Omar Barghouti

July 23, 2024 | Antonette Bowman |

Activists Aim to Hijack Teachers Union with Antisemitism

As July becomes August and the new school year approaches, Americans shouldn’t miss what transpired in Philadelphia earlier this month at the annual meeting of the country’s largest teachers’...

October 13, 2023 | David May |

The BDS Campaign Embraces Hamas’ Massacre — and the World Will Remember

The brutality of Hamas’ slaughter of Israeli civilians has put anti-Israel activists in a bind: Should they condemn atrocities against Israel, or should they defend Palestinian actions as extreme as killing...

April 7, 2022 | Shany Mor, David May

Israel Is Not Russia, and Palestinians Are Not Ukraine

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine set off an immediate wave of boycotts and sanctions targeting Moscow. These swift and comprehensive economic punishments have left the frustrated activists of the Boycott,...

August 4, 2021 | Clifford D. May |

An open letter to Ben and Jerry

Men of ice cream, men of unjust deserts

August 3, 2020 | David May, Benjamin Weinthal

Why Congress must follow Germany and brand BDS anti-Semitic

Ending the boycott of Israel

June 21, 2020 | Toby Dershowitz, Orde Kittrie

Biden blasts BDS: Why it matters

Biden's firm rejection of BDS contrasts with the views of several members of Congress led by Representatives Ilhan Omar (D-MN) and Rashida Tlaib (D-MI), both of whom have explicitly endorsed BDS.

May 28, 2019 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Terrorist Organization Hamas Runs BDS Campaign From Gaza

Israel’s government does not occupy the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip. In 2005, the Israeli government withdrew from Gaza.

August 29, 2018 | Clifford D. May

The sparkling waters of the West Bank

In this topsy-turvy world, if you’d like to see Palestinians living in peace, gainfully employed, with access to quality medical care and reason to believe tomorrow will be brighter than to...

August 20, 2018 | Benjamin Weinthal |

“Boycott the Boycotts,” of BDS, Says German Youth Labor Union Federation

The spread of boycott initiatives against the Jewish state by international labor unions prompted the youth organization of the German Trade Union Confederation (DGB) to reinforce its opposition...

March 24, 2017 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Taking the War to the BDS Activists

Israel is in a war against the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement that includes using preemptive measures to curb the potential impact on the Jewish state, Strategic Affairs Minister Gila...

September 19, 2016 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Leading BDS activist: Move Israel to Germany

It would not be absurd to relocate Israel to Baden-Württemberg, embattled German BDS activist Christoph Glanz wrote. The news that Glanz welcomed the idea that the Jewish state shou...

June 15, 2016 | Clifford D. May

Terrorism and economic warfare

Tel Aviv’s Sarona Market bills itself as the “heartbeat of Israeli culinary art.” Dozens of small restaurants and shops offer cheese, wine, bread, fish, olives, pasta, burgers &...

February 24, 2016 | Clifford D. May |

How not to resolve the Palestinian-Israeli conflict

Support policies are guaranteed to make things worse