MESA

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• 10/21/18
  

  Why the Middle East Studies Association Raised Concerns About the Publication of Stolen Iraqi Documents

  by Laurie A. Brand

  It’s not because the Association has an allegedly anti-West bias.

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• 10/8/18
  

  Why Is the Middle East Studies Association Trying to Stop the Online Publication of Islamic State Documents?

  by Aymenn Jawad al-Tamimi

  The group’s stated reasons make no sense.

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• SOURCE: Inside Higher ED
  11-21-16
  

  Middle East Scholars Group Moves to Delete "Nonpolitical" From Bylaws

  Members of the Middle East Studies Association voted in favor of advancing a resolution to remove the word “nonpolitical” from the group’s bylaws in what opponents see as a prelude to a future vote on the boycott, divestment and sanctions movement against Israel.

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• 10-9-16
  

  The Middle East Studies Establishment Goes Full Warrior

  by Daniel Pipes

  After we challenged a state university’s ties with a radical institution in the West Bank lauded by Hamas as a “greenhouse for martyrs” the Middle East Studies Association attacked us.

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• SOURCE: Sandbox (blog)
  2-18-15
  

  Radicals strap suicide belt on MESA

  by Martin Kramer

  The membership of the Middle East Studies Association (MESA) has now passed a resolution taking the organization well down the road to endorsing the academic boycott of Israel.

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• 12-9-14
  

  Israel, Academics and One-Sided Debates

  by Steven Hochstadt

  "I despair of ever seeing peace come to the one place where Jews are not a minority."

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• SOURCE: Sandbox (blog)
  12-4-14
  

  Martin Kramer says boycott fever has seized the Middle East Studies Association

  by Martin Kramer

  “In the past, whenever the boycott demand percolated in the ranks, cooler heads prevailed. The problem is that the cooler heads are growing grey and losing authority."

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• SOURCE: Sandbox (blog)
  11-25-14
  

  Martin Kramer blasts MESA and Steven Salaita

  Kramer calls Salaita a hater.