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 Hillary Clinton by Sarah Lazare, staff writer Demonstration in Paris, France July 31, 2014. (Photo: […]
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 evidenced by the United Church of Christ’s overwhelming affirmative vote earlier this week, Israel’s supporters have embarked […]
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 discriminatory practices and defiance of international law. Josh Ruebner is a policy expert with the […]
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, which stands for boycott, divest, and sanction, is a growing international effort began in 2005 […]
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 writer Senator Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) chairs the Senate Finance Committee that passed the little-noticed amendment. […]
Panel discussion at the Palestine Center with Prof. Bill Quandt and author Laila El-Haddad.
ANALYSIS: Is pro-Israel money changing right-wing US politics? #Diplomacy Some analysts say pro-Israel funding in the US is swinging to the right as Democrats question a party tradition of wholesale support for IsraelSecretary of State John Kerry (R) and Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman speak to the media prior to meetings at the State […]
The Michigan Daily Viewpoint: Why the University should divest BY JOSH RUEBNER Published March 26, 2015 As an undergraduate at the University in the mid-1990s, I was incredibly optimistic about the chances for Israeli-Palestinian peace. Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organization signed an historic accord in 1993, resulting in the establishment of the Palestinian Authority […]
Subhash Kateel of Let’s Talk About It! radio interviewed me on Israel’s election.
5 ways Obama can ‘reassess’ US-Israel relations March 23, 2015, 07:00 am By Josh Ruebner, contributor Getty Images The White House is understandably livid with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who, in a desperate bid to retain power, won Israel’s election last week by laying bare the racism and colonialism at the heart of Israel’s policies […]
