Israel academic boycott

Boycotting Israeli brains: A look at the anti-Israel academic boycott

Israeli brains were subjected to boycott, disguised as pro-human rights. And to a large extent, they still are.

 Graduating students hold a sign reading "There Are No Universities Left in Gaza" during the 373rd Commencement Exercises at Harvard University, May 2024.
 Gali Baharav Miara

Bill to fire academics who 'incite to terror' is unconstitutional, attorney general says

The logo of "Universiteit Gent" is pictured on a building of Ghent University, Belgium, April 4, 2017.

Belgium's Ghent University severs ties with all Israeli universities over Hamas war

 A PRO-PALESTINIAN protester uses a bullhorn during a demonstration on the UC Berkeley campus on Monday.

It's outrageous, but campus antisemitism in US is nothing new - opinion


Academia in Italy is targeting Israel - opinion

Sergio Mattarella, the Italian president, recently emphasized the importance of keeping scientific research insulated from international tensions, highlighting its role as an “instrument of peace."

ITALY'S PRESIDENT Sergio Mattarela speaks at the March of the Living during a visit to Poland in April.

American Anthropological Association boycott of Israel will be to its detriment - opinion

The resolution will certainly act as a blacklist and litmus test for Israeli and Jewish anthropologists in the context of university departments, and in classrooms.

 THEN-EDUCATION minister Naftali Bennett with Israeli Prize winner, anthropologist Deborah Bernstein, at the Israel Prize ceremony in Jerusalem in 2019.

Antisemitic, anti-Jewish, anti-Israel: CUNY profs. sue faculty union

The suit stems from a June 2021 resolution from the union, known as the Professional Staff Congress, condemning Israel and calling for an academic boycott.

 Kingsborough Community College in Brooklyn, New York.

High Court lets Gallant deny Israel Prize to math professor

Critics of the decision called on the remaining Israel Prize winners to refuse to accept their prizes in solidarity with Prof. Goldreich.

Members of the "Im Tirzu" movement protest outside a court hearing on petitions against the Jewish Nation-State Law, at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem on December 22, 2020

Molecules: Retraction of Israeli article was 'misunderstanding'

The publication originally asked the author of the special issue, who works out of Ariel University, to remove her Israeli address from the report.

Ariel University

Ariel U. study rejected because author refused to remove 'written in Israel'

An activist group asked the journal to change the address to say "Ariel University, illegal Israeli settlement of Ariel, Occupied Palestinian Territory."

Ariel University

George Washington University stands by interim dean who backs BDS

'Dr. Feldman’s appointment as interim dean was made based on strong support within the Elliott School, including from the current dean, the Dean’s Council, as well as a number of faculty'

George Washington University

Pressure on US Education Dept. to stop funding anti-Israel programs

88 groups signed a letter calling on Education Secretary Betsy DeVos to prevent taxpayers money from supporting Middle East studies programs that support academic boycotts of Israel.

US Education Secretary Betsy DeVos speaks at a Conference in Washington

Backlash prompts mental health group to rethink canceling Israel confab

“The deliberations around whether the ENMESH conference should or should not be held in Israel were never intended as an academic boycott of any kind, nor should they be perceived as such.”

A team of doctors discuss mental health (Illustrative)

University of Cape Town blocks academic boycott of Israel

The higher-education institution said several issues require clarification.

Protestors call for the severing of diplomatic ties with Israel during a march in Cape Town, South Africa, May 15, 2018

Israeli professors nixed from South African conference after boycott calls

The professors came from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Tel Aviv University and Ben-Gurion University of the Negev.

Pro-Palestinian demonstrators carrying a sign reading "DBS" (Divestment, Boycott, and Sanctions) march against US aid to Israel