News type: Analysis
How today’s liberal Zionists echo apartheid South Africa’s defenders
“While the majority of black South African leaders are against disinvestment and boycotts, there are tiny factions that support disinvestment —...
The NY Times’ unbalanced coverage of the BDS movement
Yesterday Phil commented on a New York Times debate between two Zionist Jews on BDS. Here is a related letter from Patrick Connors to the Times...
How Europe funds the occupation of Palestine
Gaza children paint a mural against a siege that the EU helps to finance. (Mohammed Asad / APA images) Has the European Union finally confessed...
US BDS activism reaches the third rail
Heike Schotten is Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Massachusetts Boston, where she teaches political theory, feminist...
BDS: a battle Israel cannot win
The pro-Israel camp - and some supporters of the Palestinian cause - are viewing the Scarlett Johansson / SodaStream saga as a defeat for the Boycott...
The Economist warns Israel of growing strength of BDS
ONCE derided as the scheming of crackpots, the campaign for boycotts, divestment and sanctions against Israel, widely known as BDS, is turning...
Why Israel Fears the Boycott
JERUSALEM — IF Secretary of State John Kerry’s attempts to revive talks between Israel and the Palestinian Authority fail because of Israel’s...
New York Times condemns repression of BDS by US lawmakers
The New York Legislature is moving to pass a bill that would bar state financing for academic groups that have taken official action to boycott...
ScarJo, BDS and the Economic Impact of Israeli Settlements
By now you have likely heard about the controversy over Hollywood star Scarlett Johannson and her love triangle between SodaStream, an company that...
Applause for the academic boycott of Israel
Israel's reflexive defenders have reverted to their customary blunt cudgel: the charge that critics of Israeli policies are anti-Semitic. Their...