Posts Tagged: Academic boycott of Israel
BDS and the Apartheid Libel Are on the March
A key development in BDS activity in February was a report by Amnesty International entitled “Israel’s Apartheid Against the Palestinians.” The BDS movement and its...
UChicago Condemns ‘Anti-Palestinian Bias’ After SJP Urges Boycott of ‘Sh*tty Zionist Classes’
If one needed any further evidence of the widespread antisemitism and anti-Israel hostility on college campuses in the United States, you would only have to...
Does American University Accept Anti-Israel and Anti-Jewish Hate?
As a vocal Israeli on social media, I am used to the constant harassment—from being held accountable for the actions of the Israeli government, to...
Dutch Universities Move to Reveal Correspondence With Israel Supporters after Demand by Pro-Palestinian Org
It was an email that should have raised concerns among the university administrators in the Netherlands who received it: a demand from a pro-Palestinian group...
BDS Movement Uses Campus Antisemitism to March Onward
BDS activities in January were shaped by the continuing evolution of the COVID pandemic, which has slowed the reopening of higher education, and also by...
The Cycle: How Antisemitism Takes Root on College Campuses
It starts with a newspaper article. A student writes a piece to the student body, saying that all Jews are "white." This is usually penned...
BDS Brings Antisemitism to Universities Across America
In December, a new report revealed the extent to which "diversity, equity, and inclusion" (DEI) officials are pervasively biased against Israel. The study analyzed the Twitter...
‘Zionist Playbook’: UNC Student Newspaper Glosses Over Teacher’s Antisemitic Dog Whistles
On September 24, the University of North Carolina (UNC) issued a statement that reaffirmed its commitment to tackling antisemitism, labeling it “one of the oldest...
Until the Storm Subsides: The Resilience of Hillel and Other Cultural Jewish Spaces
When a historian came to my college a few years back and told us all, a table of Jewish students, that antisemitism was dead --...
Academia’s Disturbing Distortion of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
Academics are expected to treat controversial issues with reasoned analysis -- objective evaluation of opposing sides. Commentary following the recent 11-day war between Israel and...
Virginia Tech GPSS’ Farcical BDS Legislation Slanders Israel with Lies and Disinformation
Despite the well-established irrationality of academic boycotts against Israel, the Virginia Tech Graduate and Professional Student Senate (GPSS) recently passed divestment legislation, supposedly to hold Israel...
‘Israeli Apartheid’: University of Toronto’s Kosher Food Row Exposes Acceptance of BDS on Campus
Last month, the University of Toronto’s student union was embroiled in a scandal over its kosher food dining options. The row started when the college’s Scarborough...
BDS Comes to the Campus, the Streets, and Politics
In November, BDS in academia was marked by efforts to cancel speakers perceived as pro-Israel, such as Israeli Ambassador Tzipi Hotovely's talk at the London...
The Intercept Offers Impassioned Defense of Instructor Who Called Israel Supporters ‘Zionist Dirtbags’
Kylie Broderick is a Ph.D. student at the University of North Carolina (UNC)’s History Department, and teaches a class to undergraduates called “The Conflict Over...
