Mamdani revokes BDS, synagogue protest bans in sweeping rollback of Adams orders

by mgall74 | Jan 2, 2026 | Israeli News

[ad_1] On his first day in office, New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani on Thursday has overturned all the executive orders signed by his predecessor, Eric Adams, after September 26, 2024, the date that the outgoing mayor was indicted on five federal charges related to...

The boycott boomerang: Isolating Israeli artists strengthens the far right and abandons Palestine's natural allies

by mgall74 | Dec 18, 2025 | Israeli News

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How Peter Beinart's capitulation to the Israel boycott movement harms the Palestinian cause

by mgall74 | Dec 18, 2025 | Israeli News

[ad_1] News Life and CultureColumnists and OpinionHaaretz Hebrew and TheMarkerPartnershipsHaaretz.com, the online English edition of Haaretz Newspaper in Israel, gives you breaking news, analyses and opinions about Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish World.©...

Columbia professor Mahmood Mamdani, father of NYC mayor-elect, criticizes university over antisemitism, protests

by mgall74 | Dec 17, 2025 | Israeli News

[ad_1] Mahmood Mamdani, a longtime Columbia University professor and father of New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani, sharply criticized the school’s leadership and its creation of a task force to address allegations of antisemitism in a recent interview with...

The Gaza war is over, but not for the world's artists and academics

by mgall74 | Dec 11, 2025 | Israeli News

[ad_1] It must have come as something of a shock to many Israelis when four countries announced last week that they would be boycotting the Eurovision Song Contest this year in protest against Israel’s war in Gaza. They were even joined by a fifth country on...