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The boycott of Israel is increasingly targeting individuals

JL;DR SUMMARY Amid intensifying boycott movements against Israel, individual Israelis, even those critical of their government, are increasingly targeted. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Bds MovementDiasporaPalestineBoycottHuman RightsIsraeli IdentityMilitary ServiceNadav LapidCollective Guilt

Places mentioned

Paris, France
"Nadav Lapid attends the Yes promotional event at UGC Cine Cite des Halles on September 12, 2025 in Paris, France."
Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France
"Lapid, the filmmaker, is perhaps the most absurd case of this. He has lived in self-imposed exile in France since 2021 and has accused his own government of genocidal actions but was nevertheless was by French activists after a film festival in Marseille named him to its panel of judges."
Milan, Lombardy, Italy
"Noga Erez performs at Magazzini Generali on December 6, 2025 in Milan, Italy."
Portland, Oregon, United States
"Deni Avdija, a star forward on the Portland Trail Blazers, is a prime example of this."
Israel
"As Israels international pariah status grows, the movement intended to boycott and isolate the country is starting to target individual Israelis"
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
"An Israeli Harvard graduate student recounted a classmate who requested not to work with the Israeli student because they had pro-Palestinian politics that required them to avoid normal relations, such as collaborating on a school group project, with an Israeli."
New York, United States
"then the objections from Palestinian students at Columbia and other universities to being in class with Israeli veterans may sound reasonable."

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