There's a supreme irony in Israel's current all-out war on BDS. A boycott played a critical part in one critical episode in modern Jewish history. In 1933, American Jewish leaders organized an international boycott of Germany. The campaign was extremely effective. Over five years, German trade declined dramatically and its economic recovery was … [Read more...]
Israeli Academics Call for End to Forced Expulsion of African Refugees
As the Israeli Knesset passes legislation which will permit the forced expulsion of nearly 60,000 African refugees who fled torture and violence in their homelands, various segments of Israeli society have mobilized to oppose this horrible phenomenon, which is a violation of international humanitarian law. Rabbis, including Sarah Silverman's sister, have … [Read more...]
Blacklisted: Why I am No Longer Welcome in Israel
One of the most sinister of all Israeli government ministries is Strategic Affairs, run by a Likudist with raging political ambitions, Gilad Erdan. The ministry operates like a quasi-intelligence outfit replete with scores of former Shin Bet and Mossad operatives playing shady, unspecified roles in rooting out 'anti-Israelism' wherever it may be found, and … [Read more...]
Father of Breaking the Silence’s Dean Issacharoff is Israel’s Ambassador to Germany
Over the past month, a strange controversy has been brewing in Israel. Breaking the Silence's press spokesperson, Dean Issacharoff, has publicly challenged the State prosecutor to charge him with abuse of a Palestinian prisoner while he served in the IDF in Hebron. The far-right government already has BtS and other domestic human rights NGOs in the … [Read more...]
