American Universities Reach BDS Agreements with Pro-Palestinian Activists to End Student Encampment
09.05.24 Editorial Note In the past few weeks, campuses across America have witnessed an unprecedented wave of protest, with Columbia University attracting the most attention. Student protesters built tent encampments, calling on the University to divest from companies doing business with Israel. The police broke up the Columbia encampment last week and arrested more than 100 people. A similar situation…
Qatar Promoting Palestine Solidarity Campus Riots
02.05.24 Editorial Note The State of Qatar, known for being the largest financier of Hamas, has also invested millions of dollars in American campuses to promote Islam and anti-Israel themes. It has been doing so for four decades. Starting in the 1990s, the Qatari government has sponsored groups that could impact the anti-Israel discourse on…
Israeli Academics Facing Boycotts
25.04.24 Editorial Note The ongoing war in Gaza has impacted the campuses, especially the United States, where pro-Palestinian protesters have been occupying buildings and setting up tent encampments. A less noticeable but deeply troubling development pertains to the unofficial boycott of Israeli scholars. In January, the Israel Young Academy, founded by the Israel Academy of…
Is Academic Freedom Unlimited?
18.04.24 Editorial Note IAM reported recently that a group of twenty Israeli academics joined some 1,000 scholars from around the world who signed a letter calling US President Joe Biden to stop arming Israel in its current war with Hamas. The letter suggested that Israel is conducting a “plausible genocide.” One of the signatories was…
Canadian Universities and Anti-Israel Activities on Campus: Concordia as a Case in Point
11.04.24 Editorial Note Universities in Canada saw a spike in anti-Israel and anti-Semitic incidents. IAM discussed this issue before. IAM reported in September 2020, “Canada’s Battles on anti-Israel Activities” on the battle over the directorship of the International Human Rights Program (IHRP) at the University of Toronto. Pro-Palestinian activists support the nomination of Dr. Valentina Azarova, known…
Israeli and Iranian Scholars Unite Against Israel
04.04.24 Editorial Note In late March, a group of academics and activists wrote a letter to US President Joe Biden requesting him to immediately stop transferring all offensive arms and related funds to Israel. According to them, “Israel’s assault on Gaza appears to include both acts and intent stated in the definition of genocide.” They wrote, “President…
TAU’s Moshe Zuckermann is Officially Labeled Antisemite in Germany
28.03.24 Editorial note Tel Aviv University emeritus Professor Moshe Zuckermann was finally defined as an Antisemite. IAM often reported on Zuckermann, so it came as little surprise that his activity was labeled antisemitic. Recently, Zuckermann was scheduled to appear at an event held by the Heilbronn Adult Education Center (VHS Heilbronn) in Germany. However, when the organizers…
The Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkian Affair
21.03.24 Editorial Note Prof. Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkian, a professor of Criminology at the Hebrew University Law Faculty, caused a stir. Throughout the years, IAM reported on her anti-Israel publications and activities numerous times. Shalhoub-Kevorkian is an Israeli-Christian Arab born in Haifa, married an Armenian, and moved to the Armenian Quarter in Jerusalem. Recently, she was interviewed for the…
Whistleblower on Antisemitism Harassed by Antisemitism: Shai Davidai as a Case in Point
14.03.24 Editorial Note Shai Davidai, an Israeli assistant professor at the Columbia University Business School, is being investigated by the Columbia administration. Davidai gained prominence by criticizing the failure of the university to respond to antisemitism on campus. He charged the university’s leadership for letting anti-Israel sentiment and antisemitism flourish. When asked about the charges, Davidai stated that he…
Cyberattacks on Israeli Universities and Colleges
07.03.24 Editorial Note In the last few days, a number of cyberattacks against Israeli universities and colleges were reported. One report revealed that the hacktivist group Ghosts of Palestine claimed responsibility for the cyberattacks on prominent educational institutions, such as the Weizmann Institute of Science, Tel Aviv University, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Technion Israel Institute of Technology, Ben Gurion…
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