BDS

Denying Omar Barghouti Admittance to the U.S. Is a Free Speech Issue

by Zachary Lockman

A response to A.J. Caschetta from the chair of the North America wing of the Middle East Studies Association’s Committee on Academic Freedom.

Why the Middle East Studies Association Should Not Defend Omar Barghouti

by A.J. Caschetta

MESA portrays Barghouti as a dissident who has been unfairly treated but Barghouti is much more than an outspoken activist whose opinions conflict with U.S. policy.

Jerusalem Criticizes Berlin’s Jewish Museum for ‘Anti-Israel Activity’

Its latest show, “Welcome to Jerusalem,” also got people talking. And it appeared to draw criticism from an unlikely source: the highest levels of the Israeli government.

Historians join others criticizing the University of Michigan for disciplining a professor in a BDS controversy

They signed a petition in the name of academic freedom. 

The BDS Movement Has Come to Kansas

by Edwin Black

It's split the Mennonites and ended in a lawsuit protesting a Kansas law that bans discrimination against Israel.

AHA Council votes not to take action on petition requesting an investigation into violations of academic freedom in Israel and the West Bank

by Rick Shenkman

This ends for now a running campaign to put the AHA on record against Israel's treatment of Palestinians.

Historians Against War petitions AHA to investigate violations of academic freedom in Israel

The group says it's already got 75 signatures, including several from former AHA presidents.

The Roar that Major Jewish Groups Now Hear Is from the Grass Roots

by Edwin Black

Not since the 1930s have Jewish groups proliferated as they have now in response to different approaches to the issues facing Jews.

British feminist historian declines $330,000 Israeli prize after BDS activists talk to her

British historian and feminist Catherine Hall announced Sunday that she will withdraw her acceptance of an award allocated by Tel Aviv University for political reasons.

Where did the BDS movement originate?

by Lee Kaplan

The movement grew out of the Arab League boycott of Israel begun in 1950 after Israel’s War of Independence.

Pushback for Anti-Israel Academics

by Cary Nelson

The American Historical Association recognized that its own credibility was on the line in a recent vote.

Peter Eisenstadt notes that most of the people who voted against the AHA resolution critical of Israel were liberals

by Peter Eisenstadt

Even liberal Jews who oppose Netanyahu opposed the resolution.

Yet Again: The American Historical Association Rejects a Resolution Denouncing Israel

by Jeffrey Herf

Part of the reason for the defeat lay in the hubris of the backers fostered by decades of easy victories at the UN or in academic associations that had already been taken over by the radical left.

Historians Reject Resolution Condemning Israel's Treatment of Palestinians

The resolution was decisively defeated in a vote at the Business Meeting of the American Historical Association:  51 in favor, 111 opposed. 

Resolution Censuring Israeli Violations of Academic Freedom Debated by American Historical Association

by Historians Against the War (HAW)

126 members of the association signed the resolution, including many leading historians.

Historian Jeff Herf taken to task for his criticism of the resolution against Israel

by Matt Peppe

“Apologists for the Israeli regime’s policies against Palestinians are putting forward nonsensical rationalizations for their opposition to the measure."

History Professors Take Aim At Israel

by Stephen M. Flatow

A man whose daughter was killed by Palestinian terrorists says historians targeting Israel are guilty of misdirected anger.

A Flawed Resolution: Errors, Misrepresentations, and Omissions in the Resolution Before the AHA

by Alliance for Academic Freedom (AAF)

The proposed resolution is factually unreliable.

Academic Freedom Worldwide and the Resolution Before the AHA: A White Paper

by Alliance for Academic Freedom (AAF)

"We reject the all-too-common binary approach to the Arab-Israeli conflict that seeks to justify one side or the other as all right or all wrong."

Should the AHA Be a Scholarly Society of a Vehicle for BDS Activism?

by Alliance for Academic Freedom (AAF)