November 1, 2017 Wisconsin Governor Walker Issues Anti-BDS Executive Order On October 30th, Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker signed an anti-BDS measure, Executive Order 261, into law. The Executive Order states that agencies may not “execute a contract with a business entity if that entity is engaging in a boycott of Israel. Anti-Zionism Blog
November 1, 2017 Maryland Governor Larry Signs Anti-BDS Executive Order On October 24th, Maryland Governor Larry Hogan signed an anti-BDS bill, Executive Order 01.01.2017.25, into law. Anti-Zionism Blog
October 18, 2017 Austrian Student Union Denounces BDS On October 13th, 2017 the Austrian National Union of Students (ÖH) announced that it had become the first national student union to officially pass a resolution denouncing BDS. The ÖH also passed a version of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) definition of anti-Semitism. Anti-Semitism Anti-Zionism Blog
September 6, 2017 SJP Sanctioned at UC Irvine Following years of disruptive behavior by the University of California at Irvine (UCI)’s chapter of Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP), UCI announced last week that it has sanctioned SJP “with disciplinary probation for two academic years. Anti-Zionism
August 21, 2017 How Anti-Semitism Infiltrates the Left The United Kingdom’s Labour party and its trade unions, like the University College Union (UCU), consider themselves progressive and “antiracist” spaces. Anti-Semitism Anti-Zionism Blog
August 16, 2017 Whitewashed: Anti-Semitism in the U.K. Labour Party The film, Whitewashed: Anti-Semitism in the Labour Party, can be found online at J-TV, a YouTube channel dedicated to global Jewish interests and issues. A short documentary, it is a partner film to a book of the same title and these are part of The Whitewashed Project. The project was produced and self-financed by a […] Anti-Semitism Anti-Zionism Blog
August 10, 2017 British Retailer Banned in Four US States for Support of BDS In response to the Co-operative Group’s boycott of Israeli goods, four U.S. states have banned investments in the company as a result of their respective anti-BDS laws: Arizona, New York, Illinois, and Florida. The New York State Office of General Services and the State Board of Administration of Florida placed the Co-Op Group in a list of […] Anti-Semitism Anti-Zionism Blog
August 2, 2017 Correction: Ryerson Student Union Defines Anti-Semitism Last week, the Ryerson Student Union (RSU) at Ryerson University, located in Toronto, Canada, officially printed a definition of anti-Semitism that the RSU had adopted in March 2017, as recommended by the “Ottawa Protocol.” The Ottawa Protocol reaffirms the EUMC’s working definition of anti-Semitism – the EUMC now being recognized as the Fundamental Rights Agency (“FRA”). The EUMC working definition is similar […] Anti-Semitism Anti-Zionism Blog
August 2, 2017 Governor Roy Cooper Signs North Carolina Anti-BDS Law On Thursday, June 27th, North Carolina’s Governor Roy Cooper signed an anti- Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (“BDS”) bill into law, making North Carolina the 22nd state to enact such a law or resolution. North Carolina joins states like Nevada and Kansas, which recently passed similar measures. While not all anti-BDS legislation is identical, it all has […] Anti-Semitism Anti-Zionism Blog
July 24, 2017 Leaders Take a Stand Against Anti-Zionism Earlier this week, both President Emmanuel Macron of France and Senator Chuck Schumer of New York made bold statements declaring their support of Israel, definitively condemning anti-Zionism as a modern manifestation of anti-Semitism. President Macron in a ceremony on July 16 addressed growing religious tensions in French, as well as the French government’s complicity the […] Anti-Semitism Anti-Zionism Blog