In the first move of its kind, a UK university has divested from companies that supply military equipment to the Israeli army following a student campaign. The University of Leeds this weekend made the decision to divest from three companies which were found to be complicit in the violation of Palestinian human rights: Airbus, United […]
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BDS
Israel to spend $72 mn to convince Europe Boycott over Occupation is “anti-Semitism”
Text calls on “all political parties to pass a binding resolution rejecting BDS activities as fundamentally anti-Semitic”.
Avalanche of Criticism for U of Michigan for Fining Professor over Israel Boycott
The American Association of University Professors (AAUP) called on the university to rescind the punishment
MESA Letter Defending Lucy Peterson, Grad, in her Boycott of Israel
Via Middle East Studies Association Middle East Studies Association of North America (MESA) 3542 N Geronimo Ave Tucson AZ 85705 (USA) 520-333-2577 520-207-3166 fax Website October 22, 2018 Mark S. Schlissel, President University of Michigan presoff@umich.edu Martin A. Philbert, Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs University of Michigan philbert@umich.edu Dear President Schlissel and […]
NZ Boycotters Ridicule Israeli Court Fine for Lorde Cancellation
BDS: “Israel has no right to police the political opinions of people across the world”
Israel Continues Unlawful Imprisonment of American Student for her BDS (Boycott) Links
JERUSALEM (Ma’an) — Israel prevented the entry of a 22-year-old American student, who has Palestinian grandfather, earlier this month, and despite her being recently granted a valid visa, she is still detained by Israeli authorities. Twenty-two-year-old student Lara al-Qassem was granted an A/2 Student Visa for her master’s degree at the Hebrew University by the […]
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