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| September 3, 2015
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SodaStream CEO accuses BDS boycotters of anti-Semitism

 

SodaStream chief says BDS only had a ‘negligible’ impact on the beverage maker, noting the closure of the West Bank factory & expansion to the new Negev facility led to hundreds of Palestinians losing their jobs.

By Associated Press 

 

The chief executive of SodaStream, the beverage maker that is shuttering its West Bank factory in the face of international boycott calls, accused his company’s critics Wednesday of anti-Semitism and hurting the interests of the Palestinian workers they claim to protect.

The SodaStream plant in Mishor Adumim. – Photo: Bloomberg

SodaStream, which produces machines that allow people to make fizzy drinks, has been targeted by an international campaign calling for boycotting, divesting and sanctioning Israeli companies. Continue Reading »

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| July 1, 2015
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U.S. State Dept.: United States won’t protect Jewish towns from BDS boycotts

White House takes issue with wording of recently passed Congressional trade legislation, stating the anti-BDS amendment “runs counter to long-standing U.S. policy” toward disputed territories claimed by the Palestinian Arabs.

By The Associated Press & Israel Hayom Staff

 

One day after U.S. President Barack Obama signed hard-fought trade legislation, his administration took issue with language meant to discourage boycotts of Israel.

An Israeli community in Samaria [Archive] – Photo: Reuters

The “fast-track” trade bill takes aim at boycott efforts against Israel. A bipartisan amendment — which drew comparatively little attention in Congress’ long, multifaceted trade debate — instructs U.S. negotiators to resist other countries’ actions that support the boycott, divestment and sanctions movement against Israel because of its policies in “Israeli-controlled territories.” Continue Reading »

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| July 3, 2014
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Noam Chomsky says BDS boycott of Israel risks harming Palestinian cause

Noam Chomsky, the American academic & pro-Palestinian activist claims that the ‘South Africa-apartheid-Israel’ analogy is erroneous.

 

The campaign calling to boycott Israel in an effort to change its policies toward the Palestinians risks backfiring because of limited support, leading American academic and political activist Noam Chomsky has said.

Noam Chomsky

Noam Chomsky – Photo: AP

In an article posted in The Nation on Wednesday, Chomsky targets the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement. He says that while there is international support exists for two of the movement’s main goals – ending the occupation of territories captured in the 1967 war and granting equal rights to Arab citizens of Israel, there is no significant support for its third objective – allowing Palestinian refugees to return to their homes in Israel.

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| February 20, 2014
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Church Leaders Reject BDS Boycott After Tour in Soda Stream Factory

American delegates from the Presbyterian Church, which formally endorsed boycotting Israel, change their minds after viewing up close the West Bank Soda Stream factory.

By Maayana Miskin

 

A delegation of 14 leaders from the Presbyterian clergy, a church that in the past supported boycotting Israeli products manufactured in Judea and Samaria (Shomron), arrived last week to visit Israel.

Presbyterian delegates – Photo: Courtesy of AIFL

The visit was organized by the America-Israel Friendship League (AIFL); the delegates’ goal was to discover Israel personally and to better understand the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

Representatives from the Presbyterian Church, which has an estimated six million followers, visited the Soda Stream factory which is located in Maaleh Adumim, east of Jerusalem. Continue Reading »

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| November 6, 2013
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Performers Defy BDS Boycotters & Will Perform in Israel

More & more singers scheduled to appear in Tel Aviv for 1st-time performances in Israel.

Unlike those in previous years, performers  refuse to be intimidated or threatened by BDS activists.

By Tova Dvorin

 

Several pop stars have reportedly planned for Tel Aviv tour stops in the upcoming year, in a clear failure for the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions movement – a network of anti-Israel extremists who have been pushing celebrities to boycott the Jewish state.

Justin Timberlake – Reuters

Among the planned appearances include Julio Iglesias, set to play in Tel Aviv on November 24; Cyndi Lauper, on January 4, 2014; and Justin Timberlake in May 2014. Continue Reading »

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| August 30, 2012
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Shoe Seller Shoos Away BDS Boycotters

After anti-Israel activists target store for selling Israeli shoes, Australian politician says BDS tactics “are not the Australian way”

By Rachel Hirshfeld

 

Australian anti-Israel activists associated with the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement launched a new campaign last weekend, targeting businesses they accuse of “selling the products of apartheid Israel.”

Shoes (illustrative)

Shoes (illustrative) – Reuters

Approximately 50 members of the Justice for Palestine group in Brisbane, Australia, staged what they called the first “Brisbane BDS walking tour,” stopping at local stores they accuse of selling Israeli-made products and handing letters to their managers demanding that they stop, The Australian reported. Continue Reading »

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| September 9, 2019
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#BDSfail: Boycott campaign against Canadian business backfires

Shortly after an anti-Israel activist posted on his Facebook page a called to boycott Toronto businesses that supports Israel, the owner of one of the targeted establishments, the ‘Taste of Israel’ grocery store, admitted his sales had skyrocketed.

By Paul Lungen, CJN Staff Reporter

 

It’s a safe bet to say that Firas al-Najim’s boycott efforts didn’t go the way he hoped they would.

About a week after the anti-Israel agitator posted videos on his Facebook page calling for a boycott of Toronto businesses that support Israel, the owner of one of the targets of his campaign, the Taste of Israel grocery store, said sales had more than doubled. Continue Reading »

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| October 15, 2017
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Austrian Students’ Union rejects BDS campaign as ‘Antisemitic Boycott of Israel’

The anti-BDS resolution, passed by the Austrian National Union of Students, was nearly unanimous with no opposing votes and only a single abstention to the pledge ‘never to remain silent when antisemitism appears.’

