For defenders of Israeli colonization, hysteria arises where imagination fails. Read more about Ten things we've learned about opposition to academic boycott 

“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” 

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 

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