Tag: anti Israel

State of Virginia latest to fight BDS

Originally published in Breaking Israel News Virginia has become the seventh state to take a legal stand against the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement, reported Israel National News, passing identical bills this week in both its lower house and Senate. In the resolution, lawmakers “condemn the international Boycott, Divestment, […]

Pro-Israel students challenge credibility of ‘Israel Apartheid Week’ campaigners

Students from the Stellenbosch University Friends of Israel (SUIFI) group actively challenged the credibility of BDS (Boycott, Disinvest, Sanction) activists participating in the annual ‘Israel Apartheid Week (IAW)’ campaign at Stellenbosch University (SU) and the University of Cape Town last week. Reporting on the “Battle for truth” about Israel on […]

Woolies takes it on the chin

Originally published in Times Live Woolworths has shrugged off recent protests about the Israeli products on its shelves.And the social media campaigns against the upmarket retailer, and the general nastiness in the media. ”It won’t change what we do,” said Susie Squire, Woolworths’ head of corporate affairs. Woolies was not […]