Challenging the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (Bds) Movement

20 Years of Responding to Anti-Israel Campaigns
Herausgeber: Fraser, Ronnie; Fraser, Lola

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Produktbeschreibung

Challenging the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) Movement focuses on the efforts to oppose antisemitism, the academic boycott, and the BDS movement.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 252
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. Februar 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 544g
• ISBN-13: 9781032221571
• ISBN-10: 1032221577
• Artikelnr.: 66733053

Autorenporträt

Ronnie Fraser is Director of the Academic Friends of Israel which he founded with his wife, Lola, in 2003. Together they have campaigned against the academic boycott of Israel and antisemitism on campus. He is a retired college lecturer and author of British Trade Unions, the Labour Party, and Israel's Histadrut (2022). Lola Fraser is a retired teacher with a degree in history and sociology. She co-founded the Academic Friends of Israel with her husband Ronnie and is currently a researcher for the history website British Jews in the First World War, We Were There Too (https://www.jewsfww.uk).

Inhaltsangabe

1 Introduction 2 Durban: A Different Attack on Israel and the Jewish People
and its Consequences 3 Lessons from Durban: A Personal Testimony 4 The
Circumstances and Reasons Surrounding the Adoption and Recognition of the
IHRA Working Definition of Antisemitism 5 The South African Variant:
Anti-BDS Politics on Campuses of the Beloved Country 6 The Central Role of
the NGO Network in Promoting the BDS Movement 7 The Anti-Israel Movement on
the US Campus 8 BDS: How a Crusade Against Israel Became a Pre-Occupation
of the Academy 9 Convergences and Divergences between Secular and Religious
Anti-Zionism in the United States 10 The Mutual Weaponisation of BDS: A
Perspective from Israel 11 Online BDS and Antisemitic Hate 12 Why BDS is
Destined to Fail