Boycott Israel

[Hollie]

OK, so how about answering the question?

Ok, so how about not dancing around the answer you were given?

 

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In the Fall of 2018, I took my first political science course at Temple University. In November of that year, Marc Lamont Hill gave an antisemitic speech at the United Nations, which led to his firing at CNN. During a class discussion, my professor proudly stated that he “fully supported” Marc Lamont Hill’s call for a “Free Palestine from the river to the sea” — a dog whistle to ethnically cleanse Israel of its Jewish population.

One year later, I attended a political science social event. I was repeatedly asked,“how do you feel about Israel and Palestine?” And I soon found myself debating with a notable campus leftist, who violently declared that “Jews are not a people.”

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The presenter then stated: “Palestinians don’t hate Jews — only Zionists. But 95% of American Jews support the state of Israel.”

And many polls have shown that most Palestinians do hate all Jews.

Following the event, a Jewish student who heard about the incident reached out to me about her teacher, Sheena Sood. The student was taking a course titled: “Border Crossings: Gendered Dimensions of Globalization” — but the course was used to brainwash students into hating the world’s only Jewish state.

Sood provided mandatory readings from staunch antisemites like Noura Erakat, Harsha Walia, Reece Jones, and Jimmy Johnson — the most profound reading being, “When You Come for Rasmea Odeh, You Come For All of Us.”

Rasmea Odeh is a convicted terrorist who murdered innocent Israeli Jews, and was expelled from the US for lying about the fact that she was a convicted murderer.

(full article online)

My College Experience at Temple University Was Tainted by Antisemitism - Algemeiner.com

In the Fall of 2018, I took my first political science course at Temple University. In November of that year, Marc Lamont Hill gave an antisemitic speech at the United Nations, which led to his firing at CNN. During a class discussion, my professor proudly stated that he “fully supported'' Marc...

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Right-wing antisemites tend to be more transparent about their end goals of destroying Jews, but the far Left extremists are playing a different game and the world needs to wake up. Calls to “globalize the intifada” which were chanted by thousands in New York City last week are not woke. Efforts to defund Jewish campus groups like Hillel at Rutgers, such as occurred last week, are not woke. Campaigns to smear and attack Jews not only for supporting Israel, but for not condemning Israel are not woke. They are antisemitic.

The threat of cancel culture to the free speech and expressions of both individuals and groups is relatively new, but the age-old hatred known as antisemitism is thriving again, more than ever. Under the guise of progressive politics, even elected officials like Rashida Tlaib and Ilhan Omar are spearheading efforts to legitimize antisemitic and inflammatory rhetoric that costs Jewish lives. No Jew or supporter of Israel should ever be canceled for supporting the right of Jews to live in equality, and no one should condone those who attempt to do so. And yes – it shouldn’t cause a global furor to say, “Hi Israel.”

(full article online)

When cancel culture comes for Jews - opinion

When “cancel culture” translates to public accountability for one’s behavior or comments, it sometimes seems only fair. But in an era of social media, the consequences can be profound.

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Hillel and the ADL will together create a college-level curriculum on antisemitism and jointly document antisemitic incidents on campuses in the United States. But not every student government resolution endorsing the movement to Boycott, Divest from and Sanction Israel, known as BDS, will wind up in the groups’ database.

“Anti-Israel activism in and of itself is not antisemitism,” an ADL spokesperson told the Jewish Telegraphic Agency. “Situations vary widely with BDS, we will carefully evaluate each one and make a determination based on our criteria for antisemitism.”

For example, the ADL spokesperson told JTA, a BDS resolution alone would not count as antisemitism, “but if a student was excluded from the debate because he or she was Jewish, then it might be counted.”

The Hillel-ADL partnership, which will begin in the coming academic year, follows a spike in reported antisemitic incidents on campus. In the school year that ended in 2021, the ADL tallied 244 antisemitic incidents on campuses nationwide, an increase from 181 the previous school year. Hillel has a presence on more than 550 campuses and says it serves more than 400,000 students.

Accusations of antisemitism on campus have received significant attention from large Jewish organizations for years. Some Jewish leaders have long said anti-Zionist activity on campus constitutes antisemitism, especially as a string of student governments endorsed BDS.

