Posts tagged BDS
New film explores how trauma of anti-semitism drives ongoing conflict
New film explores how trauma of anti-semitism drives ongoing conflict

Afterward is a Jewish woman’s personal quest to understand Holocaust perpetrators and her own position in trauma’s legacy in her native Israel.

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News, Middle East, Conflict, Film & TV, CultureMicah DanneyAfterward film, documentary, Tel Aviv Human Rights Film Festival, Israel, Palestine, BDS, Mohammed Abu Khdeir, Ofra Bloch, Primary Feature, Judiasm, Micah Danney, Anti-Semitism, Conflict, JudaismComment
Federal scrutiny over anti-semitism has deepened campus divisions
Federal scrutiny over anti-semitism has deepened campus divisions

President Trump’s latest executive order aligns with his Education Department’s previous action against a Middle East studies program at Duke University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. As advocates in different corners of the Israel-Palestine and anti-semitism debates gird themselves for more legal fights, those who’ve experienced the aftermath of the one launched in September say discord has worsened.

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News, North America, Politics, Middle EastLiza Vandenboom and Micah DanneyIsrael Palestine conflict, Israel, Palestinian rights, Tzipi Livni, The Lawfare Project, Duke University, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, The Chronicle, Betsy DeVos, Kenneth L. Markus, Duke-UNC Consortium for Middle East Studies, Jewish, Anti-Semitism, Students for Justice in Palestine, North Carolina Hillel, Pew Research Center, Druze, Zoroastrianism, BDS, Boycott Divestment Sanctions, Judaism, Dru Johnson, The King's College, secondary feature, Secondary feature, Secondary Feature, Islam, Muslim, Christianity, Judiasm, Elizabeth Vandenboom, Micah DanneyComment
The persistent campaign against U.S. police training in Israel
The persistent campaign against U.S. police training in Israel

A progressive Jewish activist group is working to end programs that send U.S. police to Israel for training, citing concerns about racial profiling and invasive surveillance techniques. The Anti-Defamation League, one of the most prominent Jewish groups fighting discrimination in the U.S, funds these programs.

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News, Middle East, ConflictMicah DanneyIsrael, Palestine, Israel Palestine conflict, Israel Defense Forces, BDS, Boycott Divest Sanction, Sukkot, Anti-Defamation League, Linda Sarsour, police, Deadly Exchange, police training, militarized police, Jewish Voice for Peace, JVP, JINSA, Jewish Institute for National Security Affairs, 9/11, Primary Feature, Secondary Feature, Judaism, Micah Danney, Police, Police Training Comments