May 16, 2016 Congress Hears Testimony on BDS On Thursday, Dr. Jonathan Schanzer, Vice President for Research at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD), testified before the House Homeland Security Committee’s Counterterrorism and Intelligence Subcommittee about a troubling connection between past financing for terrorism and current support for the BDS movement. Media Coverage Press Room
May 10, 2016 Sides Spar Over Bill Aimed At Israel Boycott Movement Dozens of opponents spoke out Tuesday against a measure they say stifles free speech and damages the Middle East peace process. Supporters, however, said the movement to boycott and disinvest from Israel will harm its citizens and damage Ohio’s economy. Media Coverage Press Room
May 4, 2016 The BDS Movement Overreaches, Now Faces A Lawsuit The Boycott, Divest, Sanction (BDS) movement opposes Israeli policy toward the Palestinians and maintains that Israeli policy can be pressured to change through a combination of boycotts, divestment of assets and other sanctions. Media Coverage Press Room
April 22, 2016 Jewish Rights Advocate: ‘BDS Making a Laughing Stock out of the American Studies Association’ “The Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement has really made a laughing stock out of the American Studies Association (ASA),” the head of a Jewish rights-focused legal organization told The Algemeiner. Media Coverage Press Room
January 1, 1970 NYU President, Among Others, Condemns Graduation Speaker’s Anti-Semitic Remarks On May 20, 2019, a speech made by Steven William Thrasher at NYU’s Graduate School of Arts and Sciences convocation ceremony called for the boycott of Israel, labeled it an apartheid state, and praised BDS. Thrasher’s remarks and views are not unique. Objectives such as his run rampant, misinformation is advanced, followed by discord, disunity, and divide. Media Coverage Press Room
January 1, 1970 USC Vows to Counter Hate After Jewish Student Government Leader Resigns By Melissa White ~ August 7, 2020 Jewish Insider The student government vice president at the University of Southern California resigned this week, alleging she was the subject of antisemitic harassment over her support for Israel. In response, the university administration said it is launching a new educational initiative to counter on-campus hate. “As you […] Media Coverage Press Room
January 1, 1970 USC Vows to Counter Hate After Jewish Student Government Leader Resigns By Melissa White ~ August 7, 2020 Jewish Insider The student government vice president at the University of Southern California resigned this week, alleging she was the subject of antisemitic harassment over her support for Israel. In response, the university administration said it is launching a new educational initiative to counter on-campus hate. “As you […] Media Coverage Press Room