The BDS movement established an international campaign to exert pressure on Israel through economic, academic and cultural approaches. The BDS Israel movement calls for "various forms of boycott of Israel until it fulfills its obligations under international law." The movement was initiated at the United Nations Conference Against Racism in Durban, South Africa in 2001.
Amid the ongoing conflict, Arab nations intensify boycotts against brands such as McDonald’s, Coca-Cola, and Carrefour, promoting local brands in a show of solidarity with Palestinians.
New York University claims it dealt to root out antisemitism on its campus well, and that the lawsuit by Jewish students should be ignored.
“Universities are places of dialogue, discussion, and development of culture and knowledge, based on the reference value of peace and dialogue between peoples to achieve it.”
The protesters carried banners that said “Jews to Schumer: Stop funding genocide” as they linked arms outside Schumer’s office.
South Dakota now becomes the twelfth state to officially codify the IHRA definition, which will be used in assessing potential cases of antisemitic discrimination.
Pro-Palestine protestors "obscure the hypocrisy of us Americans living on actual colonized land taken through an actual genocide of Native Americans," Matisyahu wrote on X.
He said during a Tuesday press conference that such protest actions on the hospital were against federal law and lacked “decency.”
The ad shows Jones in his study and then, against his voiceover, displays images of a burning cross and swastika and the hashtag “#hitlerwasright.”
The announcement of the investigation into Columbia comes two days before Harvard's final deadline to submit documentation to the Committee before facing a subpoena.