By BENJAMIN WEINTHAL

 

The Austrian National Union of Students passed on Friday a motion against BDS, saying that the boycott movement targeting Israel is antisemitic, and that its demands recall the Nazis’ economic war against Jewish businesses.

It is believed to be the first time an Austrian national student union has passed such a resolution.

The Austrian Jewish students group announced on its Facebook page: “We are very happy to announce that the Austrian Students Union is the first national student union to officially pass a resolution denouncing BDS and also passing a version of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance – IHRA definition of antisemitism. Continue Reading »

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| March 25, 2016
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BDS Demands EU officials boycott anti-BDS conference in Jerusalem

 

Leaders of the anti-Israel movement urged EU foreign affairs chief Federica Mogherini to stop EU’s ambassador to the Jewish State from attending the Yedioth Ahronoth’s anti-BDS conference in Jerusalem, scheduled for this Monday.

By Itamar Eichner

 

Representatives of the BDS movement have demanded that the EU boycott the Yedioth Ahronoth and Ynet anti-BDS conference, which will convene on Monday in Jerusalem. The BDS movement has demanded that EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs Federica Mogherini order EU Ambassador to Israel Lars Faaborg-Andersen to not participate in a conference panel alongside pro-settlement political leader Dani Dayan.

EU foreign affairs chief Mogherini.

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| February 14, 2016
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#BDSfail: UK to ban public institutions from boycotting Israel

 

British gov’t taking steps to prevent discriminatory boycotts saying it stoked anti-Semitism & harmed the UK’s valuable trade relations with Israel.
•New law will enable boycotters to be prosecuted in court.

By Ari Soffer

 

The British government is to announce measures aimed at preventing local councils, unions and other public institutions from launching boycotts against the State of Israel this week.

BDS activists (file) – Wikimedia Commons

Cabinet Office Minister Matthew Hancock told The Times the new guidelines were important to prevent discriminatory boycotts against the Jewish state, which he said both stoked anti-Semitism and harmed the UK’s valuable trade relations with Israel.

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| January 6, 2016
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#BDSfail: California legislator calls to divest from companies that boycott Israel

 

The proposed bill would prohibit California state gov’t from contracting with companies who are “engaging in actions that are politically motivated and are intended to penalize, inflict economic harm on, or otherwise limit commercial relations with the State of Israel.”

By Cynthia Blank

 

A bill taking aim at the anti-Israel boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) movement was introduced in the California state legislature Monday.

BDS (illustration)

BDS (illustration) – Reuters

If passed, the bill would prohibit California’s government from giving contracts to companies “engaging in actions that are politically motivated and are intended to penalize, inflict economic harm on, or otherwise limit commercial relations with the State of Israel.”
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| November 1, 2015
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#BDSfail: Rhetoric aside, Israel is simply too good to actually boycott

 

Aside from the hype & publicity stunts, manufactures and investors aren’t about to boycott one of the world’s most innovative countries on the whim of its enemies.

By David Green

 

It’s no secret that some of the most innovative creations and technological advances over the last few decades have been dreamed up and created in Israel. From updates to the F-16 fighter jets of the US Military, to Microsoft’s infamous Intel technology and much of the technological prowess behind Apple’s iPhones, there is no shortage of Israeli innovation throughout the modern world.

Boycott Israel? Really? Just because you said so?

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| October 28, 2015
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French High Court Ruling: BDS calls for anti-Israel boycott are illegal

 

#BDSfail: France’s highest appeals court upholds conviction of a dozen anti-Israel activists who had been found guilty of “inciting hate or discrimination” by promoting the boycott of Israel and of Israeli products.
• Meanwhile in the UK, 340 British academics advocate the academic boycott of Israel.

Israel Hayom

 

France’s highest appeals court affirmed last week that boycott, divestment, and sanctions calls against Israel are a form of illegal hate speech.

A pro-Palestinian supporter during a BDS rally in Paris [Archive] – Photo: Reuters

The Paris-based Court of Cassation’s ruling came in a case in which it denied an appeal filed by a dozen anti-Israel activists who had been convicted of “inciting hate or discrimination” by promoting the boycott of Israel and of Israeli products. Continue Reading »

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| July 2, 2015
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#BDSfail: Bon Jovi ignores pressure from Palestinian groups to boycott Israel

Bon Jovi ignores an online petition created by the Palestinian Campaign for the Academic & Cultural Boycott of Israel urging him to “reconsider his upcoming concert in apartheid Israel.”

By ROSIE PERPER

 

A Palestinian group has created an online petition urging Bon Jovi to “reconsider his upcoming concert in apartheid Israel,” which is scheduled for October 3rd in Tel Aviv.

Jon Bon Jovi – Photo: REUTERS

The Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel created the petition through the website change.org, claiming that Bon Jovi’s concert “is already being used to divert attention from Israel’s human rights abuses and war crimes.”

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| June 18, 2015
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#BDSfail: Swedish supermarket chain reverses Israel boycott policy

Thousands of pro-Israel activists flooded the COOP chain’s management with messages against their improper anti-Israel discrimination, threatening to boycott the supermarket chain instead, if it continues its unfair trade policy against the Jewish State. 

By Itamar Eichner

 

Israel has won an important victory over the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions Movement (BDS) when a boycott on the sale of Israeli products in a supermarket chain in Sweden has been cancelled.

COOP store in Sweden.COOP store in Sweden.

The national supermarket chain COOP has 655 branches across Sweden. Israel, that was worried the boycott would spread from three local stores in the city of Varberg to all branches nationwide, launched an impressive media campaign to combat it.

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