As Israel prepares to host the start of international cycling’s Giro d’Italia event next year, The Observer sees it as ‘sport-washing’ – a sinister way for Israel to distract attention from its alleged crimes.
Reducing the conflict to “Israel = bad; Palestinians = good” is not only false and unhelpful but is counterproductive to efforts for tolerance, dialogue, education, and improved relations between Israelis and Palestinians. All it does is make the activists feel better about themselves. Thom Yorke understands this. We can only hope that other artists follow his lead.
The LA Times accuses Israel of demonizing and excluding BDS activists, who it misrepresents as merely opposing the occupation – but why is the LA Times less concerned about the hateful, vitriolic BDS movement that demonizes and excludes Israel and Jews, while perpetuating hatred and violence towards them?
Of course Wonder Woman is a natural target for BDS, who cannot allow any Israeli success, not least from an Israeli woman who has served in the IDF and done her part to defend the Jewish state.
Timed to coincide with Israel Apartheid Week, an Al Jazeera journalist spreads falsehoods and libels in a South African media outlet.
The New York Times cannot acknowledge that being an active member of the BDS movement is hatred of Israel as opposed to legitimate criticism of Israeli government policies.
The LA Times is entitled to its opinions in defense of anti-Semitism, harassment, threats and intimidation, but the United States Supreme Court, the U.S. Constitution, and almost the entirety of Western civilization, disagree.
Makdisi is calling for universities to be made safer places for students to freely express their views – yet it is radical anti-Israel activists like himself who make Jewish and pro-Israel students feel intimidated and unsafe standing up for their views and for the Jewish state.
Why has Israel announced a new policy: to deport BDS activists currently in, or attempting to enter, the country?
Donal O’Kelly may try to give the impression that he cares about Palestinians, but by leaving out the facts he reveals that really he is just anti-Israel.
Jewish Voice for Peace director Rebecca Vilkomerson exploits her Jewish identity to promote BDS in the Washington Post.
The only defense BDS has is lies and hypocrisy. The simple fact is, BDS can handle neither the truth, nor the taste of its own tactics.
Boycotts against foreign nations are not “free speech” under US law.
When the media falsely and inaccurately portray the BDS movement, they enable and feed the movement, providing it with exactly the platform it needs to promote its lies.
Following his appearance at an anti-BDS conference in Jerusalem, HonestReporting CEO Joe Hyams explains in The Times of Israel why the BDS movement thrives on more than anti-Semitism, cash and ill-will.
Even after SodaStream moved out of the West Bank, and even after 600 Palestinians lost their jobs, the BDS movement is still finding excuses to boycott and demonize Israel.
The Toronto Star posts a video by “comedian” Scott Vrooman promoting BDS through anti-Israel lies and libels.
The Huffington Post becomes a platform for encouraging its readers to adopt the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions campaign against Israeli goods.
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