Welcome to the Forward‘s coverage of BDS – the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement, which seeks to pressure Israel to change its approach to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
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Fast Forward Israeli Politicians Banned From Accepting Travel Funds From BDS Groups
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Two Arab Israeli lawmakers have been banned from accepting funds for travel abroad from organizations that support a boycott against Israel. The lawmakers’ requests were turned down on Tuesday by the Knesset’s Ethics Committee, Times of Israel reported. The rejection was based on a motion passed in January citing a blacklist by Israel’s…
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Opinion Why People Who Oppose BDS Should Oppose Anti-BDS Laws, Too
When UC-Berkeley Lecturer Hatem Bazian was invited to speak at Arizona State University by a group of Muslim students, he found something unexpected in his contract: a clause requiring him to certify he wouldn’t boycott Israel. Bazian was previously best known (depending on who you ask) either for being the founder of Students for Justice…
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Fast Forward Arizona State University Sued Over Anti-BDS Law
(JTA) — A federal lawsuit filed against Arizona State University claims the school is violating the free speech of a student Muslim group by not allowing it to sponsor a speaker who promotes a boycott of Israel. The Council on American-Islamic Relations filed the suit last week in U.S. District Court in Phoenix on behalf of…
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Fast Forward California Democrats Vote to Oppose Federal Anti-BDS Bill
The California Democratic Party adopted a resolution at their annual convention on Sunday to oppose federal bills intended to thwart the movement to boycott Israel. The party’s legislative committee also supported a proposed federal bill preventing the Israel Defense Forces from using U.S. tax dollars to detain Palestinian children, but did not make it into…
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Fast Forward Ozzy And Sharon Osbourne Defend Israel Concert: ‘We’ll Play Where We Want’
Ozzy Osbourne will not be joining the list of artists boycotting Israel. In a recent press conference, Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne were asked if they felt any pressure not to play in Israel or were worried about backlash. Sharon Osbourne replied, “Listen, I’m half a Heeb. We play where we want to play, that’s it.”…
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Community How A Turf War At Fresno State Turned Into An Anti-Zionist Witch Hunt
Shortly after Jewish Voice for Peace got word of “a truly terrible case of the suppression of Palestinian scholarship,” the coordinator of its Academic Advisory Council fired off an urgent dispatch to scholars around the world. As a prominent organizational supporter of the BDS movement to boycott, divest from and sanction Israel, JVP sounded the…
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Fast Forward Florida Lawmakers Aim to Cancel Lorde Concert, Citing anti-BDS Law
Florida Lawmakers are pushing to cancel Lorde’s scheduled concerts in the state after she cancelled her appearance in Israel to support the BDS movement, according to the Orlando Weekly. Florida is one of 20 states that have a law barring state funds from doing business with entities associated with BDS, the movement to boycott, divest,…
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Fast Forward BDS Movement Nominated For Nobel Peace Prize
A Norwegian politician has nominated the global Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement that targets Israel’s occupation of the West Bank and Gaza for a Nobel Peace prize, the Middle East Monitor reported. Bjørnar Moxness, a member of Norway’s Parliament, made the formal nomination, with support from a coalition of left-wing Norwegian political parties. In a…
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