BDS Tag

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....

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)”...

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...

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...

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."...

Democratic Socialists of America Want to Expel Far-Left Rep. Jamaal Bowman Over Israel Diplomatic Trip

Posted by Mike LaChance on December 01, 2021 12 Comments

There is a long list of things that can get you canceled by the left, even if you're a member. Somewhere in the top ten on that list is not actively hating the nation of Israel. Rep. Jamaal Bowman of New York is so progressive that he is sometimes referred to as the only male member of the squad, but even that can't save him now that he participated in a diplomatic trip to Israel.

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...

Ben & Jerry’s Co-Founders Defend Boycotting Israel, But Won’t Boycott Texas and Georgia

Posted by Mary Chastain on October 11, 2021 47 Comments

The founders parroted the incorrect "international law" argument people use to justify boycotting Israel....

Ben & Jerry’s To Boycott “Occupied Palestinian Territory” Including Ancient Jewish Quarter of Jerusalem

Posted by Mary Chastain on July 19, 2021 43 Comments

Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett stated, "There are many ice cream brands, but only one Jewish state."...

Yale Student Government Passes Vile Anti-Israel Resolution (UPDATE: Yale Student Responds to LIF Coverage, Yale Professor Condemns Student Govt in Op-Ed)

Posted by Samantha Mandeles on July 05, 2021 11 Comments

In an age when nearly everyone appears keen to publicly prove their 'woke' credentials, students at Yale University refuse to be outdone. The quickest way to demonstrate your anti-racist bonafides on campus? Self-satisfied student government "resolutions" condemning only the Jewish State.

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