boycott of Israel

The writing on the wall: Boycott is top story in Israel’s No. 1 paper
Following Channel 2 News’ remarkable Saturday night prime-time feature on the boycott of Israel, ‘Yedioth Ahronoth’ delivers same warning in big, bold letters on Monday’s front page. “100 leaders of the economy warn of boycott on Israel,” reads the lead headline in Monday’s Yedioth Ahronoth. The sub-headline includes the quote, “The world is losing its…
By Larry Derfner January 20, 2014
Roger Waters performing at Arrow Rock Festival, June 10, 2006. (Photo by Jethro / Wikicommons)
Roger Waters discusses boycott with Israel’s ‘newspaper of the nation’
The interview with rock n’ roll’s lead boycotter of Israel was published in Yedioth Ahronoth, but it could have been put out by the Ministry of Public Diplomacy.   I love when Israelis describe the media here as “leftist,” and when polite foreigners describe it as “robust” and “independent.” It goes along with our “vibrant…
By Larry Derfner September 20, 2013
Stephen Hawking. (photo: Doug Wheller / CC BY 2.0)
A Zionist defense of Hawking
I wish there was a kinder, gentler way than acts of ostracism to get Israel to end the occupation, but those ways have failed terribly.   I would not join a BDS protest; I’m a “two-stater” who believes Israel should remain a Jewish state because the alternatives would be worse, who believes Israel’s “original sin”…
By Larry Derfner May 9, 2013
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