A Call for Academic Freedom
We the undersigned are shocked and bewildered to learn that the University of Rome 3 withdrew from hosting an important academic conference on topical and important issues such as conflicts,….
Category: Columns
The Academic Boycott : American success vs. French censorship
Last month’s murders at Charlie Hebdo have revealed a paradox in French attitudes to freedom of expression. On the one hand, French public pronouncements display a rhetorical attachment to unlimited….
Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions: Myths and Realities
[This article is reprinted from an article appearing in the February 2015 edition of the e-bulletin of the Association for Middle East Women’s Studies.]
Israel’s desperate new tactic in fighting the growing academic boycotts
Over the last months, Israeli advocacy groups have been scrambling to delegitimize, demobilize, and debunk the fast growing BDS movement with no success. Through leaked emails between pro-Israel lobbyists and….
Pro-Israel campus activists acting as agents of state propaganda and intimidation
In May 2006, I went to Israel for the first time on a subsidized trip called Hasbara Fellowships. Having been raised with a traditional Jewish upbringing, I was very excited….
Palestinian youth face psychological trauma and educational neglect following Israeli detention
2014 was a harrowing and devastating year for many people living in Israel and Palestine. Violations of human rights, racism, and hatred did not stop after the 2014 Gaza war….
Letter from the Palestinian astrophysicist Imad al-Barghouthi after his release from detention
Dear Sir, As a result of international pressure on my behalf (*) initiated by AURDIP and BRICUP mainly, I am very grateful to have been released on January 22 from….
Israel’s truthiness on Palestinian academic freedom
In denying that Israel limits academic freedom in Palestine, the Israeli embassy in Washington seems to forget about the Palestinian students and academics whose movement it restricts.
Should statisticians boycott Israeli universities?
This article was written for the Radical Statistics Newsletter, and appeared in Issue 111 (2014), pp56-61. The issue is not yet online but will be in the future. Information on the Radical Statistics Group can be found here.
It is reproduced with the permission of the author.
2014: Shattering the Academic Boycott of Israel Taboo
2014 was simultaneously a terribly painful and remarkably hopeful year for the Palestinian people.