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Brazil May be Boycotting Settler as an Ambassador

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

If Brazil does not accept Dani Dayan as an ambassador, it could set a precedent that would block "settlers" from the post elsewhere in the world.

News Briefs / Boycott / BDS / Arts and Entertainment

Elton John to Perform in Israel and BDS Can Go Fly a Kite

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

He will make sing and play for the fourth time in Israel, where he once he enjoyed his best-ever audience.

News Briefs / Boycott / BDS / Business and Economy / Judea & Samaria / Germany / Settlements / European Union

UPDATE: German Store Sells 'Made in Israeli' Goods from Settlements

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

The large Galeria Kaufhof chain denied a previous report that it took "settlement" goods off its shelves and insists, "We don’t get involved in politics."

News Briefs / Boycott / BDS / South America

Fake Bomb Discovered in Israeli Embassy in Uruguay

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

The suspicious object, the third this year at the embassy, was placed on the same day of a BDS rally.

News Briefs / The Knesset / Boycott / BDS / Business and Economy / European Union

Knesset Bill Would Label Products from EU Boycotters

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

A bill submitted by a Likud MK would require a label on all products from EU countries that label Israel products from Judea and Samaria.

Israel / UK / News Briefs / Europe

Harry Potter Author Defends Anti-BDS Campaign

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

The author was one of 150 British artists who signed an open letter backing "cultural engagement" instead of a boycott, which 343 British scholars backed in a counter-statement.

News Briefs / Boycott / BDS / Judea & Samaria / Settlements / European Union

Netanyahu Hints at Nazi Germany in Reaction to EU's 'West Bank' Labeling

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Netanyahu: "We have historical memory of what happened when Europe labeled Jewish products."

Government / News Briefs / Judea & Samaria / Settlements

Rivlin Tells Settler Leaders 'We Need Iron Wall' against Terror

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

The President said, "Settling in the land of Israel is the right of the Jewish people."

Israel / Iran / Antisemitism / News Briefs / Islamists

Khamenei Tells the World How to Destroy Israel

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

His new book is called "Palestine" a features a cover showing a map of "what used to be Israel" and with the word "Palestine" plastered over it.

Israel / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority

PA's Saeb Erekat Calls for Withdrawing Recognition of Israel

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Arafat in 1988 recognized Israel as a Jewish state. Abbas has wanted to delete the word "Jewish." Now Erekat wants to delete the word "Israel."

News Briefs / France / Boycott / BDS

Orange CEO Richard in 2012: Israel Is a Charming Country

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Stephane Richard, who dumped on Israel yesterday in Egypt, spoke warmly in Jerusalem in 2012 on his first visit to Israel.

UK / News Briefs / Europe / Boycott / BDS

Netanyahu: All You Need to Know About BDS Is It Doesn't Boycott ISIS

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

He also criticized Britain for boycotting Israel's defense expo; British diplomat claims UK "committed" to trade links with Israel.

UK / News Briefs / France / Boycott / BDS

Britain and France Boycott Israeli Military Expo

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Foreign Ministry nerds are wrongly calling the boycott an aftermath of the FIFA nonsense.

Israel / News Briefs

Helsinki Environmental 'World Village' Bans Jewish National Fund

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

The festival also blocked a Freedom of Speech Village that was to include an "I am Charlie" exhibition.

US / Elections / News Briefs / Boycott / BDS

Ted Cruz Calls for Financial Boycott of Universities Backing BDS Israel

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Cruz said everything the GOP's Sheldon Big Bucks Adelson wanted to hear, but wouldn’t it be better to let BDS die from lack brain disease?

News Briefs / Boycott / BDS / Media / Canada

Canada Denies Hate Crime Laws to be Used against Israel Boycotters

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Was the original CBC report, that Ottawa might target boycotters with hate crime charges, fueled by hate?

News Briefs / Boycott / BDS / Canada

Canada May Propose Defining Boycott of Israel a 'Hate Crime'

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

The Canadian government has expressed "zero tolerance" for boycotters of Israel.

US / News Briefs / Boycott / BDS

Indiana becomes 2nd State to Pass Anti-BDS Resolution

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

The Indiana General Assembly has become the second-ever state legislature to pass a resolution that formally opposes the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement against Israel. Tennessee lawmakers approved a similar measure on April 21. Adopted in a voice vote, the Indiana Senate approved Resolution 74, which “expresses opposition to the anti-Jewish and anti-Israel” BDS […]

US / News Briefs / Boycott / BDS

Fight against Boycott Movement Moving to State Legislatures

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

Tennessee becomes the first state to formally condemn the BDS movement.

