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Florida State Drops Middle East Studies Association Membership As Group Moves Towards Israel Boycott

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 16, 2022 12 Comments

"The FSU Middle East Center did not renew its annual membership in MESA for the 2022 calendar year. Membership expired Dec. 31, 2021."

Middle East Studies Association Members In “Legal Jeopardy” If Carry Out Israel Boycott On Campuses

Posted by Mike LaChance on December 31, 2021 0 Comments

“As a matter of law and principle, the State of Florida does not tolerate discrimination against the State of Israel or the Israeli people, including boycotts and divestments targeting Israel (the BDS movement)”

Teammates of UPenn Trans Swimmer Considered Boycotting Final Meet but Feared Backlash

Posted by Mike LaChance on December 30, 2021 11 Comments

"Knowing they do not have backing from the school or NCAA, they’re reluctant to jeopardize their opportunity to make the elite Ivy League squad"

Middle East Studies Association Boycotting Israel “Is Basically the Old Anti-Jewish Boycott”

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 25, 2021 26 Comments

My appearance on Breitbart News Sunday On SiriusXM Radio with Joel Pollak: "Our U.S. universities are far more radical in many ways than the people who run some of the Arab Muslim countries”

Illinois Divests Pension Funds From Unilever Over Ben & Jerry’s Israel Boycott

Posted by Vijeta Uniyal on December 24, 2021 27 Comments

"The Illinois Investment Policy Board vote to add Unilever to the state’s prohibited entity list was unanimous."

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."

Law Professors Sign Statement Condemning NYU Legal Journal’s Israel Boycott

Posted by Mike LaChance on December 19, 2021 0 Comments

"policies that are antithetical to the principles of open inquiry, academic freedom, and the free and unfettered intellectual exchange of ideas"

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."