Why the ‘Forward’s’ support for SodaStream is antithetical to progressive values By Donna Nevel April 6, 2014 10 This piece was written for the Forward, which published it Thursday in an abbreviated version…
‘A Painful Price’: The escalating war on Palestine solidarity at U of Michigan and beyond By Max Blumenthal April 3, 2014 266 Following a week-long sit-in by the University of Michigan Students Allied For Equality (SAFE), an…
Desmond Tutu: Maryland legislature’s anti-boycott effort designed to ‘punish and intimidate’ By Alex Kane April 3, 2014 13 As the end of Maryland’s legislative session approaches, a battle is raging over language in…
‘The Shondes’ singer Louisa Solomon endorsed BDS, so– DC JCC cancels her band’s gig By Philip Weiss April 3, 2014 11 Jewish Voice for Peace sent out the following press release: DC Jewish Community Center cancels…
Liberal schizophrenia and moral myopia: On Ari Shavit’s ‘My Promised Land’ By Alex Kane April 3, 2014 38 Ari Shavit has placed all his hope in Secretary of State John Kerry’s efforts to…
Both Sides: Anti-BDS concerns on campus vs. life in the occupied territories By Katie Miranda April 3, 2014 94
The Israel lobby’s trojan horse: ‘Reforming’ education laws to defund Middle East studies programs By Rebecca Pierce April 2, 2014 14 On March 19, Louis D. Brandeis Center President Kenneth Marcus keynoted a Washington DC panel…
Not an April Fool’s joke: U.S. weighs releasing Pollard to keep Israelis at negotiating table By Ira Glunts April 1, 2014 88 According to Barak Ravid, writing in the Hebrew web edition of Ha’aretz today, U.S. Secretary…
Removal of Barnard Palestine solidarity banner was discriminatory act of censorship By Center for Constitutional Rights March 28, 2014 14 Mondoweiss recently reported on how a banner posted at Barnard College showing a map of…
Right-wing news outlets attack U. Mich’s divestment drive By Alex Kane March 27, 2014 30 Right-wing news outlets and Israel lobby groups have mounted a concerted campaign over the past…