Alexander Joffe
ARTICLES BY: Alexander Joffe
SPME BDS Monitor: Academic Situation Improves, Cultural Sphere Worsens
With the school year over, the focus of BDS activity has moved to other parts of the academic ecosystem. One of the most important developments...
SPME BDS Monitor: School Year Ends With Defeats for Boycott Movement, But There Are Challenges Ahead
The spring semester ended with several BDS resolutions being defeated in student governments, usually after many hours of debate. The ability of defeat BDS resolutions...
SPME BDS Monitor: Boycott Movement Advances in April
A pro-BDS resolution at the University of Wisconsin was indefinitely postponed after six hours of debate. The debate included an angry walkout by campus delegates disgusted by...
SPME BDS Monitor: Divestment Stalls, But Antisemitism Thrives
March was a complicated month for BDS efforts, with divestment resolutions, "Israeli Apartheid Week" activities, outbreaks of campus antisemitism and important political developments. Last month, BDS...
SPME BDS Monitor: Neo-Nazi and Islamic Antisemitism on the Rise
February was marked by antisemitic incidents both on and off campus, originating from both the far-Right and the far-Left. Neo-Nazi and Islamist antisemitism was evident,...
SPME BDS Monitor: A Month of Progress
January saw the new Trump administration articulate strong opposition to BDS. Some of the protests against the administration and its new temporary immigration restrictions saw the...
SPME BDS Monitor: Repercussions of the Obama Abstention at the UN Security Council
2016 was a bad year for BDS, with setbacks at universities and the state level. But the Obama administration’s unexpected decision to abstain from a United...
SPME BDS Monitor: Far-Left Groups Support BDS; US Congress Pushes Back
In the wake of the US presidential election, BDS supporters have joined some far-left anti-Trump protesters, and a BDS supporter became the leading candidate to head...
SPME BDS Monitor: Violence Occurs on College Campuses
The first violent BDS protest of the fall semester has now occurred. At the same time, Midwestern colleges and universities are now offering direct support to...
SPME BDS Monitor: Anti-Israel Activists Spring to Life on College Campuses
The 2016 academic year began with BDS activities moving into new areas on campus, Capitol Hill and within the progressive movement -- spreading the rejection of Israel...
SPME BDS Monitor: The Movement for Black Lives Officially Joins the Anti-Israel Bandwagon
August saw dramatic BDS developments as the Movement for Black Lives' accusations that Israel committed “genocide” alienated Jewish supporters. Hacked files showing that the Open Society...
SPME BDS Monitor: The Debate Comes to the Presidential Conventions
In July, BDS took center stage at the US presidential conventions. But important differences between the Republican and Democratic platforms regarding Israel reflect changes in...
SPME BDS Monitor: Boycott Suffers Setbacks, But Advances Elsewhere
The BDS movement suffered important setbacks in June. The membership of the American Anthropological Association voted down sweeping BDS resolutions but by a tiny margin....
SPME BDS Monitor: Boycott Movements Thrive on Campus and in Sanders Camp
The academic year closed with dramatic protests to shut down pro-Israel and free speech events. But other developments, the rejection of a BDS resolution and...
Erdogan Allies Attack Istanbul Synagogue, Warn of Further Violence Over Temple Mount Crisis
Three Israelis Stabbed to Death by Palestinian Terrorist During Shabbat Dinner in West Bank Settlement
The Argument Is About Jews, Not Metal Detectors
New York Times Orders Readers to Eat Ham, Bacon
My Sister Was Murdered by an Antisemite, Not a Madman, Declares Sarah Halimi's Brother