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MESA appears to be the most important body in the American academia. That’s where the media take experts from to explain the Israeli-Arab conflict. That’s the place which breeds students who will go on to become commentators and researchers. If…
read moreThe American Studies Association (ASA), allegedly a scholarly association – (“our nation’s oldest (1951) and largest association devoted to the interdisciplinary study of American culture and history,”) has abandoned its scholarly pursuits to boycott Israel, and banned Israel’s university representatives…
read moreFor two left-wing groups, B’Tselem – The Israeli Information Center for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories and Yesh Din – Volunteers for Human Rights, the probes to be conducted by the Israel Defense Forces will not do. And they…
read moreOver the past year, I’ve been invited to speak at over 150 college campuses around the U.S. about my experiences as a commander in the Israeli Defense Forces. I’ve spoken at the University of Washington, Stanford, UC Berkeley, Georgetown, NYU,…
read moreHarvard student Sandra Y.L. Korn recently proposed in The Harvard Crimson that academics should be stopped if their research is deemed oppressive. Arguing that “academic justice” should replace “academic freedom,” she writes: “If our university community opposes racism, sexism, and heterosexism, why…
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Whether one is for or against Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) as a means to change the current situation in Palestine-Israel, it is important to recognize that boycotts are internationally affirmed and constitutionally protected forms of political expression. As non-violent…
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Scholars for Peace in the Middle East (SPME) expresses its deepest condolences to the family of our friend and former board member, Prof. Barry Rubin, on his passing yesterday at age sixty-four of cancer. He leaves his wife Judy and…
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Veteran Middle East scholar and commentator Barry Rubin died on Monday, his family announced. A longtime columnist for The Jerusalem Post, Barry was director of the Global Research in International Affairs (GLORIA) Center, editor of the Middle East Review of International Affairs (MERIA),…
read moreIn the summer of 2013 an unusual gathering of students took place in an undisclosed location in upstate New York. Sponsored by the American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) along with Jewish Voice for Peace, the “We Divest Campaign Student Leadership…
read moreWhat should we learn from the American Studies Association’s lopsided December 15 vote to endorse the anti-Israel boycott? Here are five takeaways: The Jewish Community Got Beat There is no question about it. The American Studies Association’s anti-Israel boycott resolution is a…
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