Tag: Bds (Boycott

President Biden's decision to withhold military support from Israel has shifted the bargaining power in favor of Hamas, as they now believe the U.S. will pressure Israel to withdraw from Gaza and they no longer need to negotiate for the release of hostages.
The Contemporary Jewish Museum in San Francisco faced controversy when some artists accepted into the California Jewish Open identified as anti-Zionist and advocated for Palestinian liberation.
The article discusses New York Mayor Eric Adams' decision to send NYPD riot police to Columbia University and CUNY campuses to address protests.
Israel has found itself in front of the International Court of Justice in The Hague for the first time, absurdly charged with genocide by South Africa.
The US labor movement has experienced a revival in recent years, with unions gaining popularity and experiencing a democratic upsurge.
The author discusses the rise of anti-Zionism and antisemitism on American college campuses and highlights the failure of university leaders to unequivocally condemn the recent violence perpetrated by Hamas.
Allison Kaplan Sommer, Noah Efron, and Ohad Zeltzer-Zubida discuss Israel's government failing to renew temporary regulations allowing Israeli law to apply to citizens in the West Bank, which is not part of Israel.
"Anti-Zionism on Campus" edited by Andrew Pessin and Doron S. Ben-Atar discusses the rise of anti-Semitism disguised as anti-Zionism on American campuses, focusing on events such as a performance by rapper Tamer Nafar at Duke-UNC Consortium for Middle East Studies Conference.
Jewish students at the University of Massachusetts have filed a lawsuit to block a panel featuring Linda Sarsour, Marc Lamont Hill, Dave Zirin, and Roger Waters due to their anti-Israel views, despite concerns about equating free speech with intimidation.
Allison, Don, and Noah delve into three major topics in the "BDS and the Rat Bastard Conundrum" edition.
In this edition, Allison, Noah, and Miriam Herschlag of Times of Israel discuss the UNESCO resolution chastising Israel over Muslim holy sites in Jerusalem and overlooking Jewish connections, the challenge of promoting nuance in the conversation about Israel amidst BDS campaigns, and the proposed Jewish Museum in Tel Aviv honoring famous Jewish figures like Einstein and Spielberg.