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AAUP’s Embrace of Israel Boycotts Turning ‘Academic Guardians to Political Operatives’

Posted by Mike LaChance on September 12, 2024 3 Comments

"the AAUP’s latest statement on the matter claims that academic boycotts are perfectly compatible with academic freedom"

Israel Boycotts by Universities Would Put Academic Freedom at Risk

Posted by Mike LaChance on September 08, 2024 1 Comment

"Can the principle of academic freedom survive a series of political debates about whether to boycott universities in a series of countries?"

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American Association of University Professors Capitulates To Anti-Israel BDS, No Longer Opposes Academic Boycotts

Posted by Jane Coleman on August 12, 2024 15 Comments

Under the new policy, academic boycotts "can be considered legitimate tactical responses."

Sonoma State Univ. President Placed on Leave After Going Rogue Under Protest Pressure And Agreeing To Academic Boycott of Israel

Posted by Mike LaChance on May 16, 2024 19 Comments

“My goal when meeting with students at the encampment was to explore opportunities to make meaningful change, identify common ground and create a safe and inclusive campus for all. I now realize that many of the statements I made in my campuswide message did just the opposite”

Surprise! Survey Shows Most Anti-Israel Academics Support Boycotting Israel

Posted by Johanna Markind on November 27, 2022 7 Comments

Activists in academia create anti-Israel echo chamber - This is our shocked face

Academic Ethnic Cleansing: Middle East Studies Association Signs Onto Boycott of Israel

Posted by Johanna Markind on March 24, 2022 9 Comments

MESA has been captured by activists bent on the destruction of Israel by any means possible.

Membership Voting To Ratify Anti-Israel Academic Boycott Starts At Middle East Studies Association

Posted by Johanna Markind on January 31, 2022 7 Comments

MESA members have from January 31-March 22 to decide whether to ratify a pro-BDS resolution, based on the resolution's unsubstantiated claims. MESA members' request for a discussion forum where resolution supporters can offer support for their claims has so far gone unanswered.

Will George Washington U Let Middle East Studies Ass’n Operate International Anti-Israel Academic Boycott From Its HQ On GWU’s Campus?

Posted by Johanna Markind on January 25, 2022 2 Comments

LIF has now written to GWU three times asking whether MESA will be permitted to operate its planned discriminatory and anti-academic freedom boycott through GWU’s campus, which houses MESA’s HQ. To date, GWU has ignored our questions.

DeSantis Office: Florida Opposes Middle East Studies Association Conducting BDS Anti-Israel Academic Boycott Through FSU

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 22, 2021 26 Comments

"It is our expectation that Florida State University will not permit MESA to operate a boycott of Israel through a public institution, will not accept the academic boycott of Israel, and will not allow university funds to be paid indirectly or directly to any organization that endorses BDS. The same goes for any other institution that receives state funding."

Middle East Studies Association Moves Toward Endorsing BDS Academic Boycott Against Israel

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 12, 2021 5 Comments

Our Op-Ed in The NY Post: "As increasing numbers of Middle Eastern countries normalize relations with Israel, MESA seeks to expunge Israel from Middle Eastern Studies."

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Academic Freedom Win: Israel Boycott Supporter Ilana Feldman Will Not Be Dean at George Washington U

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 27, 2020 30 Comments

You can have academic freedom, or you can have a pro-BDS Dean, but you can't have both.

Facing rogue faculty action, all 10 U. California Chancellors reaffirm opposition to academic boycott of Israel

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 13, 2018 10 Comments

Academic boycott "poses a direct and serious threat to the academic freedom of our students and faculty, as well as the unfettered exchange of ideas"

ALERT – University Presidents called upon to prevent rogue faculty from implementing Academic Boycott of Israel

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 05, 2018 4 Comments

Over 100 groups call on university administrations to prevent actions to "subvert the scholarly and educational opportunities or curtail the academic freedom of colleagues and students"