so.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
“Some people have one move only: boycott. Cancel. Make-go-away. But here’s the thing, the house voted 318 to 17 to condemn the #BDS movement,” tweeted cable talk-show host and comedian Bill Maher.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
CodePink penned an open letter claiming that Richie's Sept. 12 concert in Tel Aviv ... “will act as an endorsement of Israel’s brutal systems of military occupation and apartheid.”
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
A 2017 Israeli law allows the state to block foreigners that promote BDS from entering the country. However, Israel has already said it will allow Omar to enter the country out of respect for the U.S. Congress.
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
The PFLP was designated a terrorist group by the European Union (EU), the US, Canada, and Israel.
By Eliana Rudee
Canary Mission launched a campaign and report revealing a strategic partnership between IfNotNow and American Muslims for Palestine, a group that has incited and celebrated violence against Israelis, denied Jewish peoplehood and mocked the Holocaust on social media.
“The American people’s voices have been heard as our elected leaders in Congress asserted that the BDS movement has no place in these United States. The BDS movement is anti-Semitism by another name because it denies the right of the Jewish people to self-determination in their homeland,” said the Republican Jewish Coalition.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) and Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) can enter the country, despite their pro-BDS views, “out of respect for the U.S. Congress, and the great alliance between Israel and America, we would not deny entry to any member of Congress into Israel.”
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
IfNotNow activists approached Warren in New Hampshire, asking to her to push "the Israeli government to end occupation.” Warren enthusiastically replied yes and took a picture with them.
There is nothing progressive about hate. There is nothing progressive about anti-Semitism.
As a result of Israel’s actions, countries and financial institutions are now distancing themselves from these organizations.
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
The visit was of historical significance as it marked the first time a Florida Governor has crossed the “green line” into Judea and Samaria.
BDS supporters were enraged by the resolution, Israel warmly welcomed it.
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
Efrat Mayor Oded Revivi, stated that Levin’s decision to build hotels in Judea and Samaria was “the real and Zionist response to the BDS and boycotters.”
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
The Jerusalem District Court on Tuesday ruled that the work permit of Omar Shakir, the Israel and Palestine Director at Human Rights Watch (HRW), should be canceled and that he should be deported from Israel by the end of the month. The ruling upheld Minister of Strategic affairs Gilad Erdan and Minister of Interior Aryeh […]
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The signees were the Central Conference of American Rabbis, the Union for Reform Judaism, United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism, MERCAZ, the Rabbinical Assembly, the ADL, Ameinu, the National Council of Jewish Women and the Israel Policy Forum.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Barghouti opposes “the Jewish right to self-determination and Israel’s existence, openly calling for its destruction as a Jewish state.”
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
It's an all-star lineup of anti-Israel NGOs.
The decision was the direct result of the lawsuits against Airbnb's for their anti-Israel boycott.
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
Convicted terrorist Rasmea Yousef Odeh has become a sought-after lecturer at BDS conferences in recent years.
“It is disgraceful that Tel-Aviv University allows its students to hold demonstrations in solidarity with terrorists."
“Academic boycotts violate the rights of students and faculty on U.S. campuses, and this precedent-setting vote is frightening,” AMCHA Initiative co-founder and director, Tammi Rossman-Benjamin, said in a statement.
The anti-Israel voters had the majority, but not the two-thirds majority required.
Tlaib has also stated that she supports a one-state solution -- a bi-national state of “Palestine” -- to replace the State of Israel.
J Street U and Students for Justice in Palestine chapters at the University of Vermont released corresponding letters last week blasting the school's Hillel for accepting funds from the pro-Israel group Maccabee Task Force.
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
Governor DeSantis announced that he stands with the Florida Cabinet which accepted the State Board of Administration’s recommendation to place Airbnb on the Scrutinized Companies List.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The International Paralympic Committee stripped Malaysia of its right to host the 2019 World Para Swimming Championships, after the country announced that it would not allow Israelis to compete.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
If enacted, it would make Ireland the first European Union nation to criminalize doing business beyond the pre-1967 lines, including eastern Jerusalem and the Golan Heights.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
“I am writing to express my extreme concern,” wrote Rep. Brian Babin (R-Texas). “This action, from an outspoken supporter of the ‘BDS’ Israel boycott movement ... is both ill-conceived and inconsistent with our national values.”
