List of opponents of the BDS movement explained

List of people who oppose the BDS movement include those who have either voiced opposition to the BDS movement, accused it of antisemitism, or spoken out against comprehensive boycotts against Israel. It does not include people who have been unwilling to commit to a boycott of Israel, only those actively opposing it.

NameOccupationCountryYearSource
Brian A. CunninghamPoliticianUnited States2022[1]
Nas DailyYouTuber Israel?
Robert KraftOwner of New England PatriotsUnited States?
Joe BidenPresidentUnited States2020
Helen MirrenActorEngland2016[2]
Arthur OrrPoliticianUnited States2016
Boris JohnsonPrime MinisterUnited Kingdom2019
Barack ObamaPresidentUnited States2012
Theresa MayPrime MinisterUnited Kingdom2018
Aziz MarakaSingerJordan2020[3]
Sari NusseibehProfessor of PhilosophyPalestine2014
Reuven RivlinPresidentIsrael2016
José María AznarPrime MinisterSpain2015[4]
Jan BartošekPoliticianCzech Republic2019[5]
David CameronPrime MinisterUnited Kingdom2014[6]
Gilad ErdanStrategic Affairs MinisterIsrael[7]
Steve McCabeMember of ParliamentUnited Kingdom2021[8]
Israel KatzIntelligence MinisterIsrael[9]
Rachel RileyTelevision presenter and mathematicianUnited Kingdom
Sharon OsbourneTelevision personalityUnited Kingdom
Thom YorkeSingerUnited Kingdom2017[10]
Abraham FoxmanLawyerUnited States2013[11]
Ritchie TorresPoliticianUnited States2020[12]
Adam MilsteinReal-estate investor, lobbyist and philanthropistUnited States2016[13]
Yishai FleisherSettler and spokespersonIsrael?[14]
Hillary ClintonPoliticianUnited States2015[15]
Justin TrudeauPrime MinisterCanada2019[16]
Alan DershowitzLawyerUnited States2013[17]
Cary NelsonEnglish professorUnited States2018[18]
Deborah LipstadtHolocaust historianUnited States2019[19]
Judea PearlAcademicUnited States2018[20]
Mordechai KedarPoliticianIsrael?[21]
Ed AsnerActorUnited States2017[22]
Stephen FryActorUnited Kingdom2019
Yossi BeilinPolitician and scholarIsrael?
J. K. RowlingWriterUnited Kingdom?[23]
Charles KrauthammerPunditUnited States2014[24]
Lisa NandyPoliticianUnited Kingdom2021[25]
Nick CaveSinger and authorAustralia2017[26]
John LydonSingerUnited Kingdom2010[27]
Gene SimmonsMusicianUnited States2011[28]
Paul McCartneySinger and musicianUnited Kingdom2008[29]
John LewisPolitician and civil rights leaderUnited States2019
Jamaal BowmanPoliticianUnited States2021
John FettermanPolitician United States2023
Eric AdamsPoliticianUnited States2022

