George Washington U. Cuts Ties With Group Following Vote of Support for BDS
“The partnership’s end will mean a loss of benefits for the academic group.”
This is good to hear. The BDS movement should not have a place in higher education.
The College Fix reports:
GWU cuts ties with academic group following support for BDS
George Washington University has announced it will no longer partner with the Middle East Studies Association by the end of this year.
The College Fix reached out via email to George Washington University three times in the past two weeks for comment on the decision and reasoning. It has yet to respond.
Though it did not explain why, it comes after MESA voted in favor of “boycott, sanctions and divestment,” an action that targets Israel.
“Our members have cast a clear vote to answer the call for solidarity from Palestinian scholars and students experiencing violations of their right to education and other human rights,” the group’s president stated last March. “MESA’s Board will work to honor the will of its members and ensure that the call for an academic boycott is upheld without undermining our commitment to the free exchange of ideas and scholarship.”
The resolution “calls for an academic boycott of Israeli institutions for their complicity in Israel’s violations of human rights and international law through their provision of direct assistance to the military and intelligence establishments.”
A board member with MESA told The Fix he would email by Monday, Aug. 7 with a comment, but has yet to respond. The Fix reached out to the general email for the board and another member but no responses were received in the past two weeks, despite two follow-up attempts.
The partnership’s end will mean a loss of benefits for the academic group.
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Which leaves how many other colleges that maintain ties with MESA?