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
Leaders of American national Evangelical organizations sent a letter to Airbnb strongly condemning its decision to “discriminate against the State of Israel” by removing Israeli-owned listings in Judea and Samaria, charing that Airbnb’s actions were “not only discriminatory but anti-Semitic in nature.” The company announced its decision to delist some 200 homes in November because […]
Roger Waters and BDS activists failed to pressure the UK band to cancel their visit to Israel.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
“Fundraising is oxygen to terrorists; we will use every legal way possible to choke off every platform they use to raise funds,” said Shurat HaDin president Nitsana Darshan-Leitner.
The final tally, which was conducted by a secret ballot, was 35 votes in favor, 14 against and 14 abstentions. The BDS measure was backed by 51 campus groups and 34 faculty members.
By JNi.Media
Alqasem's supported Rasmea Odeh, a convicted terrorist who murdered two Hebrew University students in 1969.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
When Islamists and other anti-Israel groups gather, they’ve learned to use euphemisms to take the edges off some of their more extreme views.
By JNi.Media
The Shin Bet also noted that the scope of the investigations is minimal in relation to the volume of those entering Israel.
By JNi.Media
The university statement said “it is disappointing that a faculty member would allow their personal political beliefs to limit the support they are willing to otherwise provide for our students.
By JNi.Media
“Let me be clear: you cannot claim to be tackling racism, if you are not tackling anti-Semitism,” the Prime Minister declared.
By JNi.Media
“The facts in this case, many of which were disregarded by the previous administration, are troubling.”
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Audience members at a town-hall event get a bit of a back-and-forth about past comments from Democratic nominee Gretchen Whitmer and her running mate, Garlin Gilchrist.
By JNi.Media
The EBU also demands that Israel agree not to restrict in any way the events related to the contest that would fall on Shabbat.
By JNi.Media
"If the academic code of ethics was created for any purpose at all, it was to combat academic boycotts of Israel."
By JNi.Media
The Struggle Headquarters propaganda maliciously misrepresents the law, using a false comparison between two Border Guard officers, one a Jew, the other a Druze.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Booker, a rumored 2020 Democratic presidential hopeful, is seen with a sign that reads “From Palestine to Mexico, all the walls have got to go,” a slogan developed by the U.S. Campaign for Palestinian Rights.
Liberman slammed the Irish Senate for ratifying a first reading of a bill which would make it an offense to trade goods, services and natural resources from Judea and Samaria.
Under the guise of ‘civil activities’, a coordinated and financed network of organizations is led from Ramallah and Gaza, a quarter of which have links to terrorist organizations, including Hamas and the PFLP
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
PA Football Association head Jibril Rajoub not only fails to get soccer’s world governing body to suspend Israel, but ends up facing disciplinary proceedings over his incitement against Israel.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The concert producer received a notice from the Spanish town, saying the decision was made for political reasons not to hold Israeli activities there.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Panels and discussion emphasized on working together with the local Christian leadership in raising support for Israel.
By JNi.Media
The committee's legal advisory team recommended that “alternatives to the proposed arrangement should be considered that would be congruent with accepted constitutional tests.”
The Joint Arab List has announced it plans to petition the European Broadcasting Union to cancel the Eurovision Song Contest, scheduled to take place in Jerusalem.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
More than a dozen NGOs that promote anti-Israel boycotts have received some 5 million euros annually in European Union funding. In addition, an estimated several million more euros were channeled to boycott-promoting NGOs through third parties that receive E.U. assistance.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The left-wing NIF non-governmental organization, which is headquartered in New York with offices in various countries, is a main financial backer of the delegitimization campaign against Israel by supporting various local Israeli-based NGOs that are often at odds with the state.
By JNi.Media
AI blames the IDF for its efforts to protect the civilian communities along the Gaza Strip from five consecutive mass riots which included firebombing, throwing stones, firing live ammunition, and flying kites with explosives.
Portman blames Israel for the actions of Hamas in Gaza.
By JNi.Media
"The White Helmets are a fake organization that exists only to create propaganda for the jihadists and terrorists," Waters asserted.
Dublin's mayor Mícheál Mac Donncha promotes boycotting Israel.
By JNi.Media
"We at Creative Community For Peace (CCFP) want you to know that we stand behind you and Netflix in the face of this blatant attempt at artistic censorship.”
