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 ACLU Files Lawsuit Challenging Arizona Anti-BDS Law
(JTA) — The American Civil Liberties Union filed a federal lawsuit challenging an Arizona law that bars state and local governments from doing business with companies that boycott Israel and its settlements. The law, which was passed in March 2016, requires that any company that contracts with the state submit a written certification that it…
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Opinion Why Anti-BDS Legislation Is So Problematic
Dear Editor, I appreciate that the Jewish Federation of North America’s William Daroff reviewed and replied to my recent op-ed on the dangers of misguided legislative attempts to silence and penalize supporters of the BDS Movement. But his reply contained several important mischaracterizations of how this legislation works, and why it is so problematic. Daroff…
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Opinion American Jews: Stop Getting Distracted By BDS
Fighting the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions Movement has become a primary focus of US Israel advocacy. As BDS resolutions come to a vote on campuses across the country, the issue dominates how we talk about Israel. This is to our detriment. The single-minded focus on BDS in fact only makes it harder to fight, and…
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Fast Forward Roger Waters Loses German TV Sponsorship Over BDS Support
(JTA) — A German broadcaster has pulled its sponsorship for a Cologne concert by Roger Waters following protests led by a Jewish resident of the city. Malca Goldstein-Wolf, who reportedly collected about 1,500 signatures on a petition, had accused WDR — a radio and TV broadcaster under the ARD Consortium of public broadcasters in Germany…
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Fast Forward Roger Waters: BDS ‘Isn’t About Music – It’s About Human Rights’
(JTA) — Former Pink Floyd frontman Roger Waters responded to criticism from Australian singer Nick Cave, telling him the artists’ boycott of Israel “isn’t about music – it’s about human rights.” Cave and his band, The Bad Seeds, played to sold-out crowds on Sunday and Monday in Tel Aviv. Prior to his concerts, Cave told…
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Community What The Jewish Establishment Got Wrong About The Princeton Hillel Controversy
Last week, a controversy at Princeton Hillel reverberated throughout the Jewish world. Kenneset Member Tzipi Hotovely, a deputy foreign minister from the Likud party, had been slated to speak about combatting BDS and justifying Israeli settlements. Following a protest from Jewish progressive students, Princeton Hillel decided at the last minute to revoke her invitation to…
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Breaking News BDS Campaign Wins Historic Victory At University Of Michigan On 11th Attempt
The student government at the University of Michigan passed a resolution early Wednesday morning that for the first time called on the school to investigate divesting from companies that do business in Israel, a possible watershed moment at a school with notably large Jewish and Arab-American populations. The vote, which passed 23-17 with five abstentions,…
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Fast Forward The Next BDS Target: This Family-Owned Olive Oil Business
Anti-Israel activists are trying to take down a small olive oil business as part of the broader boycott, divestment and sanctions campaign against Israel, The Jerusalem Post reported Thursday. Galilee Green began seeing negative comments on its Facebook page on November 2 — the 100th anniversary of the Balfour Declaration, which announced British support for…
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