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Religious groups in German city fighting Israel boycott

Jewish Journal March 17, 2011

Pro-Israel and Jewish organizations in a German city are fighting back against a local group that used images of bloody oranges to call for a boycott of Israeli products. Jewish leaders in Bremen, in northwestern Germany, as well as the interfaith German-Israel Society, Christian-Jewish Society and Friends of Israel in Bremen, are proposing to work with local mainstream political and religious leaders to take a stand against the Bremen Peace Forum and its political agenda.

Pink Floyd’s Roger Waters joins boycott movement

Jewish Journal March 7, 2011

Former Pink Floyd front man Roger Waters has officially joined the the campaign of Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions against Israel, and is urging fellow artists to do the same. In a letter posted on the website of the Alternative information Center, Waters said he would continue to wage a boycott campaign against Israel until it ends its occupation of the West Bank and dismantles the security fence, grants full equality to Arab citizens of Israel and allows all Palestinian refugees to return to their homes in Israel.

Pete Seeger clarifies position on boycotting Israel

Jewish Journal March 3, 2011

Folk music icon Pete Seeger, quoted earlier this week as saying that he supports a boycott of Israel, told JTA that his position on Israel is constantly evolving. Earlier this week, the pro-Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement group Adalah-NY reported that Seeger met recently with representatives from the Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions and told them that he “supports” the anti-Israel BDS movement.

Montreal city council condemns boycott of Israeli shoes

Jewish Journal February 23, 2011

Montreal\’s city council has condemned the boycott campaign against a local shoe store that sells footwear made in Israel. A council motion deploring the campaign, proposed and supported by Mayor Gerard Tremblay, passed Tuesday by a vote of 38 to 16.

Just say yes

Rob Eshman February 16, 2011

Should Jewish communal funds find their way into the hands of groups that condone or actively engage in the boycott of Israel? No, you say, of course not. Why should Jews finance people or groups who want to punish Israel? But it’s not so simple.

COUNTER-POINT: Boycott the boycotters?

Michael Berenbaum January 5, 2011

What a wonderful idea. Let us counteract a boycott by engaging in a boycott of our own; let us boycott the boycotters who in turn can retaliate by boycotting the boycotters of the boycott.

POINT: Caveat Conlator: Funder beware

Jewish Journal January 5, 2011

The entire Jewish community should applaud the recently announced plan by The Jewish Federations of North America, the Jewish Council for Public Affairs and several major Jewish federations to invest millions of dollars over the next few years to fight the delegitimization and demonization of Israel. These groups understand that if academic and cultural boycotts are legitimate when aimed at Jews in the West Bank today, they will soon become legitimate when aimed at Jews in Tel Aviv tomorrow; and, you can be sure that after that, the boycotters will set their sites on Jews in New York, Los Angeles, Peoria … and everywhere else that Jews live.

Australian local council joins Israel boycott

Jewish Journal December 21, 2010

A local council in Australia that has a sister-city relationship with Bethlehem voted to join the international boycott of Israel. The Marrickville Council in inner Sydney voted 10-2 on Dec. 14 to support a ban on any government, academic, trade, sporting or cultural ties with Israel. The council, which is dominated by members of the Green and Labor parties, first raised the ire of the Jewish community with its 2007 vote to adopt the sister-city relationship with Bethlehem. The action prompted the government to warn lawmakers that they risked breaking the law if they met with Hamas members on the Bethlehem council.

UC-San Diego Hillel director reflects on divestment battle

Jewish Journal August 17, 2010

Last April, Keri Copans, Hillel\’s campus director at the University of California, San Diego, learned that a measure was about to come before her student government asking the university to divest from companies that do business with \”occupying\” powers.

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