Notice the namecalling and sophomoric goofiness in this post: Palestine is an addiction for Europe. Manchester University has once again announced a boycott of Israel. Very important university. Oy vey: in continuous decline since Chaim Weizman (later first president of…
The Jerusalem Post has picked up on the Hampshire divestment movement and reports that: A pro-Palestinian student group at Hampshire College in western Massachusetts irked the college administration by disseminating a message on-line Thursday congratulating the school for becoming the…
More news from the student actions that are still expanding across UK universities. What started on January 13th as a a 24-hour occupation at the School of Oriental and African Studies in London has now spread to the London School…
Alan Dershowitz certainly doesn’t waste any time in trying to shut down academic freedom. Hampshire SJP is reporting that Dershowitz has already contacted them with a threat. From the Hampshire SJP blog: Allen Dershowitz has just called SJP members and…
Students at Hampshire College have reason to celebrate. Hampshire has become the first college in the US to divest from the Israeli occupation. As the Students for Justice in Palestine press release points out, Hampshire was also the first college…
From the Telegraph: John Rose, one of the original London School of Economics (LSE) students to mount the barricades alongside Tariq Ali in 1968, spent last week giving lectures on the situation in Gaza at 12 of the occupations. “This…
Israel is being revealed to American Jews. Adrienne Rich, the poet, has endorsed the academic and cultural boycott of Israel in the wake of the Gaza slaughter. Speak, poet: Until now, as a believer in boundary-crossings, I would not have…
at the University of Rochester. Initiated by the Students for a Democratic Society. I’m vaguely suspicious on sectarian grounds (new wine in old bottle) but they declare “victory” after a nine hour occupation. And they’re linked to other occupations.
One of the beautiful things about the new debate over Israel/Palestine is how it has sorted out the weak from the strong; and courageous scholars and journalists have emerged who have educated themselves about the issues and are not taking…