Media / News Briefs / Boycott / BDS

Israel Prize Winner Warns against Boycotters of Israel

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Poet Erez Biton, who was awarded the Israel Prize for Literature on Yom Ha'Atzmaut, used the occasion to warn against sponsors of the Boycott Israel movement. "Strident voices are being heard in the world including those who are challenging the very existence of the State of Israel," he said. "There are even those among them […]

News Briefs / Boycott / BDS

Supreme Court Judge Calls Anti-Israeli Boycotts 'Political Terrorism'

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

The court unanimously rejected petitions against the Israeli law prohibiting boycotts on Israeli products.

Politics / Elections / News Briefs / Judea & Samaria / Settlements / Israel Elections 5775

Will Leftists Boycott Elections because Ballots Printed in Samaria?

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

If the "Boycott Yesha" movement is true to its ideology, its cheerleaders won’t vote March 17.

Israel / News Briefs / Business and Economy

Israeli Wine Exports Sparkle

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

God has not cooperated with the Boycott Israel movement.

Israel / Syria / News Briefs

Syria Boasts Exports – with ZIM Containers

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Where is the Boycott Movement when we need them?

Jewish / US / Politics / News Briefs / Settlements

J Street Poll Shows Obama Out of Touch with US Jews

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Slowly but surely, the truth wins, which is why Obama is losing.

US / News Briefs / Boycott / BDS

White House Promised Lady Gaga She Would Be Safe in Israel

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Add BDS to the long list of those who never will forgive Obama.

Israel / Jewish / US / News Briefs

US Jews ‘Bought Israel’ During War

By Kosher Today

If you don’t live in Israel, at least ‘Buy Israel.”

News Briefs / Boycott / BDS / Arts and Entertainment

Beach Boys to Debut in Israel in November

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

BDS gets doused again with the announcement that the California Beach Boys are going to surf in Israel.

Jewish / UK / News Briefs / Europe

Self-Acclaimed Jew Pleads ‘Not Guilty’ to Assaulting MP George Galloway

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

The prosecutor says Masterson told police, "I didn't want him to think I'm scared.”

Antisemitism / News Briefs / Boycott / BDS / Settlements

Dutch Pension Fund Rejects BDS

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

The Boycott Israel movement, so far, is more bark than bite.

UK / News Briefs / Europe / Boycott / BDS / Islamists

Anti-Israeli Rioters Attack British Police and Ransack Supermarket

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Islamic-driven violence drives another nail in a civil British society.

IDF & Security / US / Antisemitism / News Briefs / Boycott / BDS

Cosmetics Firm Raps Retailer for Donations to IDF

By JTA

Pro-Israel groups sometimes forget that others are listening.

UK / Antisemitism / News Briefs / Europe / Boycott / BDS

George Galloway Declares ‘Israel-Free Zone’ in British City

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Perhaps the city of Bradford can declare itself a “George Galloway-free zone.”

Op-Eds

An Open Letter to Presbyterian Church Spokeswoman Ms. Kathy Francis (and to Presbyterians Everywhere)

By Robert Klein

I don't know whether to laugh or cry when I read that the divestment vote was, in your words, "about morality and not politics".

US / News Briefs / Boycott / BDS / On Campus / Education

U. Of New Mexico Graduate Students Pass Divestment Resolution

By JTA

The Graduate and Professional Student Association at the University of New Mexico passed a non-binding resolution on Saturday calling for the university to divest from companies that operate in Judea and Samaria. The resolution calls on the university to divest from companies that “directly profit from the ongoing violations of international law and human rights, […]

News Briefs / Boycott / BDS / Arts and Entertainment / Settlements

Scarlett Johansson: I’m Called ‘New Face of Apartheid’

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

The BDS movement has done us a favor by showing the world they are idiots over the Scarlett-SodaStream duet.

News Briefs / Boycott / BDS / On Campus / Education

Ryerson U. Student Union Passes Symbolic Vote to Join BDS

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

The student union of Ryerson University in Toronto voted to join the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement aimed at Israel, but the university said it will ignore the non-binding decision. “The student union is a corporation independent of the university, we have to be clear there,” said Michael Forbes, a spokesperson for Ryerson and quoted […]

US / News Briefs / Boycott / BDS / On Campus / Education

Divestment Resolution Passes Again at Loyola, Falls at Michigan

By JTA

The student government at Chicago’s Loyola University passed an Israel divestment resolution for a second time, while a similar resolution was defeated at the University of Michigan. On Tuesday, the Loyola United Student Government Association in a revote from a week ago passed the measure by a vote of 12-10 with nine abstentions. The resolution, […]

News Briefs / Boycott / BDS / Arts and Entertainment

Rolling Stones Finally Choose Israel over BDS

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

The Rolling Stones are not Jewish, Zionists or the model of holiness, but if it is bad for BDS, it is good for Israel.

US / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / Boycott / BDS

Jimmy Carter Says Boycotting Israel Is ‘Too Much’

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Former President Jimmy Carter said Monday he does not support the leftist-Arab "boycott, divest, sanction" campaign against Israel but added that products made in Judea and Samaria should not carry a “Made in Israel label.” He told the Associated Press in an interview that he and other “elders,” a group of retired senior leaders, “decided […]

US / News Briefs / Boycott / BDS / Business and Economy / Settlements

Will BDS Movement Boycott Whirlpool over Ties with SodaStream?

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

If the Boycott Israel movement has any intellectual honesty, which it doesn’t, let’s see it tackle Whirlpool subsidiary KitchenAid.

News Briefs / Boycott / BDS / Business and Economy / Saudi Arabia

Invasion of ‘Zionist’ Persimmons Puts Saudi Arabia on High Alert

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Perhaps the Saudis are afraid that eating Zionist fruit will indoctrinate its citizens with a bit of common sense.

Antisemitism / News Briefs / Boycott / BDS

Arab Airline Denies Claims of Discrimination against Israelis

By JTA

An airline owned by the United Arab Emirates said it “emphatically refutes” claims that it excludes Israel from its official travel-route map and refuses to transport Israelis. In a statement, Etihad Airways wrote that it carried more than 1,000 passengers traveling with Israeli passports last year, refuting assertions made in the New York Post newspaper. […]

US / News Briefs / Boycott / BDS / On Campus / Education

UCLA Student Council Rejects Divestment Resolution

By JTA

The flood of anti-Israel hatred on campuses seems to be losing some of its strength.

Israel / Global / Antisemitism / News Briefs

14 Ways to Shut Up BDS

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

The differences between the Boycott and Pro-Israel movement are that BDS is unified and is not crippled by competitors.

News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / "Peace" Process / Normalization / Abraham Accords / Settlements

Netanyahu Calls Boycotters ‘Anti-Semites'

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Netanyahu’s comments about the Boycott Israel movement is a sign he is seriously worried about its potential damage.

News Briefs / Anti-Israel NGOs

Dutch Pension Fund Rejects Boycott of Israel

By Jewish Press News Desk

The giant Dutch ABP pension fund has rejected dis-investing from Israeli firms as was done earlier the past several days by funds in Denmark and Norway. The bank announced that it issued a statement that it is holding on to its investments in three Israel companies because of the publicity over the other funds’ boycott […]

NY / News Briefs / Business and Economy / Anti-Israel NGOs / Settlements

NY State’s Anti-Boycott Bill in Deep Freeze

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Boycotting a boycotter could boomerang, despite all of the good intentions off those behind the idea.

News Briefs / Business and Economy / Anti-Israel NGOs / Settlements

Canadian Minister ’Thanks Oxfam’ and Buys SodaStream Machine

By Jewish Press News Desk

Canada’s Employment minister Jason Kenney has countered the BDS ‘Boycott SodaStream” campaign by buying one of the company’s soda-making machines and crediting Oxfam for the idea. Oxfam has dumped Scarlett Johansson as an ambassador because she signed up to promote SodaStream whose 20 factories around the world include one in the industrial area of Maaleh […]

News Briefs / Business and Economy / Settlements

BDS Agenda Falsely Links Boycott with Drop in SodaStream's Stock

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

If one could trade stock in left-wing groups linking SodaStream’s stock drop to BDS, then Mondoweiss is a short sale.

Israel / News Briefs / Arts and Entertainment

Roger Waters Rips Scarlett Johansson, Neil Young over Israel

By JTA

Roger Waters assailed actress Scarlett Johansson for working with SodaStream and musician Neil Young for his planned performance in Israel. In a Facebook post on Saturday, the former Pink Floyd front man said he was making a public plea to Johansson and Young after writing to them privately in recent days. Waters has publicly called […]

Israel / News Briefs / Europe / Business and Economy

Norway’s Fund Reinstates Boycott of Israeli Firms Linked to Yesha

By Jewish Press News Desk

Norway has reinstated its 2010 boycott of two Israeli companies because their operations included activities in Judea and Samaria, The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday. The Finance Ministry of Norway also said it secluded an Indian copper and metal producer due to "an unacceptable risk of serious environmental damage and serious violations of human rights." […]

