The American Anthropological Association has become the largest U.S. scholastic group to pass a resolution to boycott Israeli educational institutions, Peoples Dispatch reports. The measure does not extend to individual academics.
Notice how Islam’s Holy book gets desecrated whenever the West is undergoing a crisis and is desperate to either ignite an anti-Muslim public frenzy or distract from its own failures, writes Ramzy Baroud.
The ruling in favor of the the Pink Floyd co-founder is being hailed as a victory for artistic freedom and, as one Palestinian rights activist put it, “an epic fail for the Israel lobby.”
Marjorie Cohn covers the Supreme Court decision to let the state’s anti-BDS law stand — and ignore legal precedent protecting the right to boycott under the First Amendment.
There is an effective way to pressure Israel to end its illegal occupation of Palestinian territory and violation of the rights of the Palestinians, writes Marjorie Cohn.
Publicly, the lobbying against Navi Pillay began with an article in the pro-Israeli German tabloid Bild, Barbara Crossette reports.
The British government has long tried to quell pro-Palestine activism, writes Yara Hawari. Recent maneuvers, however, mark a new era in state repression.
Meanwhile, Israel’s U.S. ambassador wants the 35 U.S. states that have outlawed or criminalized boycotts of Israel to take legal action against the ice cream maker.
Amid growing opposition to the violation of Palestinian human rights, Marjorie Cohn notes that 31 U.S. states have legislation against boycott of and divestment.
A Texas school employee has sued her school district because it fired her after she refused to sign a loyalty oath to Israel, as Marjorie Cohn reports.
