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Dem Election-Year Infighting Escalates as Rashida Tlaib Faces Pro-Israel Primary Challenger

Posted by Stacey Matthews on May 29, 2022 27 Comments

“We are hoping that we can have a candidate that doesn’t have varying distractions,” said frequent CNN contributor and former Kamala for President backer Bakari Sellers....

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Essay: How Jewish Support for ‘Anti-Racism’ Empowered Anti-Semitism

Posted by Mike LaChance on May 26, 2022 11 Comments

"The moral panic that the murder of Floyd set off has empowered radicals"...

The Fight Against Progressive Anti-Semitism On Campus Needs To Shift From Defense To Offense

Posted by Johanna Markind on May 22, 2022 18 Comments

As our article in White Rose Magazine details, in the nearly 21 years since the Durban Conference, American Jewry’s alphabet soup of organizations has yet to counter campus anti-Semitism and anti-Zionism effectively....

One Editor at the Harvard Crimson Dissents From Embrace of the BDS Movement

Posted by Mike LaChance on May 05, 2022 8 Comments

"in light of the role Israel plays in my people’s history as our homeland and haven from persecution, I am a Zionist, and I stand with Israel"...

Harvard Crimson Editorial Board Comes Out in Support of the BDS Movement

Posted by Mike LaChance on May 01, 2022 5 Comments

"We first and foremost wish to extend our sincere support to those who have been and continue to be subject to violence in occupied Palestine"...

87 Groups To U.S. Dept. Education: Middle East Studies Programs Boycotting Israel Shouldn’t Get Federal Funds

Posted by Johanna Markind on April 24, 2022 10 Comments

Letter joined in by Legal Insurrection Foundation: "it is unacceptable that federal funds could be used to implement an academic boycott that directly contravenes the purposes for which these funds have been granted"...

The BDS Movement is Co-Opting the Invasion of Ukraine to Drive Hatred of Israel on Campus

Posted by Mike LaChance on April 07, 2022 2 Comments

“international community is being hypocritical and racist by being more sympathetic towards the Ukrainians because of their color, religion and race”...

Breaking With Past, American Association of University Professors Refuses to Condemn Boycott of Israel By Middle East Studies Ass’n

Posted by Johanna Markind on April 06, 2022 10 Comments

For decades, AAUP has condemned academic boycotts, including boycotts of Israel. Reflecting AAUP’s increasing radicalism and anti-Israel hostility, the association will not offer a statement condemning MESA’s boycott, according to a spokeswoman....

Tufts University Rejects Calls From Student Activists to Boycott Jewish Campus Organizations Over Israel

Posted by Mike LaChance on April 05, 2022 2 Comments

"We strongly oppose this renewed campaign at Tufts"...

Israel-Boycotting Middle East Studies Association Loses Another Institutional Member, Takes Down Membership List

Posted by Johanna Markind on March 31, 2022 2 Comments

Seven institutional members have left MESA due to the Israel boycott resolution, including Brandeis University: "The resolution attacks the fundamental principles of academic freedom and association...

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....

Breaking Up Is Hard to Do: Israeli Company Sues Ben & Jerry’s and Unilever To Maintain License

Posted by Johanna Markind on March 20, 2022 24 Comments

Licensee claims Ben & Jerry’s and its corporate owner broke their contract by conditioning license renewal on a boycott that violates American and Israeli law....

Jewish Students at University of Virginia Defeat Anti-Israel Campaign

Posted by Mike LaChance on March 20, 2022 2 Comments

"It was a rare victory for Jewish groups on college campuses, which have grown increasingly hostile to Israel."...

How a Pro-Israel Blogger Exposed the Anti-Semitic BDS Movement in London

Posted by Mike LaChance on February 28, 2022 1 Comment

“and suddenly it occurred to me that here I was in the belly of the beast, and that if they found out, I would be in real trouble.”...

Student Union at University of Toronto Adopts BDS Motion

Posted by Mike LaChance on February 18, 2022 1 Comment

“Last night’s vote represents a pattern of antisemitism at the University of Toronto that has gone unchecked for years"...

Middle East Studies Association Defends Terror-Infused Palestinian University, While Moving To Boycott Israeli Academia

Posted by Johanna Markind on February 13, 2022 2 Comments

MESA membership is voting now on a resolution to boycott all Israeli academic institutions. After the IDF arrested five student operatives at a Hamas stronghold, MESA accused Israel of a "horrifying escalation of ongoing assaults on Palestinian universities.”...

Middle East Studies Association Losing Institutional Members As Anti-Israel Boycott Resolution Voting Starts

Posted by Johanna Markind on February 09, 2022 15 Comments

MESA website lists 8 fewer institutional members since MESA passed an initial BDS resolution, which now is in process of a membership ratification vote....

Pro-Palestinian Group at U. Chicago Urges Students to Avoid ‘Sh**ty Zionist Classes’

Posted by Mike LaChance on February 05, 2022 5 Comments

"and asking students to boycott classes discussing Israel or who are taught by Israeli fellows"...

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