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Is the BDS Movement Too Alienating to Make Real Change? Pro-Palestinian activists have more sway than ever. But social shaming and ad hoc boycotts only go so far.
By Ross Barkan
Big Thief Cancels Tel Aviv Shows After Fan Backlash The group acknowledged they “have more learning to do,” and the Israeli music venue Barby responded by calling them “spineless.”
By Rebecca Alter
the industry
Oct. 12, 2021
Sally Rooney Won’t Let Israel-Based Publisher Translate Her Latest Book She said she welcomes a translation of Beautiful World, Where Are You that aligns with her boycott of Israel.
By Justin Curto
free speech
Dec. 11, 2019
Trump’s Executive Order to Stifle Israel Critics Probably Violates Constitution The Trump administration is stumbling into a free-speech nightmare by using the power of the state to silence legitimate protest.
By Jesse Singal
By Barring Omar and Tlaib, Netanyahu Did BDS a Huge Favor Calling attention to Israel’s illiberalism and the congresswomen’s advocacy for Palestinian rights will increase support for BDS.
By Eric Levitz
free speech
July 18, 2019
GOP: Ilhan Omar Is Un-American Because She Supports the First Amendment Omar’s so-called “BDS resolution” merely affirms Americans’ constitutional right to participate in boycotts.
By Eric Levitz
identity politics
Mar. 25, 2019
The GOP’s Cynical New Identity-Politics Play Senate Republicans are looking to back bills that rebuke anti-Semitism — despite their own party’s complicity in anti-Semitic violence.
By Zak Cheney-Rice
false equivalence
Feb. 8, 2019
McCarthy Demands Democrats Treat Two Muslim Members As Bigots Like Steve King It’s a twofer for Republicans seeking to undermine Jewish Democratic allegiances while pleasing conservative evangelicals.
By Ed Kilgore
government shutdown
Jan. 7, 2019
Democrats Say They’ll Shut Down the Senate Until It Reopens the Government Trump’s got his “national emergency” alternative, but Democrats could stop regular Senate business until the chamber deals with the shutdown.
By Ed Kilgore
matrix glitches
Dec. 26, 2018
By Bethy Squires
Can the Young Activists of IfNotNow Change the Conversation About Israel? By disrupting Birthright and Jewish summer camps, they’re becoming the new face of the Jewish left.
By Abraham Riesman
Red States Defend Free Speech — With Laws Punishing Campus Protest These First Amendment-loving states have also passed laws punishing companies that refuse to do business with Israel for political reasons!
By Eric Levitz
43 Senators Want to Make It a Federal Crime to Boycott Israeli Settlements Fourteen Democrats co-sponsored a bill that would make supporting a boycott of Israel — or its settlements — punishable by 20 years in prison.
By Eric Levitz
the national interest
Dec. 16, 2013
By Jonathan Chait
Food Politics
Mar. 28, 2012
Park Slope Co-op Votes to Keep Its Israeli Foods “The vote tonight has shown us that we still have a lot of work ahead in the fight to end Israeli oppression of Palestinians.”
By Alan Sytsma