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ADL, Hillel work together to document antisemitism on university campuses

Hillel and the ADL will together create a college-level curriculum on antisemitism and jointly document antisemitic incidents on campuses in the United States.

www.jpost.com

 

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Broderick also has a long history of making publicly crass statements. For example, Broderick tweeted, “Hello all my loyal followers. I would like to take this opportunity to tell you F*** YOU B**** I HATE YOU SUCK ON THAT thank you.”

Broderick’s advisor is Cemil Aydin, who is a Global History professor at UNC. On May 17, 2021, Aydin retweeted, “When I teach about apartheid in South Africa, I always have students who say, ‘I can’t believe the US supported the apartheid regime for so long.’ May I have future students who say the same about Israel-Palestine.”

In 2014, Aydin signed a letter “calling on scholars and librarians within Middle East studies to boycott Israeli academic institutions.”

UNC professor Sarah Shields also signed the letter.

Shields is the previous instructor of the Israel/Palestine course that Broderick is scheduled to teach. Shields has received many “awful” reviews at Rate My Professors. One reviewer expressed that Shields is “Stridently anti-American and anti-Israel. Do not take her if you want a balanced view of the recent history of the Middle East — she is completely biased.”

Another reviewer wrote about Shields, “Be warned — she is a strong and vocal critic of Israel. Her sympathies are completely pro-Palestinian, and she doesn’t try to hide it.”

Demonizing Israel is nothing new for UNC.

In 2019, UNC hosted and co-sponsored the “Conflict Over Gaza” conference, which made international news for featuring a rapper’s antisemitic performance. In response to an antisemitism complaint filed with the US Department of Justice stemming from this conference, UNC entered into a Resolution Agreement with the United States Department of Education (DOE) promising to address antisemitism.

In a 2019 letter to UNC’s Interim Chancellor Kevin M. Guskiewicz, the DOE’s Office for Civil Rights informed UNC of their obligation to adhere to the Resolution Agreement: “The Agreement requires the University … to take all steps reasonably designed to ensure that students enrolled in the University are not subjected to a hostile environment.”

Now that UNC is handing the Israel/Palestine course over to Kylie Broderick — who recently promoted the idea that Israel should not exist at all — it is clear that the demonization of Israel will continue at the university.

(full article online)

More Anti-Israel Hatred Infests the University of North Carolina - Algemeiner.com

This coming Fall, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC) is scheduled to offer a recurring course titled “The Conflict over Israel/Palestine,” taught by PhD student Kylie Broderick. Broderick is an outspoken anti-Israel activist, whose prejudice against Israel is extreme. On July...

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[Sixties Fan]

EcoPeace ME is an organization of Israeli, Palestinian and Jordanian environmental activists who work on fixing the water shortages in the region to benefit all.

It doesn't get more progressive than that.

But it breaks a BDS rule.

So BDS attacked EcoPeace, and specifically Nada Majdalani (center), director of the Palestinian branch, who recently met with her Israeli and Jordanian counterparts in Washington:


BDS issued a statement denouncing the meeting: "What [Nada] Majdalani is doing goes beyond normalization by being completely involved in covering up the crimes of the occupation against our people, and in harmony with the betrayal of Arab regimes that are rejected and fought by the peoples of the Arab region, including our Palestinian people."

This was particularly upsetting to the BDS hate group because Majdalani's father, Ahmed Majdalani, is the Palestinian minister of Social Affairs and Secretary-General of the Popular Struggle Front. Majdalani is also a member of the PLO Executive Committee. Seeing his daughter actually touching an Israeli must have been enraging.

Of course, they were also trying to shame Nada's father Ahmed with this statement, as they name checked him.

So what did her father do?

He organized his own "normalization" meeting between Israelis and Palestinians in Al Bireh, under the auspices of the PLO!

(full article online)

"Progressive" BDS attacks Palestinian environmental activist who met with Israeli counterparts - and guess what happened next?

Blogging about Israel and the Arab world since, oh, forever.

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[Sixties Fan]

The BDS movement and anti-Israel detractors are engaging misinformed South Africans, with little or no understanding of the complexities of the conflict, to give impetus to their agenda. Why aren’t you speaking to those of us who understand and have lived experience in both countries?

The contributions made by South African Jews to the fight against apartheid were extraordinary and disproportionate to the size of the community. We have a wealth of knowledge and experience to share in the fight against the narrative that claims Israel as an apartheid state. To be reticent about engaging and involving ourselves would be both a missed opportunity — and detrimental to the education of our Diaspora communities.

