“Israel is very aware and so are we about the growth of BDS on US campuses,” says Omar Barghouti. Read more about Israel boycott growing “much faster” than South Africa campaign, says Omar Barghouti
“BDS is a legitimate, non-violent tool of resistance by peoples enduring settler-colonialism, occupation, and apartheid” Read more about Palestinian, Arab American scholars back ASA’s Israel boycott, condemn “intimidation”
University officials must divest from companies that profit from Israeli war crimes. Read more about Are we attending a university, or a cold, faceless corporation?
Students at the University of Michigan demand that their university end its complicity with Israel’s violations of Palestinian rights. Read more about Michigan students demand divestment as administration brags about Israel ties
Israel lobby groups launch fierce counterattack against the American Studies Association, including calls for repressive legislation, boycotts and other measures to silence solidarity with Palestinians. Read more about Israel lobby launches fierce counterattack against American Studies Association
BDS should not be seen as a threat but as an invitation to free oneself from the painful contradiction of advocating democracy while defending and supporting oppression. Read more about The nightmare hidden within liberal Zionism
A satirical view on the arguments against the American Studies Association’s vote to endorse the boycott of Israeli academic institutions. Read more about Why logical people should oppose the ASA's Israel boycott
Also in this week’s podcast: Rami Almeghari reports from flooded Gaza and Sarah Irving reads her review of the new documentary Flying Paper. Read more about Steven Salaita on how ASA boycott vote "shifts the rules" for engaging on Palestine
Universities are traditionally, and ought to remain, sites of ethical deliberation and that is why more people are willing to consider the boycott of Israel. Read more about Campus not an “ethics-free zone”: Watch Ali Abunimah on academic boycott of Israel
Halilit, a maker of musical instruments for babies, is headquartered in a forcibly depopulated Palestinian village. Read more about Don't buy Israeli toys this Christmas