February 3, 2014 16:59 by Alex Margolin SodaStream goes on the offensive against Oxfam, accusing the NGO of actively funding BDS campaigns against Israel. “Unsurprisingly, Oxfam has joined the BDS in this movement [to close down the West Bank factory],” SodaStream CEO Daniel Birnbaum said. “I’m saying ‘unsurprisingly’ because we found out that some of […]
January 30, 2014 15:38 by Alex Margolin Scarlett Johansson broke ties with Oxfam because of “fundamental differences” between her and the NGO on the issue of Israel boycotts. “Scarlett Johansson has respectfully decided to end her ambassador role with Oxfam after eight years,” the statement said. “She and Oxfam have a fundamental difference of opinion […]
January 27, 2014 16:54 by Alex Margolin Today’s Top BDS Stories: 1. Philadelphia Daily News columnist Stu Bykofsky says the BDS campaign against SodaStream shows that the movement is less concerned with the Palestinians and more concerned with harming Israel. “BDS claims it wants only what is good for Palestinians, no matter how many of […]
January 12, 2014 15:05 by Simon Plosker With the death of former Israeli prime minister Ariel Sharon, the media have produced a huge number of obituaries. Sharon has been a controversial figure and elicits a wide range of emotions from supporters and detractors alike. This, however, is no excuse for inaccurate profiles or deliberate demonization […]
January 16, 2014 17:15 by Simon Plosker Out of countless numbers of articles on Ariel Sharon’s legacy, the Irish Times has produced a stand-out piece of hatred. That it comes from the poisonous pen of Eamonn McCann is not a surprise. McCann has already distinguished himself with his particularly vicious writing on Israel, two articles […]
January 16, 2014 15:17 by Alex Margolin Everything you need to know about fighting BDS and the assault on Israel’s legitimacy. Today’s Top BDS Stories: 1. Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop comes out hard against the BDS Movement, calling it anti-Semitic and hypocritical in an exclusive interview with The Times of Israel. She strongly condemned […]
January 15, 2014 16:23 by Alex Margolin Everything you need to know about fighting BDS and the assault on Israel’s legitimacy. Today’s Top BDS Stories: 1. Rock legend Neil Young and hitmaker Justin Timberlake announced plans to perform in Israel in setbacks for the BDS movement. At the same time, a petition to boycott the […]
January 13, 2014 15:30 by Alex Margolin Everything you need to know about fighting BDS and the assault on Israel’s legitimacy. BDS Stories: 1. Modern Language Association (MLA) proposes an anti-Israel resolution but stops short of calling academic boycott. The proposed resolution, reached after hours of raucous debate, calls on the US State Department to […]
January 7, 2014 16:28 by Simon Plosker As U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry continues his shuttle diplomacy, now and in the recent past, the international media have been only too willing to blame Israeli settlements or restrictive security practices in Palestinian areas as the biggest obstacles to Middle East peace. Focusing on physical structures, […]
December 22, 2013 14:12 by Pesach Benson With the world watching Syria, Egypt, and Iran so closely in 2013, Israel was relatively less of a lightning rod for the international media. Still, Israeli-Palestinian negotiators were nudged back to the peace table, and Benjamin Netanyahu spoke out against the shortcomings of Iranian nuclear diplomacy. US-Israel relations […]