We owe South Africa so much — we were formed there and given the freedom to speak out and protest against injustice and human abuses. It is therefore our duty never to demean apartheid and the real devastating consequences it created. To call Israel an apartheid state is an abomination.

There is only one answer to this odious comparison: condemning unreservedly the central charge of apartheid through engaging its victims as well as those who fought to destroy it.



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South African Israelis must lead the fight against the apartheid libel

Expats like me who marched for equal rights should be mobilized to stand up to the abhorrent BDS campaign to discredit – and destroy – Israel

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The Israeli athlete told Arab News that to her it was the same to fight someone from Saudi Arabia as someone from South Africa or the United States. “It’s the same, we are the same athletes, we have the same dream, we have the same love — this is the important thing.”

Al-Qahtani is only the second Saudi female judoka to ever compete at the Olympic Games, and one of only two female Saudi athletes competing at the Tokyo Games this year.

Following the match between the two women, the International Judo Federation said the fight shows that “judo makes history and helps to build a better world, where respect is the core value of human relations. Saudi Arabia proves that, through sport, we can go beyond differences and make sport a force to unite the world.”

Hershko told the news outlet that she would accept an invitation to compete in Saudi Arabia in the future: “Of course, why not?”

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Israeli judoka Raz Hershko praises ‘brave’ Saudi opponent for fighting her

'The politics stayed out of the competition and the sport won in the end,' the Israeli bronze medalist tells Saudi daily

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[Hollie]

Pallys are born to lose.

“Although Ben & Jerry’s will no longer be sold in the OPT, we will stay in Israel through a different arrangement.”

The Incredible Incoherence of Ben & Jerry’s Capitulation to the BDS Movement

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The iconic, famously woke ice cream company, Ben & Jerry’s, announced on Monday that it will no longer sell its product in “Occupied Palestinian Territory.” As the company explained, “We believe it is inconsistent with our values for Ben & Jerry’s ice cream to be sold in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT).” However, they added, “Although Ben & Jerry’s will no longer be sold in the OPT, we will stay in Israel through a different arrangement.”

 

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A pro-Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) activist wrote an op-ed in The Guardian explaining how the BDS movement pressured Ben & Jerry’s to cease doing business in the “Occupied Palestinian Territory.”

Mark Hage, a member of Vermonters for Justice in Palestine (VTJP), wrote in the August 5 op-ed that he and other BDS activists had been urging Ben & Jerry’s to stop doing business with Israeli settlements for the past 10 years. VTJP first notified Ben & Jerry’s in 2011 that they had been doing business with the settlements. Their discussions reached a “standstill” in 2013, prompting VTJP to start “a public campaign that urged Ben & Jerry’s to end its complicity with Israel’s settlements. We stressed the obvious: the settlements are a flagrant violation of international law. Selling their products in illegally occupied land, moreover, is in flagrant contradiction to the company’s social mission and proud history of social activism.”

Hage then claimed that Ben & Jerry’s said that the company could run afoul of Israeli law if they were to leave the settlements, prompting VTJP to argue that Ben & Jerry’s should leave Israel altogether. Following the 2014 conflict between Israel and Hamas, VTJP called for a boycott against Ben & Jerry’s. “The rest is history,” Hage wrote.

He added that while Ben & Jerry’s July 19 announcement said they would stay in Israel, Ben & Jerry’s independent board claims that their parent company, Unilever, did not run that part of the statement by them as part of the agreement between the two. “VTJP will continue to organize until the company’s commitments are honored in full, consistent with the decisions of Ben & Jerry’s independent board,” Hage wrote. “We also implore other companies to break their ties to Israel’s settlements and to its economy as a whole. After all, Israel’s settlements don’t exist in isolation; they are fully backed by Israel, and it is perfectly clear that Israel’s human rights abuses extend beyond its settlements.”

Hage also lambasted the Israeli government for “demanding that our elected officials trample our first amendment rights and coerce a private American company to conduct business in a manner exclusively on terms pleasing to Israel’s government and settlers, no matter what that government or its settlers do to Palestinians. This is as outrageous as it sounds.”

Arsen Ostrovsky, human rights attorney and CEO of The International Legal Forum, tweeted that Hage’s op-ed “just underscores that the @benandjerrys boycott was never about just ‘the settlements’, but a boycott of ALL OF #ISRAEL.” He then tweeted to Unilever CEO Alan Jope that the “ball’s in your court now… What will you do next?”

