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Manipulation and Deception: The Anti-Israel “BDS” Campaign (Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions)

Manipulation and Deception: The Anti-Israel “BDS” Campaign (Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions)

March 19, 2012 | Adam Shay
The BDS movement is composed of a small number of well-financed activists encouraged by senior Palestinian figures.
Analyzing the Durban II Conference

Analyzing the Durban II Conference

March 4, 2010 | Prof. Gerald M. Steinberg
From 20-24 April 2009, the Durban Review Conference took place in Geneva. It is also known as Durban II, a follow-up to the infamous "Durban I" World Conference against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance in the late summer of 2001. At Durban I, an NGO Forum accepted what can be summed up as a declaration of war against Israel. Participating nongovernmental organizations adopted a strategy for the complete isolation of Israel through boycotts, divestment,
The Battle for Divestment from Israeli Securities in Somerville

The Battle for Divestment from Israeli Securities in Somerville

September 27, 2005 | Seva Brodsky
From summer 2003, the city of Somerville in the metropolitan Boston area became the battleground for a municipal divestment project against Israel. Previously, anti-Israeli divestment campaigns had mainly focused on universities. The Somerville Divestment Project took the form of a campaign for divestment of holdings in Israeli government bonds and stocks of companies engaging in military business with Israel.