This piece, by Howard Friel, about the bullying by Alan Dershowitz of Hampshire College following its divestment agreement, shows that Dershowitz frequently uses the word “bigot” to describe critics of Israel. He uses the word or its derivatives 6 times…
This is from the University of Plymouth student blog in England. They say there are 30+ “occupied universities” in the UK. AFter 4 days of occupation, Plymouth students say the university has agreed on Palestinian scholarship, aid to Gaza, and…
From Alan Dershowitz’s blogpost in the Jerusalem Post. My read is that Dershowitz is afraid of what is happening in the U.S. and is desperate to stop it going forward, symbolically. Dershowitz has real power here; he has already caused…
Allen Dershowitz has finally called off the dogs and will no longer lead a worldwide divestment campaign against Hampshire College. The JTA reports: “Hampshire has now done the right thing,” [Dershowitz] said in a statement. “It has made it unequivocally…
I love the idea that a Park Slope, Brooklyn, cooperative food market might end up boycotting persimmons, peppers and mushrooms that it buys from Israel. The idea has created quite a storm, the latest front in the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions…
A Canadian activist says that the University of Toronto is trying to squelch the divestment movement there by denying pro-Palestinian groups a room to meet in. The president, provost and vice provost of the school are suddenly involved in the…
The student occupation of the NYU student center is continuing, although the administration has closed the center, and cut off internet access and electricity to the students. Despite this, negotiations between the students and the NYU administration have begun. Here’s…
Notice how moderate the pro-Gaza language was in the NYU students’ demands. Nothing about divestment. By demanding investigation into war and genocide profiteers, providing aid to Gaza, and offering scholarships to Palestinian students, we are demanding that the University heed…
The worldwide student movement of occupying university centers after the war in Gaza continues to spread in the US. Two weeks after a student occupation at the University of Rochester, students at NYU have taken the Kimmel Center for University…