Arutz Sheva reports: The New Jersey State Senate this week unanimously passed legislation that would prohibit state pension and annuity funds from being invested in companies that boycott Israel or Israeli businesses, the New Jersey Jewish News reported Wednesday, noting that the legislation was passed on Monday.
The Times of Israel reports: WASHINGTON — Iowa’s senate passed a measure Wednesday aimed to deter corporate entities from participating in the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) campaign against Israel.
TEL AVIV – British Secretary of Justice Michael Gove laid into the BDS movement on Tuesday, saying the “campaign indulges prejudice rather than fighting it,” the Jerusalem Post reported. Speaking at a conference on anti-Semitism in Berlin, Gove suggested that the
TEL AVIV – An inflatable 15-foot Pinocchio doll, designed to “draw attention to the lies of Israel Apartheid Week,” was placed by pro-Israel groups in front of a mock replica of the country’s security barrier at Columbia University last week, the Jerusalem Post reported.
The Jerusalem Post reports: The Paris City Council adopted two non-binding resolutions condemning attempts to boycott Israel, which are illegal in France. The two resolutions, one submitted by the Socialist-led coalition of Mayor Anne Hidalgo and the other by center-right
Forward.com reports: The Paris City Council adopted two non-binding resolutions condemning attempts to boycott Israel, which are illegal in France. The two resolutions, one submitted by the Socialist-led coalition of Mayor Anne Hidalgo and the other by center-right members of the
The Jerusalem Post reports: The student body president and vice president at the University of South Florida vetoed a resolution that calls for the divestment from companies complicit in human rights violations against the Palestinian people. Andy Rodriguez and Michael Malanga,
TEL AVIV — An Israeli minister blasted the European Union for its threats and boycotts against Israel, saying that no EU decision will “remove us from our land,” the Jerusalem Post reported.
European Jewish Press reports: BRUSSELS (EJP)—European Parliament President Martin Schulz expressed his opposition to the labeling of settlements products, saying that such a move mainly hurts the Palestinians ‘’who make an honest living in working in factories there.’’ He made
JERUSALEM – Greece announced its refusal to adhere to the European Union’s policy of labeling Israeli products manufactured in the West Bank, Gaza and eastern Jerusalem, theTower.org reported. Greece’s rejection of the EU guidelines follows a visit to Israel by
The National Women’s Studies Association voted to join the international Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement against Israel. The vote on the BDS referendum passed 653 to 86 at the organization’s annual conference earlier this month, the association announced last
A Jewish student at the University of California Santa Cruz was pushed to abstain from voting on an anti-Israel resolution seeking divestment from the Jewish state over fears that he was “elected by a Jewish agenda.”
