Introduction As the summer ends the landscape for Israel hatred and antisemitism has been reshaped. Thousands of protestors voiced their hatred of Israel on the streets of Chicago during the Democratic National Convention, their students counterparts have begun new campus…
read moreIntroduction The sudden withdrawal of President Biden from the Democratic ticket amidst the continued war in Gaza has thrown US support for Israel and for American Jews into new light. The appointment of Vice President Harris as the Democratic candidate…
read moreIntroduction. With the academic year concluded the focus of anti-Israel activity has shifted to street protests against individuals and institutions deemed ‘Zionist.’ There is no longer a clear distinction made between ‘Zionist’ and ‘Jew,’ with the former term thrown at anyone…
read moreIntroduction The spring semester has ended with global higher education fundamentally transformed by anti-Israel protests sparked by the Hamas massacres of October 2023. Large numbers of faculty and students have exposed the intensity of their anti-Israel and anti-American biases, while…
read moreIntroduction As the semester ends many leading universities were overrun by anti-Israel protestors who have dominated campuses since October 7. Encampments and occupations of buildings spread to many campuses, resulting in arrests of both students and faculty and the paralysis…
read moreIntroduction The Gaza War has revived BDS resolutions on campus, the shunning of Jews in arts communities, and threats to cut off weapons shipments to Israel. Campuses, politics, and now the arts have become supersaturated with protests for the cause…
read moreIntroduction Due to the ongoing war in Gaza the BDS movement’s targeted opposition to Israel has expanded into massive street protests, threats against politicians, and security crises for Western Jews. Increasingly individual politicians and Jews are being targeted as stand-ins…
read moreIntroduction The new year began with BDS inspired antisemitism morphing fully into pro-Hamas and anti-capitalist protests. Street protests aimed at institutions regarded as supportive of or supported by Jews, including the White House and hospitals, have been targeted with impunity,…
read moreIntroduction BDS and antisemitism in December were shaped by the ongoing war in Gaza. Unwittingly, that war has set into motion of series of events, not least of all disastrous Congressional testimony from three university presidents, further compromising public trust…
read moreIntroduction Editor’s Note: The unusual length of this BDS Monitor is in order to provide a more comprehensive overview that documents the post October 7 antisemitism crisis and as a form of historical documentation. As the war in Gaza progresses…
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