Oxford students reject boycott Israel motion
Jewish Journal
February 27, 2013
A motion calling for blanket sanctions against Israel was rejected by the Oxford University Students’ Union.
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Bloomberg defends Brooklyn College’s right to host BDS event
Jewish Journal
February 7, 2013
New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg defended the right of the publicly funded Brooklyn College to sponsor an anti-Israel BDS conference.
In SodaStream boycott push, Palestinians may be the victims
Jewish Journal
February 7, 2013
For proponents of the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions movement, SodaStream would appear to be a straightforward target.
South Africa’s African National Congress endorses Israel boycott, handing BDS movement a victory
Jewish Journal
December 21, 2012
South Africa’s ruling party, the African National Congress, voted to make boycotts, divestment and sanctions of Israel part of its official policy.
BDS resolution against Israel could pass at ANC national conference
Jewish Journal
December 18, 2012
A resolution aimed at boycott, divestment and sanctions against Israel could gain majority support at this week’s National Conference of South Africa\’s ruling African National Congress party.
SodaStream Super Bowl ad buy has BDS movement’s eye
Jewish Journal
December 10, 2012
SodaStream\’s purchase of a Super Bowl commercial has the BDS movement in the U.S. saying it will step up its campaign against the Israeli firm.
Israelis concerned about international isolation
Jewish Journal
December 10, 2012
Israel is no stranger to international condemnation. Although the Israeli people, who are often characterized as “resilient” and “tough,” normally earn that appellation in the context of returning to normal life following some horrific event, some explain their impermeable exteriors as being more the product of a seemingly un-ending series of censures than surviving in a bad neighborhood.
UCI rejects divestment
Tom Tugend
November 20, 2012
A resolution passed by the UC Irvine undergraduate student council calling on the university to divest from companies that “profit from Israel’s occupation of Palestine” has been rejected by the UCI administration. At the same time, leaders of the Orange County Jewish community denounced “the nonbinding resolution, drafted and introduced with no forewarning by a small group of students with a personal agenda and deliberated in the absence of students with opposing views.”
UC-Irvine student senate approves non-binding divestment resolution on Israel
Jewish Journal
November 14, 2012
The student senate of the University of California, Irvine unanimously passed a non-binding resolution calling on the school to divest from companies doing business with Israel. All 16 members of the legislative council of the Associated Students of UCI voted for the resolution on Tuesday that calls on the university to divest from companies that “have promoted and been complicit” in “ongoing human rights violations systematically committed by the Israeli government.”
Five challenges facing the American pro-Israel community in the next four years
Jewish Journal
November 1, 2012
The American pro-Israel community has a lot of work to do. While many pro-Israel organizations in the United States, including AIPAC, Christians United for Israel, Stand with US and Hasbara have been extremely effective in defending the Jewish State, there is always more we can do. Here is a list of the five greatest challenges facing the American pro-Israel community in the next four years.
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