News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / "Peace" Process / Normalization / Abraham Accords / Settlements

Pro-Israeli Group Invites Johansson to ‘See for Herself’

By Jewish Press News Desk

The nationalist Legal Grounds organization in Israeli has applauded actress Scarlett Johansson for standing up for Israeli-based SodaStream and invited her to Israel as their guest “to see for herself the benefits that SodaStream and other Israeli companies based in Judea and Samaria provide to people of all religions and ethnicities.” SodaStream recently signed on […]

Israel / Jewish / US / News Briefs / Arts and Entertainment / Obituaries

Pete Seeger Leaves Behind Complicated Legacy on Israel

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

Legendary folk singer and political activist Pete Seeger, who died on Monday in New York City at the age of 94, left behind a complicated if not questionable legacy when it came to Israel. Famous for 1960s hits like “If I Had a Hammer,” “Turn, Turn, Turn,” and “Where Have All the Flowers Gone,” Seeger […]

Israel / Global / Antisemitism / News Briefs

South African U. Suspends Students Who Broke up Concert by Israeli

By Jewish Press News Desk

The University of Witwatersrand in Johannesburg has given a suspended sentence of a one-year ouster to 11 students charged with disrupting a concert last march by Israeli-born pianist Yosef Reshef on the university campus. The students and other Muslims and BDS extremists broke into the auditorium and forced the cancellation of a performance the world-renowned […]

Israel / Global / News Briefs / Science and Tech

Geneva Ceremony Welcomes Israel as Member of Nuclear Research Group

By Jewish Press News Desk

Israel was officially admitted as full member of CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research, in a ceremony in Geneva Wednesday. Israel is the 21st member state of CERN and the only country outside Europe to have achieved full membership. Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman represented Israel at the ceremony held at the CERN Globe of […]

Israel / News Briefs / Europe

Dutch Christians Protest Pension Fund’s Boycott of Israel

By Jewish Press News Desk

Approximately 350 Dutch Christian activists demonstrated early Monday in front of the headquarters of PGGM, manager of the largest pension fund in Holland, to protest its recent decision to pull out its investments in five Israeli banks, the European Jewish Press reported (EJP). PGGM said it got rid of shares in Bank HaPoalim, Bank Leumi, […]

Israel / Sports

Scarlett Johansson Is SodaStream Super Bowl Star (Video)

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Will the BDS Movement boycott Scarlett Johansson because of her starring in SodaStream Super Bowl ads?

Israel / News Briefs / European Union

Greek Ambassador Rejects Boycott of Israel

By Jewish Press News Desk

Greece’s Ambassador to Israel Ambassador Spyridon Lampridis said Wednesday that the European Union is a friend of Israel and that  Greece will make sure the EU does not boycott or isolate the country, despite differences of opinion. He told Israel radio that Greece will do everything it can to prevent a diplomatic fight between Israel […]

Israel / News Briefs / Arts and Entertainment

Rolling Stones Really Coming to Israel this Time

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

The Stones are negotiating for a $.5 million offer to play in Tel Aviv.

Israel / US / News Briefs / On Campus / Education

Brandeis, Penn State Quit ASA after Vote to Boycott Israel

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

Brandeis University and Penn State Harrisburg on Wednesday announced they have withdrawn from the American Studies Association (ASA) following the ASA membership’s Dec. 15 vote to endorse a boycott of Israel. “We view the recent vote by the membership to affirm an academic boycott of Israel as a politicization of the discipline and a rebuke […]

Israel / US / News Briefs / On Campus / Education

American Studies Association Votes to Boycott Israeli Universities

By JTA

A one-third turnout of American Studies Association (ASA) members have voted to endorse its national council’s call for a boycott of Israeli universities, the ASA announced Monday, a day after the deadline for voting. There were 3,853 eligible voters, but votes were cast by only 1,252 members, two-thirds of whom approved the boycott, according to […]

Israel / News Briefs / Saudi Arabia / Germany / Sports

German Soccer Team Boycotts Saudi Airline that Banned Israelis

By JTA

A German soccer team withdrew from a sponsorship agreement with Saudi Arabia’s national airline because it refuses to ticket Israeli citizens. The FSV Frankfurt team abrogated the contract with Saudia this week after criticism leveled by Jewish groups and other organizations, according to the Associated Press. The airline’s director told The New York Post in […]

