Editor’s Note The enormous growth of BDS-related antisemitism since the October 7, 2023 Hamas attack has required the BDS Monitor to be greatly expanded as a tool for historical documentation. Readers are reminded that a shortened version appears in The…
read moreIntroduction The Spring semester has ended with higher education in upheaval. The political and economic relationships with the Federal government which prevailed since World War II are now rapidly changing with billions of taxpayer funding frozen or and foreign student…
read moreIntroduction The clash between the Trump Administration and the higher education industry, particularly Ivy League universities, over failures to address antisemitism and expunge DEI practices and pedagogy escalated to new proportions in April. As the administration froze Federal funds to…
read moreIntroduction The Trump Administration has begun to take action against universities and pro-Hamas students. Following on Executive Orders in February, the administration appears set on making an example of Columbia University by suspending research grants. Detention of foreign students have…
read moreEditor’s Note The enormous growth of BDS-related antisemitism since the October 7, 2023 Hamas attack has required the BDS Monitor to be greatly expanded. Readers are reminded that a shortened version appears in The Algemeiner. Introduction The first full month…
read moreIntroduction The advent of the Trump Administration promises to shift the landscape for BDS and anti-Israel politics. A new Executive Order orders action to combat antisemitism including deporting student Hamas supporters, while dismantling the Federal DEI enterprise removes a key…
read moreIntroduction The fall semester ended with the number of campus protests down but antisemitic incidents unchanged. The escalation in violence against Jews and Jewish institutions worldwide demonstrates again that anti-Zionism is simply antisemitism motivated by hatred of Israel and Jewish…
read moreIntroduction The resounding electoral victory of Donald Trump has changed the landscape for the fight against BDS and antisemitism. The electoral results suggest that the domination of DEI in K-12 and higher education and the racialization of society by ‘critical…
read moreIntroduction The anniversary of the October 7 Hamas massacres that began the Gaza War were marked by celebrations of the atrocities as ‘a necessary step,’ and vandalism of universities and Jewish institutions. The outbreak highlighted the intensity of pro-Hamas sentiment…
read moreIntroduction The new semester began with a renewed round of pro-Hamas protests, partially constrained by new university regulations and by suspensions of anti-Israel groups. Research now shows that faculty have taken the lead attacking Israel as well as pro-Israel students and…
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