Posts Tagged: Scholars for Peace in the Middle East
Petition to Remove Yale Professor Who Said Palestinians Have ‘Every Right’ to Target Israelis Gains Momentum
Over 17,000 people associated with Yale University and others have signed a petition calling for the removal from the faculty a professor who said Palestinians...
Israel Journal Editors Reject Claims of Publishing ‘Anti-BDS’ Issue, Defend Academic Integrity
Editors of the Israel Studies academic journal are rebuffing claims that their latest work was rooted in political advocacy, rather than academic scholarship, amid calls by some critics for retractions...
UCLA to Host Student Conference That Advocates ‘Destruction’ of Jewish Self-Determination
National Students for Justice in Palestine announced on Sunday that it will host its eighth annual conference at the University of California, Los Angeles, drawing concerns...
Experts Praise Inclusion of Anti-Israel Campus Groups on BDS Blacklist
Experts and activists have praised the Israeli government's inclusion of American anti-Zionist student groups in a new initiative announced on Sunday that will prevent the entry...
Alan Dershowitz Joined by Prominent Academics in Railing Against ‘Hypocrisy’ of BDS Intellectual Leader Cornel West for Statement on ‘Truth-Seeking, Freedom of Thought’
The co-signing of a statement calling for “truth-seeking and freedom of thought” by a well-known BDS proponent elicited harsh reactions from academics, who said they...
‘Dispatches From the Campus War Against Israel & Jews’ (REVIEW)
Richard Cravatts, Dispatches From the Campus War Against Israel & Jews. David Horowitz Freedom Center, 2016. ISBN: 0692785507. $14.95. Richard Cravatts is a man who knows...
Head of International Network of Scholars: Israel Has Right to Bar Academic ‘Deemed a Security Risk’
Israel has the right to determine the parameters of what it considers incitement, the head of an international network of academics told The Algemeiner this week, after the...
Campus, Legal Groups Slam UCLA for Indulging ‘Vicious’ Campaign Against Student Leader for Neutrality on Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) is under fire from major campus watchdog and legal groups for its "indulgence" of bullying tactics against a...
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...
