Israel academic boycott
Israeli surgeon disinvited from remote appearance at Lebanese medical conference after complaints
Under Lebanese law, it is illegal for Lebanese individuals to communicate or have contact with Israelis under the 1955 Anti-Israel Boycott Law and the Lebanese Penal Code.
Prof. Asher Cohen reflects on leading Jerusalem's Hebrew University through war, crises - interview
Hungary withdraws scholarship from Jordanian student who interrupted Israeli professor
Boycotting Israeli brains: A look at the anti-Israel academic boycott
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.
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.”
University of Cape Town blocks academic boycott of Israel
The higher-education institution said several issues require clarification.
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.
Israel Studies Assoc. supports alleged BDS activist Alqasem ahead of trial
"As academicians and as people knowledgeable about Israel, we think the best strategy for combatting boycotts is precisely the path Ms. Alqasem has chosen—a genuine education."
BDS blacklist punishes thoughtcrime
If BDS illiberally advocates embargoes and sanctions – even against academics – then the Israeli government should respond by maintaining the moral high ground.
UK university censors Holocaust survivor’s speech comparing Israel to Nazis
The talk was part of Israeli Apartheid Week, a series of events organized by the university’s student committee of the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions, or BDS campaign.
US academic group overwhelmingly rejects BDS
"The boycotters, whose entire identities revolve around boycotting Israeli Jews, cannot let go of the issue and seek to insert it into unrelated organizations."
Combating BDS with a push of the button
Act.IL app creates a virtual situation room of pro-Israel experts.
Israeli ministers prepare to vote on academic boycott bill
The legislation is intended to harm academic boycotts of Israel abroad that are led by professors employed by Israeli universities and colleges.