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Boycott, Divest and Sanction the American Studies Association

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 17, 2013 9 Comments

ASA has awakened a sleeping giant.

ASA issues member talking points to counter university pushback over Israel boycott

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 16, 2013 23 Comments

American Studies Association coaches members how to defend ASA academic boycott against criticism by Deans, Administrators and Faculty.

American Studies Association members ratify anti-Israel academic boycott

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 16, 2013 28 Comments

Only about 16% of ASA total membership votes for boycott, but low voting participation makes that enough.

Tax-Exempt Status of American Studies Association to be challenged if Israel boycott resolution passes

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 15, 2013 24 Comments

As I have previously indicated, I believe the anti-Israel academic boycott resolution of the American Studies Association calls into question ASA’s 501(c)(3) tax exemption. Voting on the resolution ends at 11:59 p.m. on Sunday, December 15. If the resolution passes, I intend on challenging ASA’s 501(c)(3) status...

Mahmoud Abbas rejects boycott of Israel as American Studies Association votes on boycott

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 14, 2013 6 Comments

An interesting thing happened at the funeral of Nelson Mandela. Mahmoud Abbas, the head of the Palestinian Authority, rejected the Boycott Divest and Sanction campaign against Israel, urging only a boycott of Israeli products made in the West Bank. While in South Africa this week for...

Lawrence Summers: Academic boycott of Israel is “anti-Semitism in effect”

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 13, 2013 15 Comments

Calls on universities to shun American Studies Association if enters into academic boycott of Israel.

Good people opposing academic boycott of Israel

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 12, 2013 7 Comments

Mob rule now determines academic freedom.

Does American Studies Association have guts to boycott Cornell too?

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 11, 2013 15 Comments

Perhaps it's time for a "boycott me too" movement to counter anti-Israel academic boycotts.

Renowned Pianist Evgeny Kissin Stands Up to Anti-Israel Boycott Movement

Posted by David Gerstman on December 10, 2013 9 Comments

"come and make troubles at my concerts, too: because Israel’s case is my case, Israel’s enemies are my enemies"

Maybe it’s time to reconsider the tax-exempt status of academic boycotters

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 05, 2013 12 Comments

The American Studies Association can boycott Israel all it wants, but it should do so on its own dime

American Studies Association leadership recommends academic boycott of Israel

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 04, 2013 17 Comments

Will they now boycott universities in Islamic countries that discriminate against Jews and Christians, women, and gays?

Cornell anti-Israel boycott group uses Israeli software for its website

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 27, 2013 15 Comments

It’s hard being a principled member of the anti-Israel Boycott, Divest and Sanction movement. With Israel being a leader in computer, medical and other technologies, one would have to enter a time machine back to the 1950s to truly boycott Israeli products. The Cornell Students...

“Boycott Israel” rap video exposes hypocrisy of BDS movement

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 08, 2013 28 Comments

The Boycott, Divestment and Sanction (BDS) movement, as our readers know, is a vile combination of leftists and Islamists joined together by hatred of Israel who hide behind false and exaggerated claims regarding the “occupation,” when the real goal is the destruction of Israel. The...

Congressional Black Caucus Members Would Support Economic Boycott of FL

Posted by Mandy Nagy on July 20, 2013 76 Comments

The push for an economic boycott of Florida has ratcheted up in recent days, with some members of the Congressional Black Caucus now publicly supporting the idea of such an action. The underlying target of their ire? Stand Your Ground laws, of course. From The...

@SodaStreamUSA response to Limbaugh boycott: “We continue to advertise”

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 15, 2013 17 Comments

SodaStream is an Israeli company which makes a really cool and really popular product, essentially a make your own soda at home device. I plan on getting one. Its U.S. division is SodaStreamUSA. This video shows the SodaStream story of building bridges between Jews and...

BDS lied about Stephen Hawking joining anti-Israel academic boycott (Update – retraction of the retraction?)(Final update? Hawking essentially refused to cross boycott picket line)

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 08, 2013 16 Comments

The academic boycott of Israel organized by the BDS movement claimed a big success when the Guardian ran an article yesterday, Stephen Hawking joins academic boycott of Israel. That report set off a furious response, since the academic boycott of Israel is anathema to almost...

Cumulus again tries to throw Limbaugh under Media Matters’ boycott bus

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 07, 2013 20 Comments

It’s Deja Vu all over again, earnings season bringing another attempt by Cumulus Media to throw Rush Limbaugh under the Media Matters’ boycott bus. For a bit of history on the Limbaugh boycott organized by and still pushed by Media Matters, see my prior posts...

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