In a letter to U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos, 69 organizations asked for assurances that taxpayer dollars will not be used towards supporting the BDS movement. The letter was prompted by two pro-BDS events recently hosted by academic departments at the University…
read moreSignatories to the recent statement criticizing the University of Michigan’s decision to discipline Prof. John Cheney-Lippold for refusing to support a student who wanted to study in Israel framed the issue solely in terms of freedom of speech. In fact, two principles…
read moreIntroduction The ‘free speech’ crisis created by the BDS movement expanded in October, with additional university instructors refusing to write student recommendations for study in Israel. This, along with the controversial refusal of Israel to admit a student BDS activist,…
read moreAll eyes have been on University of Michigan, my university, these past few weeks, thanks to some controversial incidents: two professors refusing to write recommendations for students seeking to study in Israel and a required seminar class comparing Israel’s Prime…
read moreAt a week-long conference on anti-Semitism held in Vienna in February, I presented a paper addressing responses to the blood libel through the ages and assessing modern historiography on its origins and impact. The final section, which dealt with contemporary…
read moreDenmark won’t fund organizations that have ties to terrorists, engage in attempts to boycott Israel or question its right to exist, the government said in what activists called a significant step. Foreign Minister Anders Samuelsen announced the new policy earlier…
read moreEiffel Tower in Paris, France – Flash 90 French authorities reportedly have suspended their insistence on special labeling for Judea and Samaria products following a lawsuit alleging that the practice is discriminatory. The France office of Amnesty International complained about…
read moreA Jewish pro-Israel Scottish lawyer has been ordered by the country’s Law Society to undergo “diversity training” and pay a fine over an online spat with pro-Palestinian campaigners in which he used strong language against an activist. Matthew Berlow, a…
read moreUEFA has firmly denied reports that it has banned Israel’s public broadcaster, Kan, from televising qualifying games in the disputed occupied territories. In a new row over TV rights, Kan is reported to have withdrawn its bid to broadcast European…
read moreA British man whose views were labeled “clearly anti-Semitic” by the Church of England is scheduled to speak this week to an evangelical group working to erode support for Israel within the Christian community. Christ at the Checkpoint, which promotes…
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