Posts Tagged: academic boycott
‘A Dark Day for Higher Education’: American Anthropological Association Endorses BDS After Referendum
Members of the American Anthropological Association (AAA) overwhelmingly voted to approve a resolution calling for a full academic boycott of Israeli academic institutions. Just 37 percent...
Middle East Studies Association Votes to Boycott Israel
The Middle East Studies Association (MESA) announced on Wednesday its endorsement of the Palestinian-led boycott, divestment, and sanctions (BDS) campaign against Israel. Members of the association, which...
Anti-Zionist Faculty Fueling Campus Antisemitism, Report Finds
Faculty support for the boycott, divestment, and sanctions (BDS) campaign against Israel is strongly correlated with the rise in antisemitic incidents at American colleges and...
American Historical Association Rejects Anti-Israel Resolutions for Fourth Time
Two resolutions targeting Israel failed to pass at the American Historical Association's annual meeting in New York on Sunday, amid a years-long campaign encouraging the...
88 Groups Urge US Education Dept. to Prevent Misuse of Taxpayer Funds to Boycott Israel
Eighty-eight groups urged the US Department of Education on Wednesday to safeguard against the misuse of federal funds to promote boycotts of Israel in academia. In...
University of Cape Town Senate Defers Vote on Israel Boycott, Calls for ‘Consultative Process’
The Senate of the University of Cape Town in South Africa has deferred a vote on a boycott of Israeli academic institutions, agreeing to "a more consultative...
Israeli UCT Alumni Speak Out as Campus Leaders Again Set to Consider Academic Boycott
Multiple graduates of the University of Cape Town in South Africa have urged their alma mater to reject an academic boycott of Israel -- among them...
University of Cape Town Council Member Who Will Vote on Academic Boycott of Israel Promoted Discredited ‘Khazar Theory’ Denying Jewish Ties to Middle East
A member of a University of Cape Town body that will vote on whether to implement an academic boycott of Israel has claimed that ultra-Orthodox...
University of Cape Town to Hold Final Vote on Academic Boycott of Israel Later This Month
The University of Cape Town, the top-ranking academic institution in Africa, is set to consider enforcing an academic boycott against Israel later this month. The UCT...
17 UC Berkeley Professors Warn ‘Discriminatory’ BDS Campaign Poses ‘Clear and Direct Threat to Academic Freedom’
Seventeen faculty members at the University of California, Berkeley, warned on Tuesday against the threat posed by the Palestinian-led boycott, divestment, and sanctions (BDS) campaign to...
Pitzer College President Vetoes Move to Suspend Study Abroad in Israel
JNS.org - By a margin of 67-28, with eight abstentions, the College Council at Pitzer College in Claremont, Calif., voted on Thursday to suspend the school’s study-abroad...
Jewish Students, Groups Applaud University of Michigan for ‘Strong’ Response to Faculty Who Refused to Give Recommendations for Israel Study
The University of Michigan is being applauded by Jewish students and advocacy groups, after it announced "serious consequences" for instructors who withhold letters of recommendation due to...
Australian University Urged to Distance Itself From Pro-BDS ‘Israel Hate Fest’ Being Hosted by Peace Studies Department
Australia's University of Sydney has been called on to distance itself from a pro-BDS conference to be hosted later this month by the school's Department of Peace...
Leading Anti-BDS US Academics Weigh in On Controversial Proposed Israeli Academic Ethics Code
American professors who have played prominent roles in fighting the international boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) movement have weighed in on a controversial academic ethics code being...
