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The case for US government sanctions on Israel

Mondoweiss: The War of Ideas in the Middle East The case for US government sanctions on Israel Jeff Warner and Dick Platkin on July 11, 2015 The Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions movement (BDS) is an important, nonviolent tool to resolve the Israel-Palestine conflict under … Continue reading

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Democratic Support for Israel Is Withering Rapidly

Huffington Post Posted: 07/10/2015 12:06 pm EDT More troubling news emerged this past weekend for those trying to prop up the once solid, now faltering, bipartisan backing for Israel. GOP pollster Frank Luntz worriedly concluded that “Israel can no longer claim to have … Continue reading

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Ten Years On, the Undeniable, Growing Power of the BDS Movement

Published on Tuesday, July 07, 2015 by Common Dreams Ten Years On, the Undeniable, Growing Power of the BDS Movement Amid rising global support, Palestinian-led campaign is being met with backlash from Israeli and US officials, including 2016 presidential candidate … Continue reading

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Anti-BDS provision signed by Obama won’t stop this movement

THE ELECTRONIC INTIFADA Josh Ruebner The Electronic Intifada 2 July 2015 The Israel lobby is fighting a rearguard action against a movement that it is powerless to stop. (Stephen Melkisethian/Flickr) As the Palestinian civil society-led movement for boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) continues to snowball, as … Continue reading

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Should Congress and state legislatures take action against a global movement to boycott Israel?

Updated: Wednesday, June 17 2015, 06:11 PM CDT A Palestinian effort to cripple Israel’s economy is gaining traction across some parts of Europe and college campuses in America. The movement called Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions, or BDS is challenging Israel’s … Continue reading

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Finkelstein goes to Syracuse and the opposition stays home

Mondoweiss Pat Carmeli on April 26, 2015 After the attempt the previous week to cancel Josh Ruebner’s speaking engagement(author of SHATTERED HOPES) by concerned Syracuse University faculty, I expected similar push back for Finkelstein’s scheduled presentation on April 23, 2015, about the Gaza … Continue reading

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Congress sneaks amendment to criminalize boycotts of Israel into TPP Fast Track bill

KBOO 90.7 FM Portland, OR Listen to the radio interview here. Legislation penalizing organizations for participating in the B-D-S movement against Israel, has been quietly attached to the Fast-Track Legislation that is winding its way through Congress. The B-D-S movement, … Continue reading

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US Lawmakers Quietly Advance Legislation to Penalize Boycott of Israel

Published on Thursday, April 23, 2015 by Common Dreams US Lawmakers Quietly Advance Legislation to Penalize Boycott of Israel Little-noticed amendment was included in controversial Fast Track trade bill that just passed the Senate Finance Committee by Sarah Lazare, staff … Continue reading

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Jewish Students Caught In Identity Politics Crossfire

Molly Horwitz isn’t alone. After the incident at Stanford, experts and student leaders here weigh in. Was this case different? 04/22/15 | Hannah Dreyfus | Staff Writer Naomi Kadish, a student leader at NYU, sent Molly Horwitz a Facebook message in solidarity after … Continue reading

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Washington’s Evolving Policy Toward Israel and Palestine

Panel discussion at the Palestine Center with Prof. Bill Quandt and author Laila El-Haddad.  

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