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BDS Activist Explains Pressure on Ben & Jerry’s, Calls on Other Companies to Boycott Israel

A pro-Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) activist wrote an op-ed in The Guardian explaining how the BDS movement pressured Ben & Jerry’s to cease doing business in the “Occupied Palestinian Territory.”

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It is vital to clarify how and why anti-Zionism is unquestionably antisemitism. Before doing so however, a disclaimer must be made very clear: Free speech is a fundamental value in our society, and pro-Palestinian students must be given a voice to share their opinions. However, this activism should never come at the expense of others nor be manipulated to advance an antisemitic agenda that leaves Jews (or any other population) feeling marginalized. It is also important to note the insidiousness of the resolution, which purposefully masks its hate-filled agenda with a progressive, inclusive title.


Anti-Zionism is the denial of the Jewish people’s right to self-determinationand to establish a homeland in their ancestral homeland in the Land of Israel. By adhering to anti-Zionism, SJP and its supporters deny the Jewish people this right. Members of SJP are not shy about this. For example, in 2018, former UH SJP member Mohammad Abdel-Aziz tweeted “A legitimate Israeli state does not and will never exist. Any supporter of Palestinians would not deviate from this statement.”

This denial of Jewish rights violates the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance’s (IHRA) working definition of antisemitism, which was adopted by the US State Department, which states that denying the Jewish people the right to self-determination is an act of antisemitism, as well as Article I of the UN Charter, which states that a country must develop friendly relations among “nations based on respect for the principle of equal rights and self-determination of people.” If Jews are denied this right, as SJP members have advocated for, they are excluding just one single nation from the right to sovereignty – a blatant act of antisemitism.

Ignorantly arguing that anti-Zionism is not antisemitism is an irresponsibly dangerous claim to carry. It encourages the continuous rise of attacks on Jewish people, Jewish communities and Jewish day schools, as it provides a disguise for antisemites to operate under. Anti-Zionism showed its hand in the recent Israel-Gaza uprising when antisemitic harassment and violence increased by 600% in the UK and people wearing Palestinian flags went to kosher restaurants in the US to shout “F*** you” to Jews enjoying dinner with their loved ones.

Moreover, UH SJP has no shame in glorifying leaders of terrorist organizations like Ghassan Kanafani, a leading member of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine. This organization partook in multiple civilian airplane hijackings, shootings and bombings, leaving countless civilians dead. Regardless of these atrocities, UH SJP chose to publicly praise him on Twitter: “On the 46th anniversary of his assassination, we recognize Ghassan Kanafani, a Palestinian revolutionary who spent his lifetime fighting for Palestinian liberation. May he rest in eternal glory.” Although it is written in its recently passed resolution that UH’s Student Government Association is “an association [that] stands in solidarity with marginalized populations and aims to advocate against acts of injustice” it has clearly left the Jewish people out of the fine print.

(full article online)

University of Houston passes anti-Israel resolution backed by SJP

While the resolution appears agreeable at first glance, it is yet another blow against Jewish students on campus.

www.jpost.com

 

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It is vital to clarify how and why anti-Zionism is unquestionably antisemitism. Before doing so however, a disclaimer must be made very clear: Free speech is a fundamental value in our society, and pro-Palestinian students must be given a voice to share their opinions. However, this activism should never come at the expense of others nor be manipulated to advance an antisemitic agenda that leaves Jews (or any other population) feeling marginalized. It is also important to note the insidiousness of the resolution, which purposefully masks its hate-filled agenda with a progressive, inclusive title.


Anti-Zionism is the denial of the Jewish people’s right to self-determinationand to establish a homeland in their ancestral homeland in the Land of Israel. By adhering to anti-Zionism, SJP and its supporters deny the Jewish people this right. Members of SJP are not shy about this. For example, in 2018, former UH SJP member Mohammad Abdel-Aziz tweeted “A legitimate Israeli state does not and will never exist. Any supporter of Palestinians would not deviate from this statement.”

This denial of Jewish rights violates the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance’s (IHRA) working definition of antisemitism, which was adopted by the US State Department, which states that denying the Jewish people the right to self-determination is an act of antisemitism, as well as Article I of the UN Charter, which states that a country must develop friendly relations among “nations based on respect for the principle of equal rights and self-determination of people.” If Jews are denied this right, as SJP members have advocated for, they are excluding just one single nation from the right to sovereignty – a blatant act of antisemitism.

