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.

Director of the Rafic (Rafiq) Hariri University Hospital, Firass Abiad, heads a videoconference meeting with medics inside the coronavirus department in the capital Beirut, on July 28, 2020; illustrative
Outgoing Hebrew University president Prof. Asher Cohen.

Prof. Asher Cohen reflects on leading Jerusalem's Hebrew University through war, crises - interview

A student wear a Keffiyeh on campus. Ilustrative.

Hungary withdraws scholarship from Jordanian student who interrupted Israeli professor

 Graduating students hold a sign reading "There Are No Universities Left in Gaza" during the 373rd Commencement Exercises at Harvard University, May 2024.

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.

US Education Secretary Betsy DeVos speaks at a Conference in Washington

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.”

A team of doctors discuss mental health (Illustrative)

University of Cape Town blocks academic boycott of Israel

The higher-education institution said several issues require clarification.

Protestors call for the severing of diplomatic ties with Israel during a march in Cape Town, South Africa, May 15, 2018

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.

Pro-Palestinian demonstrators carrying a sign reading "DBS" (Divestment, Boycott, and Sanctions) march against US aid to Israel

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."

US student Lara Alqasem appears at the district court in Tel Aviv, Israel October 11, 2018

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.

MEMBERS of Jewish Voice for Peace demonstrate in New York in 2015. (Courtesy)

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.

A WOMAN wearing a T-shirt that reads ‘Boycott Israel’ takes part in a pro-Palestinian demonstration in Brussels in 2011.

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."

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Combating BDS with a push of the button

Act.IL app creates a virtual situation room of pro-Israel experts.

Anti-Israel demonstrators march behind a banner of the BDS organization in Marseille, June 13.

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.

Activists from the BDS movement against Israel [File]