In March the global coronavirus crisis suddenly closed American campuses, changing the direction of higher education. Campus BDS, on the verge of ‘apartheid week,’ was inadvertently thwarted but the exploitation of student government and manipulation of the campus environment continued…
read moreWith the UN publication of a blacklist of Israeli and US firms working in the disputed territories, and the BDS movement pushing Democratic presidential candidates to attack Israel and boycott AIPAC, BDS is now a central international and national political…
read moreThe Trump Administration’s Executive Order expanding civil rights protections for Jewish students has prompted complaints against colleges and universities. The complaints represent a groundswell of dissatisfaction with the treatment of Jewish students and supporters of Israel on US campuses. At…
read moreThe fall semester ended with President Trump signing an Executive Order extending protections to Jewish students under Title VI of the Civil Rights Act. The move came as the Conservative Party crushed Jeremy Corbyn’s Labour Party and then promised to…
read moreBDS on campus reached new levels in November as SJP groups went on the offensive at many schools, most notably by harassing pro-Israel speakers and students. But faculty led BDS also saw several events that went forward despite administration and…
read moreBDS on campus ramped up quickly in October. Several incidents illustrated the BDS tactic of holding events, sometimes in unlikely venues, and then protesting official condemnation, increasingly with allegations of “white supremacy.” This form of entrapment extends long-established BDS strategies,…
read moreIn September the focus of BDS remained fixed on the connection between academia and the political sphere. Prompted by a complaint over a BDS event, the Department of Education warned Duke University and the University of North Carolina over misuse…
read moreAugust saw the provocation engineered by BDS supporting representatives Tlaib and Omar come to a head as they were denied entry into Israel. The predictable outcries regarding ‘disrespect’ allegedly shown to Congress demonstrated that both American political parties expect Israel…
read moreThe highlight of BDS activities in July was passage of a resolution in the House of Representatives opposing BDS. In a major rebuke to vocal BDS supporters and the BDS movement as a whole, the House demonstrated that the vast…
read moreMainstreaming antisemitism through BDS and antizionism progressed in June as academics defended attacking Israel. Pushing back against anti-Israel bias has serious costs but the impunity of higher education has been breached by legal counteractions. The defenses of BDS and racialized…
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