By JNi.Media
The BDS letter mentions that the series’ creators, Lior Raz and Avi Issacharoff, are themselves veterans of IDF special forces, and “support the machinery of the occupation, Israeli colonialism and apartheid.”
By JNi.Media
The code also prohibits discrimination against faculty in hiring and in promotions based on their politics.
By JNi.Media
"The imposition of legal sanctions is proportionate when the state is interested in defending itself against a boycott of civilians," the justice said.
Lorde may soon discover that embracing BDS comes with a price tag.
By JNi.Media
Moxnes claims that Norway’s asylum policy is far too strict, and argues for removing all obstacles facing asylum seekers.
By JNi.Media
A French organization wrote, “We will not be able to reach the youth organization with which we collaborate in the West Bank. We won’t be able to coordinate projects… This is Israel’s way of silencing us.”
Critics warned the measure would detract from the status of Israel’s more established universities and "would turn the entire Israeli academia into an active partner in the 'occupation.'"
By JNi.Media
The letter was signed by academics from 15 different Israeli universities and colleges, with the majority coming from Hebrew University, Tel-Aviv University and Ben-Gurion University.
By JNi.Media
No more Julie Christie retrospectives for us.
By JNi.Media
"It is ludicrous for Israeli academia to host representatives from an organization that calls to boycott Israel and Israeli academia itself."
After Israel declared that 9 members of their BDS group would not be allowed in, they all cancelled their trip.
By JNi.Media
“The State of Israel was, and will always be, the home of every Jew: Orthodox, Reform, Conservative, secular, traditional, Ashkenazi, Sephardi. Jews. We are all one people, and Israel is dear to all of us.”
By JNi.Media
'This case is about the illegal, hostile takeover of a non-profit, academic association by leaders of an anti-Israel group.'
By JNi.Media
According to the Boycott Law, a person or group harmed by a boycott may seek compensation from the individual or group that had harmed him.
By JNi.Media
The Reform movement will not meet Netanyahu before he gives back their share of the Western Wall.
"The FIFA Council has decided to refrain from imposing any sanctions or other measures on either the Israel FA or the Palestinian FA..."
By JNi.Media
First empirical evidence to explain how faculty promotion of an academic boycott of Israel is unlike other advocacy on campus, poses threat to Jewish students.
"The General Union of Palestinian Expressionist Artists has demanded that all artists not participate in the festival as it is a normalization festival that serves the Israeli agendas."
By JNi.Media
Unlike the Greek Marathon, commemorating the run of a messenger to announce the victory of the Greek army over the invading Persians, the Israeli Bible Marathon commemorates a terrible defeat of the Israelites in the hand of the Philistines.
By JNi.Media
“Roger Waters is a global symbol of Jew Hatred that should not be welcome in Nashville or anywhere else in the United States of America.”
By JNi.Media
Although it would be wrong to suggest that Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vt) is the leader of the DSA, he received the group's enthusiastic support during the 2016 primaries, and included its honorary chair, vehement anti-Zionist Cornel West in his platform team at the DNC convention.
“I stand with Radiohead and their decision to perform. Let’s hope a dialogue continues... "
By JNi.Media
A new documentary about Roger Waters, one of the most enduring rock stars, who is also one of the most recognizable spokespeople for BDS.
By JNi.Media
On Thursday afternoon, the same CFIA announced that it had not fully considered the Canada-Israel Free Trade Agreement.
By JNi.Media
'Roger Waters is an anti-Semite. He should not be allowed to peddle hatred in our backyard without protest.'
By JNi.Media
'I could not support the resolution two years ago. It was too simplistic,' Mennonite World Conference president Nelson Kraybill said, speaking in support of the motion during comments at the microphones.
"We are a law-abiding army. If this really happened we must investigate the incident and punish the offenders."
As of Tuesday afternoon Sears had yet to release an official response to the controversy, and it was unclear how much control Sears exerts over third-party sellers on its website.
By JNi.Media
Couldn't happen to a nicer gal? Goes without saying, except that the irony of her lament is escaping the talented but, alas, humorless Nini.
By JNi.Media
The group included businessmen who expressed their desire to establish partnerships with manufacturers in Judea and Samaria.
Heideman's task will be to fashion unity from a widely-disparate consortium of Zionists.
"See... those who control the money in the world can be counted on one hand - and all of them belong to the Jewish world."