Johanna Markind

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....

Heritage Foundation Report – “Inclusion Delusion: The Antisemitism of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Staff at Universities”

Posted by Johanna Markind on December 26, 2021 8 Comments

"While criticism of Israel is not necessarily antisemitic, the inordinate amount of attention given to Israel and the excessive criticism directed at that one country is evidence of a double-standard with respect to the Jewish state, which is a central feature of a widely accepted...

Lessons Learned On The Frontlines Against BDS

Posted by Johanna Markind on November 28, 2021 8 Comments

My Op-Ed at JNS on court challenges to anti-BDS legislation and ways to improve the laws consistent with First Amendment rights....

Human Rights Group Demands U Mass Boston Take Action After Students For Justice In Palestine Attack On Pro-Israel Christian

Posted by Johanna Markind on November 07, 2021 7 Comments

"Mr. Van Zile was intimidated, harassed, and assaulted by rally participants who turned on him after another participant identified him as a “rabid Zionist,” based on his knowledge of Mr. Van Zile’s editorials supporting Israel and criticizing its detractors. Mr. Van Zile informs us that...

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Author: Johanna Markind

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

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

Heritage Foundation Report – “Inclusion Delusion: The Antisemitism of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Staff at Universities”

Lessons Learned On The Frontlines Against BDS

Human Rights Group Demands U Mass Boston Take Action After Students For Justice In Palestine Attack On Pro-Israel Christian

Google and Amazon Anti-Israel Letters By “Anonymous” Staffers Were Astroturfed By Anti-Zionist Groups

Palestinian Authority Murders Critic, Scuttles Killers’ Trial

Biden ‘Threat’ Warnings Designed To Chill Free Speech of Political Opponents

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