SPME BDS Monitor

Anti-Israel protestors create campus havoc as protests aim for maximum public disruption. University concessions to protestors lead to exclusions and physical assaults against Jewish students

Introduction 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…

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Student radicalism increases as protests calling to destroy Israel multiply. Governmental threats expand as the US sanctions ‘settlers’ while Muslim groups pressure national leaders to abandon Israel.

Introduction 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…

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BDS/pro-Hamas movement merges with anti-capitalists as protests snarl campuses, cities and travel. Student and faculty groups support Hamas and official investigations expand as anti-Israel curriculums in K-12 are exposed.

Introduction 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,…

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Anti-Israel protests roil America and Europe as campuses grapple with antisemitic free speech and ‘academic freedom.’ Leading university presidents stumble in Congressional testimony on antisemitism leading to reputational harm.

Introduction 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…

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Fall semester begins with ersatz intellectual events as Soviet style ‘scientific antizionism’ becomes progressive centerpiece. Pro-BDS “Ethnic Studies” remains issue in California high school and university systems.

Introduction The academic year began with the BDS movement further coopting academic spaces and legitimacy with an ersatz ‘literary festival’ and ‘conferences.’ Deliberately blurring the line between scholarship and advocacy has long been a BDS strategy to gain legitimacy and…

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Opposition to IHRA takes new forms with an ‘institute’ and ‘conferences.’ Electoral campaigns heat up as pro-BDS representatives condemn Israel and AIPAC.

Introduction As the school year approaches pro-BDS faculty and far left foundations opposed to the IHRA definition of antisemitism have organized an ersatz ‘institute’ and multiple conferences to denounce this widely accepted standard. Coupled with academic boycotts adopted by anthropology…

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