From: AICE To: jeevacationgginail.com Subject: AICE Update: Do Palestinians Support the BDS Movement Against Israel? Date: Mon, 07 Mar 2016 12:17:17 +0000 11. JJ The American-Israeli Cooperative Enterprise 0444 214 °beat E-Newsletter Jewish Virtual IN THIS ISSUE Myths & Facts: Exclusive Mitchell Bard in The Jerusalem Post Fact of the Week Podcast March is Israel Women's History Month THIS WEEK IN JEWISH HISTORY Israel's First Government Takes Office (1949) Ariel Sharon Elected Israel's 15th Prime Minister (2001) Mauritania Closes Israeli Embassy (2009) See More Jewish History Events March 7, 2016 Myths & Facts: Online Exclusive Do Palestinian Support the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions Movement Against Israel? In an effort to delegitimize, isolate and ultimately destroy Israel, organizations around the world have called on universities, governments, labor unions and co-ops to boycott, divest from and sanction Israel (termed the BDS movement). Supporters claim that international pressure through the BDS movement will help the Palestinian people achieve independence. However, BDS advocates do not support a Palestinian state coexisting beside Israel, do not help individual Palestinian businesses and do not represent the views of the Palestinian Authority or even most Palestinians living in the territories. L.:Myths 2012 Click Here to Continue Reading Facts: Mitchell Bard in The Jerusalem Post Time to Banish the 'A' Word The annual campus hate Pests that attempt to tar Israel with a comparison to the discriminatory policies of the old South African regime have come and gone. On most U.S. campuses, they didn't cause a ripple. They've become as predictable and ineffective as the forecasts of Punxsutawney Phil. Events attracted members of the anti-Israel choir and few others and most were eclipsed by EFTA00702648