Posts Tagged: Academic boycott of Israel
Stopping Study Abroad in Israel Encourages Antisemitism and Anti-Israel Hate
Supporting Israel has rapidly become a controversial position on college campuses. As the BDS movement and organizations like Students for Justice in Palestine grow in...
Could Pro-BDS Professors Benefit From Tel Aviv University’s New ‘Anti-BDS’ Fund?
JNS.org - Tel Aviv University (TAU) is asking American Jews to contribute to a new fund to ensure that its faculty members “won’t be harmed by...
Israeli Embassy Condemns ‘Antisemitic Nature’ of Boycott Conference at Dublin’s Trinity College
The Israeli Embassy in Dublin denounced on Wednesday “the antisemitic nature” of a conference on academic boycotts of the Jewish state that was held at...
Discredited Academic Demonizes Israel at Dublin’s Trinity College, Defends Tweet Celebrating 2014 Hamas Kidnapping of Teens
A controversial academic who celebrated the June 2014 Hamas kidnapping of three Israeli teens who were later found murdered defended his remarks on Monday while...
Africa’s Top University Risks Endangering US Partnerships Over Proposed Boycott of Israel, Leading American Law Professor Says
Africa's top university will be placing its partnerships with its US counterparts in jeopardy if it succumbs to pressure from BDS activists to adopt a full-scale academic boycott of Israel, a prominent...
Jewish Rights Advocate: Tide Starting to Turn Against Academic Boycotts of Israel, Following Court’s Rejection of Attempt to Stop Anti-BDS Lawsuit
A court’s rejection of the American Studies Association’s (ASA) attempt to stop a lawsuit brought against its academic boycott of Israel signified “the turning of...
Prominent Scholars Slam Modern Language Association for Entertaining ‘Shameful’ BDS Resolution, Politicizing Academia
Two American scholars called an anti-Israel motion being brought before the upcoming conference of the Modern Language Association (MLA) a "shameful maneuver" that highlights the worrisome politicization of academia. Referring...
Prestigious Chilean University Student Federation Passes BDS Motion to Sever Ties With Israel’s Hebrew U, Technion
The Federation of Students at the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile (UC) announced on Friday that it had passed a motion in support of the...
Israel Advocacy Lawyer Calls Suit Against American Studies Association for ‘Discriminatory’ Boycott of Jewish State ‘Test Case’ for US Judicial System (INTERVIEW)
A new lawsuit challenging the American Studies Association’s (ASA) “discriminatory” academic boycott of Israel is a “test case” for the US judicial system, the attorney...
Jewish Students Among Minorities ‘Bludgeoned Into Acceptance of Islamo-Marxist Political Orthodoxy’ at London U’s School of Oriental and African Studies
Jewish and pro-Israel students at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) at London University have become a persecuted minority at an institution that...
Smithsonian Institution Head Says Boycott of Israel Won’t Solve Conflict
JNS.org - The head of the Smithsonian Institution, America's national research museums network, said that academic boycotts of Israel go “against the most basic principle of academia,...
American Anthropological Association Narrowly Votes Down BDS Resolution
JNS.org - The American Anthropological Association (AAA) narrowly voted against a resolution to boycott collaboration with Israeli academic institutions, the AAA announced on Tuesday. The boycott resolution...
Professors Sue American Studies Association for Boycott of Israel
JNS.org - Several members of the American Studies Association (ASA) announced Wednesday that they are suing their own academic association for its boycott of Israel, arguing...
The Third Narrative: Not So Third, Not a Narrative, Not New
I regret to say that a fair number of people I respect (and some not so much) have signed on to a statement about the...
