Tag: Divestment And Sanctions Movement

The Vancouver Comic Arts Festival banned Israeli-American artist Miriam Libicki due to her past service in the Israel Defense Forces, reversing an earlier decision to allow her participation.
Kahllid Al-Alim, a candidate for the Los Angeles school board, faced backlash for liking antisemitic posts on social media.
The Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement, which targets Israel, has turned its attention to Standing Together, an Israeli-Palestinian peace movement that opposes the ongoing war in Gaza.
Sahar Aziz, a member of the Westfield Board of Education and a law professor at Rutgers University, is facing a complaint accusing her of antisemitism for critical social media posts about Israel.
Jewish groups have criticized Democratic Rep. Gregory Meeks for aligning with members of the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) to support Adrienne Adams for New York City Council speaker.
Rep. David Trone, a Maryland congressman and co-founder of Total Wine & More, has a strong record of philanthropy and support for Jewish causes.
The article discusses the case of Omar Shakir, the Israel-Palestine Director at Human Rights Watch, who faces deportation by the Israeli government due to his work exposing human rights abuses in the occupied territories.
Rutgers University professor Jasbir Puar's book "The Right to Maim: Debility, Capacity, Disability" won a prize from the National Women’s Studies Association for its focus on feminist disability studies.
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo signed an executive order targeting the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) Movement, requiring state agencies to divest from companies aligned with BDS.