Government / News Briefs / Settlements / European Union

EU Climbing Off the Limb after ‘Boycott Judea and Samaria’ Attempt

By Jewish Press News Desk

The European Union is quietly trying to climb down from a weak limb it stood in July with a statement but Foreign Policy chief Catherine Ashton “that bilateral agreements with Israel do not cover the territory that came under Israel's administration in June 1967.” The Israeli government reacted strongly, and even President Shimon Peres objected […]

Israel / US / Politics / News Briefs / Europe / Arts and Entertainment

Who and What is Behind the Pro-Israel 'Boycott Israel' Video (Video)

By Lori Lowenthal Marcus

"Here Is Israel" hopes viewers will see that focusing solely on demonizing Israel isn't just unfair to Israel, it is a betrayal of their best intentions.The video will arm potential anti-Israel activists against turning into unwitting hypocrites, instead of advocates for just causes.

Israel / US / Global / Antisemitism / News Briefs / Media / Science and Tech / Holocaust

Israelis Star in Nobel Prizes, so Why Doesn’t BDS Boycott Them?

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

If the Boycott Israel movement were intellectually honest, it would condemn the Nobel Prize judges for awarding Israelis. Let’s see how many pro-boycott academics will snub Israel’s universities.

Israel / Jewish / NY / News Briefs

Leftist ‘Pro-Israel’ Anti-Zionists Hurting Federations Donations

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

Everyone is “Pro-Israel” today. Jewish federations bankroll “Zionist” Gaza sympathizers and “Zionist” boycotters of anything over the “Green Line.” Fundraisers find they have crossed the “red line.”

IDF & Security / UK / News Briefs / Europe / Religious & Secular in Israel / Settlements

Supermodel Bar Rafaeli Puts ‘Dumb’ Roger Waters in his Place

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Roger ‘Pink Floyd’ Waters learns not to start up with Israelis, especially a woman. And especially supermodel Bar Rafaeli. She exposed his hypocrisy of boycotting Israel but using her photo for his concerts.

Eye on "Palestine" / News Briefs / France / Settlements

French Court Acquits Boycott Activists of Hate Crime

By JTA

A French court has acquitted three activists charged with discrimination and hate crimes for calling for a boycott of Israeli products in 2010, the France 3 television station reported. The activists, Bernard Cholet, Jeanne Rousseau and Yamina Tadjeur, made the calls during a protest at a shopping center in the southern city and were charged […]

Israel / Antisemitism / News Briefs / France / Religion

French Senator Receives Death Threats over Anti-Shechitah Stance

By JTA

A French senator said she will complain to police over death threats she received after proposing special labels for halal and kosher meat. Sylvie Goy-Chavent of the centrist UDI party will lodge a complaint with police over the threats and online “calls for civil war and a call for the Israeli government to attack France,” […]

Israel / News Briefs

Singer Tom Jones to Snub Boycott Movement and Perform in Israel

By Jewish Press News Desk

Welsh singer Tom Jones has given the Boycott Israel another kick in the pants by announcing  he will perform in Tel Aviv in October Jones, now 73 years old, will appear the Nokia Stadium in Tel Aviv. Earlier this week, Eric Burdon, former lead singer of the Animals, changed his mind about honoring the boycott […]

News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / Business and Economy / "Peace" Process / Normalization / Abraham Accords / Settlements / Israeli Arabs

PA Arabs May Have to Go Hungry and Naked to Boycott Israel

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

What do Rami Levi, Harel Wizel and Eil Orgad have in common? They are Israelis stores in Judea and Samaria. They also may be the key to destroying the peace process and making real peace.

Israel / US / Politics / Eye on "Palestine" / News Briefs

Burger Ranch Going to Ariel, Where McDonald’s Fears to Tread

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Will Obama Munch at a Burger Ranch and support the settler movement? Will McDonald’s repent for boycotting Samaria? Will the Third Intifada erupt over Burger Ranch’s setting up shop in Ariel?

Israel / News Briefs

SodaStream Continues Uptick,Take That! BDSM Advocates

By Lori Lowenthal Marcus

SodaStream is another Israeli miracle, so is that why the anti-Israel folks are so angry? Yes, but also it must really bug them that so many Arab Palestinians work in SodaStream factories, ignoring the haters' boycott demands.

Israel / Antisemitism / News Briefs / On Campus / Education

French-Speaking Belgian Students Join the Boycott Israel Fad

By JTA

The Federation of French-speaking Students in Belgium (FEF), a body boasting some 120,000 students in the country, has almost unanimously called for “a freezing of relations with Israeli universities.” The move was initiated by the University of  Louvain (UCL), according to Belgian daily newspaper Le Soir. The  2012 the General Assembly of the Louvain students […]

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