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Don't Be Fooled by the BDS Movement's Hidden Agenda

January 11, 2012  •  The Jewish Exponent

With this year's National Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions Conference set to take place at the University of Pennsylvania in early February, it's important to understand what the BDS movement is all about and what its ultimate goals are.

The movement's focus is the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. But it specifically demonizes Israel while propagating the notion of Palestinian victimhood in order to gain global sympathy. Those behind the movement believe that if universities, companies and even countries pursue BDS, it will pressure the Israeli government to change what the movement sees as Israel's hard-nosed policies toward the Palestinians and give up land they perceive as "stolen" land.

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Hamas Overtakes the Palestinian Authority in Jordan

December 19, 2011  •  The National Interest

As of November 29, 2011, exiled Hamas leader Khaled Meshal will visit Jordan officially for the first time since he was expelled in 1999. The meeting showcases Amman's warming relations with the terrorist group that now governs Gaza, as well as its cooling relations with Israel.

According to a statement made by Minister for Information Affairs Rakan Al-Majali, this significant visit will open with a meeting with King Abdullah II himself.

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Anti-Israelism in Israel

December 12, 2011  •  JointMedia News Service

The Israel Academia Monitor (IAM) watchdog, which "monitors abuses of academic freedom and politicization of Israeli campuses by extremists and radicals," has found, "Israeli academic institutions have been misused in recent years for radical anti-Israeli and even anti-Semitic propagandizing, often by tenured radicals with embarrassing academic records and dubious research credentials."

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Israel and Academic Freedom

November 13, 2011  •  American Thinker

Cary Nelson, president of the American Association of University Professors (AAUP), one of the most prominent organizations supporting college and university professors, has forcefully and inappropriately spoken out in support of uncivil discourse. In an ironic twist, this development stands in stark contradiction to what organizations such as the American Association of Universities have stated:

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The Arabs' Nazi slur

November 12, 2011  •  YNet News

When Gene Roddenberry created Star Trek in 1961 he viewed it as vehicle to challenge the social norms of the day focusing on the contemporary cultural realities of the '60s. Later spin-offs of the show followed suit by reflecting on the issues of their respective decades.

One of the more controversial issues addressed by Roddenberry was the rise of the Third Reich and Nazi ideology. In an episode entitled "Patterns of Force" the crew of the Enterprise lands on planet Ekon, which is at war with neighboring planet Zeon. This prompted comparisons with the word Zion, which stems from the same root of the word Zionism.

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