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Pharrell Cancels Concert In Israel

TEL AVIV – Grammy-award winning musician Pharrell Williams cancelled his July 21 debut performance in Israel amid speculation that the singer succumbed to pressure from the boycott Israel movement.

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Palestinian Columnist On Tel Aviv Terror Attack: Armed Struggle Harms Palestinians, Exposes Leadership’s Helplessness

In the aftermath of the terror attack at Tel Aviv’s Sarona complex, a Palestinian columnist writing in the London-based daily Al-Hayat condemns the methods of Palestinian armed resistance, claiming that even though attacks like the one in Tel Aviv have elements of “heroism and sacrifice,” they ultimately do more harm than good in advancing the Palestinian cause.

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BDS Fail: Four Spanish Cities Drop Boycott Israel Motions

TEL AVIV – In a major blow to the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement, this week saw reports emerge that four Spanish municipalities ditched support for boycotts of the Jewish state, while in the U.S., members of the American Anthropological

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Poll: Third Of Americans Support Boycotting Israel

TEL AVIV – One in three Americans back the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement as a legitimate way of applying pressure on Israel, while nearly two-thirds see it as anti-Semitic, a new poll found. The survey, conducted by Ipsos,

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