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The universities and colleges below are confirmed to reject the academic boycott of Israel passed by the American Studies Association. This list is based on positions expressed by the Presidents of such Universities or others in a position to state a university’s…
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Note: This post originally was to list just a few statements from university Presidents, but as it has expanded it now will be the repository to gather the statements as a source for others. The title — but not the…
read moreChairman of the Israel Farmers Federation, Meir Tzur, has encountered the boycotting of Israeli products too many times recently. “Just this month, three chains in England announced they won’t work with Israel,” he says with evident frustration. “Every time I…
read moreinceton University has long been known as the “conservative Ivy.” It’s a reference that encompasses not just the school’s centrist political image when compared with Ivy League universities like Harvard or Brown, but also its bucolic atmosphere and generally quiescent…
read moreWASHINGTON — The passage of a landmark bill against Israel boycotts in the Illinois legislature Monday will likely serve as a turning point for ensuing attempts at the state level to combat efforts to delegitimize Israel, opponents of the BDS…
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The campaign to divest from israel is being led by DePaul Divests. Feminist Front posted a video supporting the campaign on Jan. 21. The students in the video claim that Israeli “methods of occupation historically target women, through violence, kidnapping,…
read moreIn the campus war against Israel, the all too familiar refrain from anti-Israel activists, many of whom form the loose coalition of groups and individuals spearheading the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) campaign, is that their quarrel is only with…
read moreNEW YORK – This was the year that the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement moved to the center of the American Jewish community’s agenda. While BDS efforts began more than a decade ago and have not reached the level…
read more“What if the Jews themselves were Nazis?,” mused French philosopher, Vladimir Jankélévitch in 1986. “That would be great. We would no longer have to feel sorry for them; they would have deserved what they got.” The recasting of Israelis, and,…
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Local politicians are asking Brooklyn College to cancel a Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) event scheduled for Thursday evening, while civil rights and Arab-American groups believe the event should be allowed to go forward. SJP, a grassroots network of…
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