Unsurprisingly for an organization whose membership has been perennially hostile to Israel, members of the Middle East Studies Association (MESA) voted at their recent annual meeting to advance a resolution endorsing an academic boycott of…
Topic: Gaza
Why Academic Departments Should Steer Clear of Activism Against Israel
The obsessive loathing of Israel by large swathes of academia was evident last spring as Hamas showered southern Israeli town with some 4000 rockets and mortars. These woke, virtue-signaling moral narcissists, however, instead of denouncing…
Rallying in Support of Terror and Denouncing Israel on Woke Campuses
As Israel and Hamas crafted a cease-fire to end two weeks of military activity in which both Gazans and Israelis have died, student governments and faculty members at many universities have issued statements of support….
BDS Threatens Palestinians
Way back in the Big Band Era, even before my time, the Mills Brothers did a song called “You always hurt the one you love.” The political Left in America should resurrect it and make…
Co-Founder of BDS Movement Believes Jews, Israelis Own American Media, Politicians
Omar Barghouti, who we covered before, did a video talk with Stanford students and blasted Israelis and Jews. Photo by intal.be
Illinois to be Censured for Ousting Anti-Israel Professor Steven Salaita
The University of Illinois will be censured for firing Steven Salaita, who had left his previous job at Virginia Tech to work at Illinois. But, his comments about Gaza and Israel (like the one below)…
Al Jazeera Makes an Appearance at the MLA
Haidar Eid, an associate professor at al-Aqsa University in the Gaza Strip, who also has a blog with Al Jazeera, pre-recorded his remarks to the Modern Language Association (MLA) convention in Vancouver, Canada. Eid apologized…
Teachable Moment on Israel
A pair of activists in the state of Washington are promoting an anti-Israel curriculum that high school social studies teachers are considering adopting. Ed Mast and Linda Bevis, of the Palestine Solidarity Committee, have developed…
After Gaza conflict, preparing for a potentially stormy year for Israel on campus
This summer’s 50-day conflict between Israel and Hamas in Gaza, which has come to a close if a cease-fire reached last week holds, has spurred a sharp rise in both anti-Israel and anti-Semitic incidents around…
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Book Review: Is ‘The Dying Citizen’ a Prediction of America’s Future?
America’s ongoing and seemingly-constant crises have left Americans scrambling to find a sense of normalcy and safety. Just in time, to cut through the chaotic bombardment of conflicting messages and opinions while providing a voice…
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