Business of backlash: GOP cashes in on Koch/Adelson anti-BDS donations
As the BDS movement grows, the flow of money to stop it increases — and Republicans spot a “winning issue”
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“We are Farid!”: An open letter to French university administrators: Stop silencing advocates for Palestinian Rights!
“I have never thought, for my part, that man’s freedom consists in his being able to do whatever he wills, but that he should not, by any human power, be….
At a Jewish Voice For Peace Conference: This Is What Solidarity Looks Like
When a Palestinian woman went to this Jewish group’s annual conference, she found a growing movement of Jews and other allies.
The dismal lives of students locked in Israeli prison
Throughout Palestine, prisons are a major site in which the struggle for education, among other basic human rights, is tirelessly waged. Roughly 20% of Palestinians have been incarcerated, constituting as….
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,….
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….