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: NY lawmaker withdraws endorsement from congressional candidate who announced support for BDS. 12 July 2022 .
  2. News: Associated Press . 2016-06-24 . Helen Mirren criticises Israel boycotters . en-GB . The Guardian . 2023-09-07 . 0261-3077.
  3. Hovav, Ofir. "This Jordanian singer doesn't ...." Haaretz. 19 January 2020. 13 August 2021.
  4. http://www.jpost.com/Middle-East/BDS-movement-seeks-to-empty-Israel-of-Jews-former-Spanish-PM-says-406608 "BDS movement seeks to empty Israel of Jews, former Spanish PM says"
  5. News: Ahren . Raphael . Czech lawmakers pass resolution condemning BDS movement . The Times of Israel.
  6. News: David Cameron says he would oppose boycott of Israel in speech to Knesset. Wintour. Patrick. 2014-03-12. The Guardian. 2019-06-15. en-GB. 0261-3077.
  7. News: Benzaquen. Itamar. 14 January 2020. Israeli ministry paying for anti-BDS propaganda in major news outlets. 20 April 2021. +972 Magazine. The Strategic Affairs Ministry, headed by Likud minister Gilad Erdan, has for years been spearheading an international campaign to counter what it sees as "de-legitimization" of the State of Israel. This project has, in large part, involved providing funds and handing down directives to non-governmental organizations and journalists in order to enlist them in the fight against BDS..
  8. Web site: Labour conference passes Young Labour Israel and Palestine motion. Elliot. Chappell. LabourList. 27 September 2021 .
  9. Mairav Zonszein, 'In Israel, BDS is winning,'+972 magazine 28 March 2016.
  10. https://www.theguardian.com/music/2017/jul/19/radiohead-perform-israel-gig-despite-opposition-from-activists Radiohead perform in Israel despite opposition from activists
  11. Foxman, Abraham. "An Open Letter on Academic Freedom and University Responsibility". ADL. 2 June 2013.
  12. News: 'Pro-Israel progressive' Ritchie Torres won't join AOC's squad due to BDS stance. Haaretz.
  13. News: May 22, 2016 . IAC head Milstein urges: Boycott the boycotters . The Jerusalem Post .
  14. Web site: Yishai Fleisher - Where Do We Stand?. 15 June 2017 . If you see it from their perspective, you can understand that they are saying we have got to somehow shutdown this thing called “the settlements,” but at the end of the day the symbol of it is very clear. It is the same thing the Nazis did by boycotting Jewish stores. It’s really economic warfare. It’s really a civilian form of warfare. Don’t forget that besiegement and starvation are forms of warfare, and this is kind of a civilian form of the same type of effort to starve somebody out, close them down, and delegitimize them..
  15. Web site: Clinton. Hillary. ISRAEL AND THE UNITED STATES: YESTERDAY, TODAY, AND TOMORROW. Brookings Institution. 14 January 2016. We need to repudiate efforts to malign and undermine Israel and the Jewish people. The boycott, divestment and sanctions movement known as BDS is the latest front in this battle. Demonizing Israeli scientists and intellectuals, evenyoung students, comparing Israel to South African apartheid, now no nation is above criticism. But this is wrong and it should stop immediately..
  16. Web site: Asked to reverse anti-BDS stance, Justin Trudeau doubles down. January 17, 2019. "We have to recognise that there are things that aren’t acceptable, not because of foreign policy concerns, but because of Canadian values," Trudeau said. "It’s not right to discriminate or make someone feel unsafe on campus because of their religion and unfortunately the BDS movement is often linked to those kinds of things," he said, after being asked by a member of the audience whether he would reverse his anti-BDS stance. “So yes, sir, I will continue to condemn the BDS movement.".
  17. Dershowitz, Alan. "Boycotting Israeli universities: A victory for bigotry". Haaretz. 17 December 2013.
  18. Nelson, Cary. "Conspiracy Pedagogy on Campus: BDS Advocacy, Antisemitism, and Academic Freedom." Anti-Zionism on Campus, Pessin and Ben-Atar, Indiana UP, 2018, pp. 190-211 (see especially p. 191).
  19. Looking at Anti-Semitism on the Left and the Right: An Interview with Deborah E. Lipstadt. Chotiner. Isaac. 24 January 2019. The New Yorker.
  20. Book: Pessin. Andrew. Ben-Atar. Doron S.. Pearl. Judea. 2018. https://books.google.com/books?id=OIdYDwAAQBAJ&dq=%22BDS+and+Zionophobic+Racism.%22&pg=PA224. Anti-Zionism on Campus: The University, Free Speech, and BDS. Indiana University Press. 978-0-253-03408-3. BDS and Zionophobic Racism.. 224–235.
  21. Web site: Mordechai Kedar - Where Do We Stand?. July 2017 . BDS is a movement that is trying to eradicate Israel altogether. They are following exactly what the Arabs did from 1948 until the mid 60's, when Arabs boycotted companies which dealt with Israel. They also boycotted companies which worked with companies that worked with Israel—a secondary boycott. Companies like Toyota, Mazda, Mitsubishi, and Coca Cola did not work in Israel until the '70s and even into '80s because of the Arab boycott. The anti-Jewish boycotters of Israel combined with the Arab/Islamic immigrants in America and Europe are trying to do it again. We already experienced this boycott—it is nothing new and it doesn't work..
  22. Web site: Ed Asner: 'I do not support BDS.'. Jewish Journal. 25 April 2017. 25 April 2017.
  23. News: Palestinian Harry Potter fan has called out JK Rowling for the SECOND time. Daly. Sarah-Elizabeth. 31 October 2015. The Scotsman. 20 April 2021.
  24. Web site: Krauthammer: Poison of anti-Semitism continues to proliferate. Krauthammer. Charles. 9 January 2014. Chron.
  25. News: Lisa Nandy sets out views on Israel-Palestine during Manchester event. Elliot. Chappell. 2 September 2021. LabourList. 5 September 2021.
  26. News: Nick Cave: cultural boycott of Israel is 'cowardly and shameful'. The Guardian. 31 July 2019. Ben. Beaumont-Thomas. 11 December 2018.
  27. Web site: Johnny Rotten: 'Don't call me a national treasure'. The Independent. 23 October 2011.
  28. News: Kiss Lead Singer Gene Simmons Slams Israel Boycotters . Associated Press . 22 March 2011 . .
  29. https://www.theguardian.com/music/2008/sep/16/mccartney.refuses.to.cancel.gig Paul McCartney promises Israel gig will go ahead despite death threats

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