The Association of Social Anthropologists of the UK is Hijacked by Anti-Israel Activism
05.08.26 Editorial Note The Association for Social Anthropologists of the UK (ASA) held its annual gathering on May 29–31, 2026, at the University of Edinburgh. The ASA was founded in 1946 to “promote the study and teaching of anthropology and to uphold the interests and status of the discipline, primarily in the UK, but also extending to the Commonwealth, where…
Consequences to South African Students from the University of Cape Town Boycott of Israel
29.07.26 Editorial Note The University of Cape Town (UCT) in South Africa has debated the issue of academic boycotts of Israel on numerous occasions. For example, in 2014, the UCT responded to calls to support anti-Israel measures and stated that “while UCT as an institution is unable to support the call to take a stand on the…
Anti-Israel academics Hagar Kotef and Merav Amir Receive the APSA 2026 Heinz I. Eulau Award
22.07.26 Editorial Note The American Political Science Association (APSA) selected Profs. Hagar Kotef and Merav Amir to receive the 2026 Heinz I. Eulau Award for their co-authored article titled “Torture’s Bureaucracy and the ‘Legitimacy Effect’,” as it was announced on July 15, 2026. The Heinz I. Eulau Award is presented annually to honor the best article published in the APSA journal Perspectives…
Eyal Weizman – Notoriously Anti-Israel Israeli Academic
15.07.26 Editorial note Israel Academia Monitor has reported numerous times on Professor Eyal Weizman at Goldsmiths, University of London. The Israeli-born academic is a Professor of Spatial and Virtual Culture and the founder of Forensic Architecture. This group researches human rights violations using architectural, visual, and aerial techniques. Forensic Architecture is internationally recognized, and its work…
Nurit Peled-Elhanan: Case Study of Hatred Towards Israel
08.07.26 Editorial Note Prof. Nurit Peled-Elhanan has been teaching Language Education at the Hebrew University and the David Yellin School of Education. Israel Academia Monitor reported about her many times before. She comes from a prominent leftist family and has been a political activist for decades, but in 2010 she attracted broad public attention with her book, Palestine in Israeli. School Books: Ideology…
MIT Campus Antisemitism Debated
01.07.26 Editorial Note Following the October 7, 2023, Hamas attacks against Israel, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) experienced a significant rise in reported antisemitic incidents, protests, and ideological polarization. The campus has since become a focal point for major civil rights lawsuits, congressional investigations, and debates over academic freedom, free speech, and the boundaries between anti-Zionism and antisemitism.…
Anti-Israel Activities on Campus: The Case of Germany’s Leipzig University
24.06.26 Editorial Note Israel Academia Monitor often reports on anti-Israel activities at Western universities, including the U.S, the UK, Australia, and others. This time we are focusing on Germany’s Leipzig University. Germany holds a unique historical context, in particular Germany’s political and academic institutions, which operate within a framework influenced by responsibility for the Holocaust. As…
Haim Bresheeth-Zabner Awarded a Medal by Tehran and Promotes the Second Anti-Zionist Congress
17.06.26 Editorial Note Israel Academia Monitor (IAM) has reported extensively on Prof. Haim Bresheerh-Zabner, a filmmaker, photographer, and film studies scholar at SOAS University of London. He is a former activist in Matzpen, an Israeli socialist and anti-Zionist organization. Matzpen was a small but influential Israeli radical left organization founded in 1962. It rejected mainstream…
The Battle at the University of Sydney Over Protest Against Israeli Universities
10.06.26 Editorial Note Anti-Israel activism and BDS calls in Australia are not new. In August 2024, Israel Academia Monitor (IAM) reported on “BDS Infiltrating Australian Campuses.” On March 26, 2026, an anti-Israel protest took place at the University of Sydney. One of the posters used by activists featured Handala, a cartoon figure depicted as a barefoot child with…
The Institute for the Critical Study of Zionism and Palestinianism
03.06.26 Editorial Note Recently, the Institute for the Critical Study of Zionism (ICSZ) published a call for papers. The invitation reads, “We seek submissions that contribute to the field of Critical Zionism Studies, support the movement for Palestinian liberation, and advance the anti-Zionist struggle. As such, we seek manuscripts that demonstrate logical and consistent argumentation,…
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