Ignorantly arguing that anti-Zionism is not antisemitism is an irresponsibly dangerous claim to carry. It encourages the continuous rise of attacks on Jewish people, Jewish communities and Jewish day schools, as it provides a disguise for antisemites to operate under. Anti-Zionism showed its hand in the recent Israel-Gaza uprising when antisemitic harassment and violence increased by 600% in the UK and people wearing Palestinian flags went to kosher restaurants in the US to shout “F*** you” to Jews enjoying dinner with their loved ones.

Moreover, UH SJP has no shame in glorifying leaders of terrorist organizations like Ghassan Kanafani, a leading member of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine. This organization partook in multiple civilian airplane hijackings, shootings and bombings, leaving countless civilians dead. Regardless of these atrocities, UH SJP chose to publicly praise him on Twitter: “On the 46th anniversary of his assassination, we recognize Ghassan Kanafani, a Palestinian revolutionary who spent his lifetime fighting for Palestinian liberation. May he rest in eternal glory.” Although it is written in its recently passed resolution that UH’s Student Government Association is “an association [that] stands in solidarity with marginalized populations and aims to advocate against acts of injustice” it has clearly left the Jewish people out of the fine print.

(full article online)

University of Houston passes anti-Israel resolution backed by SJP

While the resolution appears agreeable at first glance, it is yet another blow against Jewish students on campus.

www.jpost.com

 

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The lawmaker's request for an investigation comes just a month after a collective of public school teachers who call themselves New York City Educators for Palestine released an open letter blasting Israel for "ethnically cleansing Palestinians" and promoting anti-Semitic attitudes about Jewish people. The missive was widely criticized for fostering an unsafe environment for Jewish students as anti-Semitic hate crimes skyrocket across the country, particularly in New York City. Zeldin, in his letter, said the teachers' collective relies on "talking points all too commonly used to fuel violent attacks on and discrimination against Jews."

Anti-Israel sentiment has swelled among teachers and others in the academic community in the months since Hamas barraged the Jewish state with thousands of missiles, sparking one of the worst periods of violence between the sides in years. The May war fueled a historic rise in anti-Semitic hate crimes, with the Anti-Defamation League reporting that incidents climbed 75 percent in the United States around the time of the latest conflict.

"Using anti-Israel rhetoric in our children's schools will only escalate and embolden antisemitic attacks and vitriol throughout our country," Zeldin wrote.

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Rep. Zeldin Seeks Investigation Into Anti-Semitism in NYC Public Schools

Rep. Lee Zeldin (R., N.Y.) petitioned the Department of Education to launch an investigation into a group of New York City public school teachers who he says are indoctrinating kids with anti-Israel materials and anti-Semitic views.

freebeacon.com

 

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The lawmaker's request for an investigation comes just a month after a collective of public school teachers who call themselves New York City Educators for Palestine released an open letter blasting Israel for "ethnically cleansing Palestinians" and promoting anti-Semitic attitudes about Jewish people. The missive was widely criticized for fostering an unsafe environment for Jewish students as anti-Semitic hate crimes skyrocket across the country, particularly in New York City. Zeldin, in his letter, said the teachers' collective relies on "talking points all too commonly used to fuel violent attacks on and discrimination against Jews."

Anti-Israel sentiment has swelled among teachers and others in the academic community in the months since Hamas barraged the Jewish state with thousands of missiles, sparking one of the worst periods of violence between the sides in years. The May war fueled a historic rise in anti-Semitic hate crimes, with the Anti-Defamation League reporting that incidents climbed 75 percent in the United States around the time of the latest conflict.

"Using anti-Israel rhetoric in our children's schools will only escalate and embolden antisemitic attacks and vitriol throughout our country," Zeldin wrote.

(full article online)

Rep. Zeldin Seeks Investigation Into Anti-Semitism in NYC Public Schools

Rep. Lee Zeldin (R., N.Y.) petitioned the Department of Education to launch an investigation into a group of New York City public school teachers who he says are indoctrinating kids with anti-Israel materials and anti-Semitic views.

freebeacon.com

Another lie. They didn't say anything about Jews.

Thanks for the link.

 

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[gtopa1]

You nazis take many guises!!!

Greg