Alexander Joffe
ARTICLES BY: Alexander Joffe
Trump and the ‘Settlements’: A Preliminary Analysis
The Trump administration’s repudiation of established Obama-era policies that considered Israeli communities across the 1949 Armistice Line (the “Green Line”) “inconsistent with international law” has...
BDS Returns to Campus
In October, the focus of BDS shifted back to campus. In a demonstration of how BDS has permeated all aspects of campus life, BDS activists...
BDS, Antisemitism, and Class
Class has emerged as one of the most important features of global politics. Predictably, antisemitism and the boycott-Israel movement are enmeshed in class-based patterns of...
Progress on Antisemitism and BDS at the UN and Women’s March
In the war against BDS, the most recent development in academia was the Department of Education censure of Duke University and the University of North...
BDS Proponents Push for Publicity as New School Year Looms
The most important BDS incident in August was the refusal by Israel to admit two leading BDS supporters, Representatives Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) and Ilhan Omar...
The Tlaib-Omar Trainwreck: An Early Assessment
The last-minute Israeli decision to ban US members of Congress and prominent BDS supporters Rashida Tlaib and Ilhan Omar is the culmination of a drama...
Amid Campus Battles, BDS Loses on the National Stage
The focus of July’s BDS activities remained firmly in the political sphere. Most notable were a series of BDS resolutions introduced in Congress, both opposed...
BDS Spreads Through Community Organizations and K-12
Mainstreaming antisemitism through BDS and anti-Zionism progressed in June as academics defended attacking Israel. Pushing back against anti-Israel bias has serious costs, but the impunity...
BDS Continues to Normalize Antisemitism on Campus and Elsewhere
The most prominent aspect of BDS in May was the expanded policing on college campuses of pro-Israel support. At DePaul University, the faculty council officially...
BDS Expands on Campus After ‘Apartheid Week’ and Other Incidents
Anti-Israel activities reached a peak in April, with BDS resolutions being considered at a number of schools, and with "Israel Apartheid Week" events at several...
BDS Continues on Campus, While Some Democrats Take on Omar and Tlaib
BDS activity on college campuses increased sharply in March. The most consequential move was the decision by a mixed faculty-student body at Pitzer College to...
The Young Insurgents and the Antisemitism Crisis in the Democratic Party
With astonishing rapidity and cravenness, the US Democratic Party has succumbed to Corbynization. Tweets and other statements by a few newly elected members of Congress...
Why Has Palestinian Nationalism Failed?
The February 2019 Warsaw Summit, which saw the Israeli prime minister take his seat beside Arab leaders, was a turning point that signaled the ebbing...
NGOs and Politicians Continue to Push the BDS Agenda
In February, the Israeli Strategic Affairs Ministry released a report demonstrating that leading BDS groups are staffed by current and former members of Hamas and the Popular Front for...
