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After backlash, conference drops Israeli archeologist for settlement university ties
Archeologists criticized the participation of two Ariel University scholars at the international event, citing illegality of excavations on occupied territory.
By
Oren Ziv
May 28, 2023
Is it ‘unethical’ to oppose the occupation in academia?
A new ‘code of ethics’ commissioned by Israel’s education minister seems to target left-wing politics in universities. The Israeli Education Ministry, headed by far-right politician Naftali Bennett, recently commissioned an ethical code for political conduct in higher education in Israel. The resulting document (Hebrew) is a highly invasive set of political thought controls portrayed as…
By
Dahlia Scheindlin
June 12, 2017
Because BDS, Israeli archeologists want West Bank work kept secret
An Israeli court rejects a freedom of information request for the names of archeologists digging, under IDF license, in the occupied territories, and where Israel is storing the antiquities they uncover. The reason: so they don’t face academic boycott. The Jerusalem District Court on Monday refused to reveal the names of archeologists performing digs at…
By
Haggai Matar
November 22, 2016
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Hundreds of academics call to boycott genocide conference in Israel
Academics condemn decision to hold a conference on genocide in Jerusalem at a time when Israel’s actions are ‘being viewed through lenses of ethnic cleansing and genocide.’ Nearly 270 academics from 19 countries are calling to boycott the fifth Global Conference on Genocide, set to take place on June 26-29 at Hebrew University in Jerusalem. In…
By
Rami Younis
May 23, 2016
Why U.S. anthropologists voted to boycott Israeli academia
The American Anthropological Association is on the way to becoming the largest such association to endorse the Palestinian boycott call. Here’s why. By Lisa B. Rofel (see note below) On November 20, a record-breaking 1,800 people showed up to the largest business meeting in the history of the American Anthropological Association, to vote on a…
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+972 Magazine
December 14, 2015
American anthropologists wrong to boycott Israeli academia
Academic boycotts are fundamentally antithetical to academic freedom. Let’s start using anthropological forms of engagement for the sake of progressive change. By Michele Rivkin-Fish What is being described as an overwhelming vote for the boycott of Israel in the American Anthropological Association (AAA) mischaracterizes the scope of support for boycotts in the field and downplays…
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+972 Magazine
December 2, 2015
U.S. anthropologists vote to boycott Israeli academia
American Anthropological Association votes resoundingly to sever all ties with Israeli academic institutions, as a response to Israel’s ‘widespread, systematic, and ongoing violations of Palestinian rights.’ The American Anthropological Association (AAA) overwhelmingly passed a resolution to support the boycott of Israeli academic institutions during its annual business meeting on Friday. The resolution will go into…
By
Haggai Matar
November 21, 2015
New academic boycott effort — still the wrong target
Over 1,000 American anthropologists have signed onto a boycott Israel petition. What this type of activism fails to do is to target the occupation in its essence – as an international system, sustained by an array of multinational interests. By Gil Hizi The American Anthropological Association (AAA) will hold its annual conference in Washington DC…
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+972 Magazine
November 27, 2014
The boycott isn’t economic warfare, it’s psychological
It does not have to bring the Israeli economy to its knees, or even close, to force an end to the occupation. Now that it’s a very common, almost consensus view that Israel faces isolation and serious economic pain if it does not end the occupation, the skeptics are weighing in. They’re saying that the…
By
Larry Derfner
February 11, 2014
The academic boycott of Israel: No easy answers
There are some strong arguments against the ASA’s recent decision to support an academic boycott of Israel. But are they adequate? Members of the American Studies Association (ASA) voted last week to endorse a resolution supporting an academic boycott of Israel, following a unanimous vote by the National Council of the ASA earlier this month.…
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Dahlia Scheindlin
December 22, 2013
Israeli universities becoming Hasbara mills
Two universities, Tel Aviv and Haifa, now offer programs in Hasbara. Both feature Neal Lazarus, the man behind the fake “gay flotilla” video. Two Israeli universities, Haifa University and Tel Aviv University, now offer programs in Hasbara. The Haifa course is meant for Israeli students, the Tel Aviv one for foreign students. Both are supported…
By
Yossi Gurvitz
March 21, 2012
South African university to end relationship with Ben Gurion Univeristy
In a major victory for proponents of the academic boycott of Israel, the University of Johannesburg has voted to end its relationship with Ben Gurion University. This decision to boycott Ben Gurion University carries special significance given South Africa’s history of Apartheid and the successful boycott that was launched against the country in the 1980’s. The university’s decision is another confirmation of the efficacy of the global BDS movement…
By
Joseph Dana
March 23, 2011
Should universities discipline faculty members for calling for an academic boycott of their own institution? (by Jerry Haber)
Originally posted on Jerry Haber’s blog, the Magnes Zionist. Recently, Gideon, Sa’ar, the Israeli Minister of Education, Moshe Kaveh, the President of Bar Ilan University, and Amnon Rubinstein, the emeritus Tel-Aviv law professor, have held that university faculty members who endorse the academic boycott of Israeli universitities should be disciplined. According to Prof. Kaveh, they should even be fired.…
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+972 Magazine
August 2, 2010
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