Posts Tagged: ISrael academic boycott
Resolution to Boycott Israeli Academic Institutions Thwarted at Annual Poli-Sci Conference
JNS.org - A resolution to boycott Israeli academic institutions at the American Political Science Association’s (APSA) annual conference in Washington, DC, was thwarted on Saturday. “Proponents...
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...
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 Historical Association Delivers Defeat to Israel Bashers
The ant-Israel and allegedly, anti-Semitic Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement received a big blow Sunday night when the American Historical Association (AHA), America's...
Labor Activists Exhort UC Berkeley Audience to Bring Down Israel
A November 12 panel discussion on the University of California's flagship Berkeley campus was billed as an opportunity to learn about events 7,000 miles away in Israel...
The ASA Says ‘No Israelis Need Apply’
Our nation has regressed to one of its darkest chapters in history, courtesy of our most educated and "enlightened." In a reincarnation of the old...
BDS Movement Echoes Germany in the 1930s
In the 1930s, thousands of Jewish professors were kicked out of German universities because they were Jews. Shamefully, today in the U.S., Jewish professors are...
Israel Boycotters Attempt to Hijack Another Meeting
JNS.org - The recent California State University (CSU) Trustees bimonthly meeting took an odd turn. Amid pressing discussions about budgets, improving student success, and other...
Malcolm Hoenlein Calls on Western Governments to Combat Anti-Israel Boycotts
Ynet - A top American Jewish leader on Thursday called on Western governments to combat the growing international campaign to boycott Israel over its settlement activities,...
New York State Senate Passes Anti-Boycott Bill
JNS.org - The New York State Assembly on Tuesday passed a bill to halt government funding to academic institutions supporting a boycott on Israel. The...
BDS in Academia, Politics and Industry
Introduction January was an important month for BDS. In the academic sphere, the American Studies Association boycott resolution was followed by a pseudo-debate at...
Dueling Groups Debate BDS Inside and Outside of MLA Convention
JNS.org - CHICAGO—The Modern Language Association (MLA) delegate committee on Saturday passed Resolution 2014-1, which condemns Israel for denials of entry by U.S. academics...
MLA Delegates Approve Resolution Condemning Israel
JNS.org - At the Modern Language Association (MLA) convention in Chicago Saturday the MLA delegate committee passed Resolution 2014-1, which condemned Israel for alleged...
How the ASA Became the RASA (Racist American Studies Association)
In contrast to communities like the Presbyterians or Food Coop world, which I never knew much about before helping them fight off the BDS infection,...
