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Night of horror at Ben Gurion airport for two French music students
We are two students, both studying musicology at the Université Paris 8 and in the CRR 93 at Aubervilliers and the CRD at Gennevilliers [translator’s note: all located in the….
AIPAC-backed legislation targeting BDS movement advances in Congress
From the Montgomery bus boycott in 1955 to the anti-Apartheid campaigns in the 90s, Senator Ben Cardin has spent his life supporting boycotts as a tool for achieving racial, social….
UN finds Israel killed dozens at Gaza schools but ducks call for accountability
An official board of inquiry has found that Israel killed and injured hundreds of Palestinians in seven attacks on UN-run schools in the Gaza Strip last summer. UN Secretary-General Ban….
Boycott to intensify after Israeli ban on South African minister’s trip to Palestine
Last week Israel denied entry to South African higher education minister Blade Nzimande. The minister had intended to travel to Ramallah to discuss academic cooperation with institutions in the Israeli-occupied….
Princeton students buoyed by close vote in Israel divestment referendum
A student referendum calling on Princeton University to divest from firms profiting from the Israeli occupation in Palestine has been defeated by a very narrow margin. But campaigners are seeing….
Outrage after S African minister denied entry to Israel
South Africa demands explanation from Tel Aviv after minister is denied visa to visit Israel for diplomatic work.
Night of Philosophy in New York
Thousands of people attended the Night of Philosophy event in New York, from 7 PM April 24 through 7 AM the next morning, held at the French consulate and the….
Why Is a Notorious Free-Speech Censor Being Given a Platform at a Major Academic Gathering?
Leading intellectuals are outraged that Monique Canto-Sperber, who famously quashed two events sponsored by Israel critics, is being given the stage to discuss “freedom of speech.”
Divestment politics, Stanford-style: Will a strong identification with a group affect one’s fair-mindedness?
Religious identity, threats of anti-Semitism, conflict of interest muddy the waters of campus divestment debate