States Should Deliver the Final Blow to BDS at Morningstar
It’s up to governors, attorneys general, and treasurers to rid this company of Israel boycotts once and for all.
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Germany must implement its anti-BDS policy
Pro-boycott sentiments are present in many federal ministries and state governments.
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German city promotes boycott-Israel group on its website
The city’s promotion of the pro-BDS group comes in stark contrast to the anti-BDS resolution passed on Sunday by the state’s Green Party at its conference.
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Munich Mayor Accuses Roger Waters of Antisemitism, Sparking Legal Action
Munich Mayor Dieter Reiter slammed Roger Waters, co-founder of the British band Pink Floyd, for his stoking of antisemitism against Israel, triggering an angry reaction from the singer on Friday....
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Munich First in Germany to Pass Anti-BDS Law
Munich passed a historic bill on Wednesday to ban boycotts of Israel, becoming the first city in Germany to outlaw public funds and space for the BDS campaign. The joint Christian Social...
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Major German university students say BDS continues Nazi boycott
The student parliament at the Goethe University in Frankfurt on Thursday condemned the BDS campaign for duplicating the Nazi-era movement’s boycotts of Jewish-owned businesses. &ld...
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North Carolina Lawmakers Approve Anti-BDS Bill
Legislators from North Carolina's General Assembly passed a bill on Wednesday that would punish companies engaged with state business who participate in ...
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Will Another US State Pass Anti-BDS Legislation?
The Kansas state senate in Topeka on Friday passed by a vote of 28-9 an anti-BDS bill that outlaws the state from doing business with companies that boycott Israel. The Wichita Eagle new...
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Berlin Social Democratic Party Declares BDS Antisemitic
Members of Berlin's Social Democratic Party (SPD) passed a resolution on Saturday in support of Israel, condemning the boycott,divestment,sanctions (BDS) campaign targeting the Jewish state....
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Texas, Spanish Banks Slammed Over Israel-Boycott Accounts
Two giant financial institutions – Dallas-based Comerica and Spain’s La Caixa – are caught in the crossfire of criticism from politicians and human rights organizations over a f...
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How New York can help stop Europe’s rampaging Israel boycotters
Co-written by Asaf Romirowsky In America, the odious boycott, divestment and sanctions movement targeting Israel remains largely confined to university humanities departments, l...
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German Bank defends neo-Nazi party and BDS bank accounts
The BW Bank in the German city of Stuttgart stood by its business accounts with a neo-Nazi party and a Palestinian group that seeks the destruction of Israel. “The [neo-Nazi party]...
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Exclusive: Israel warns German banks over anti-Semitic BDS accounts
Public Security Minister Gilad Erdan put a number of German banks on notice that they could face penalties for enabling anti-Israel Boycott, Divestment, Sanction (BDS) groups to raise money throu...
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German BDS group confirms bank closed its account
The hardcore BDS-Kampagne (Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions Campaign) announced on its website that the French-German DAB Bank in Munich will terminate its account on April 14. In what...
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European Affairs: BDS spreading like wildfire in Europe?
To fathom the potency (or lack thereof) of the BDS movement targeting Israel, the diverging and converging paths of its activity in the US and EU can be quite telling. First, the diverge...
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How not to resolve the Palestinian-Israeli conflict
Support policies are guaranteed to make things worse
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How the United States Mislabels Israel
Co-written by Asaf Romirowsky In a move uncharacteristic of U.S. policy as it has been carried out for decades, the Obama administration recently endorsed Europe’s version...
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Spanish Court: Arrest Warrants Not Enforceable for Netanyahu, Liberman, Others
Spain’s National Court overruled a lower court’s decision calling for the authorities to arrest Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, former foreign minister Avigdor Lieberman, and addit...