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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 593

ASA American Studies Association

In December 2013, the American Studies Association approved a boycott of Israeli academic institutions, such as the Hebrew University of Jerusalem (pictured). (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
April 21, 2016, 1:05 am
US professors take academic boycott of Israel to court
Plaintiffs in DC lawsuit say that American Studies Association’s ban violates organization’s charter — and tax law
By Rebecca Shimoni Stoil
Protesters urging a boycott against Israel in Melbourne, file photo (CC-BY SA Takver/Wikimedia Commons)
January 1, 2015, 2:44 pm
US academic org ushers in new year with anti-Israel vote
Framed as ‘protecting the right to education in Palestine-Israel,’ the January 2 resolution will be harder to defeat because it stops short of boycott
By Rebecca Shimoni Stoil
University of Haifa (photo credit: CC-BY-SA Zvi Roger/Wikimedia Commons)
October 30, 2014, 7:09 pm
Haifa University to test parameters of ASA boycott
By sending an official representative, school will challenge academic group’s ban on ‘formal collaboration’ with Israeli institutions
By Rebecca Shimoni Stoil
In December 2013, the American Studies Association approved a boycott of Israeli academic institutions, such as the Hebrew University of Jerusalem (pictured). (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
October 20, 2014, 1:48 pm
‘No discrimination here,’ US academics say after Israel boycott
American Studies Association denies its conference banned Israelis, saying even Netanyahu could attend if he did not represent his government — but not everyone buys that argument
By Rebecca Shimoni Stoil
Illustrative photo of pro-Palestinian demonstrators facing pro-Israel demonstrators at an Israel Apartheid Week event at the University of California, Berkeley, in February 2012. (CC-BY/James Buck/Flickr)
April 27, 2014, 4:21 pm
US academic group begins vote on anti-Israel resolution
Opponents lament anti-Semitic comments on Modern Language Association’s message board, obstacles placed by leadership
By Rebecca Shimoni Stoil
Maryland's state house in Annapolis (photo credit: Wikimedia Commons/ Thisisbossi CC BY- SA 2.5)
April 9, 2014, 3:48 am
Maryland budget slams Israel boycotts, offers no penalties
Lawmakers condemn academic sanctions against Jewish state but remove fines for public colleges cooperating with BDS
By JTA
New York University campus. (Cincin12/Wikimedia Commons)
February 26, 2014, 3:15 am
BDS supporters dominate upcoming NYU conference
Workshops at ASA meeting will all be led by representatives of groups that advocate for Israel-related boycotts
By JTA
Students at the University of Toronto during 'Israeli Apartheid Week,' 2012 (photo credit: CC-BY monad68/flickr)
February 24, 2014, 9:34 am
‘Israeli Apartheid Week’ returns to US, UK campuses
Annual event to be held in over 200 cities, but Foreign Ministry says it is in decline as Jewish groups counter message
By Aron Dónzis
Peter Roskam (CC BY-SA Gage Skidmore, Flickr)
February 7, 2014, 2:54 am
Illinois congressmen submit anti-boycott bill
Bipartisan legislation would deny federal funding to universities participating in the academic boycott of Israel
By Rebecca Shimoni Stoil
New York State Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver holding a press conference (photo credit: Nyer42/Wikimedia Commons)
January 28, 2014, 7:57 am
NY bill to end funding to schools linked to BDS
Legislation, introduced by assembly speaker, would ban state financing to colleges that support groups that boycott Israel
By JTA
In December 2013, the American Studies Association approved a boycott of Israeli academic institutions, such as the Hebrew University of Jerusalem (pictured). (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
January 13, 2014, 9:17 pm
US lawmakers rail against academic boycott of Israel
Exclusive: Dozens of members sign letter condemning anti-Israel ruling; NY state legislator pushes bill to defund ASA membership
By Rebecca Shimoni Stoil
Students at Jerusalem's Hebrew University, October 21 (photo credit: Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
January 9, 2014, 4:27 pm
Israeli rights group may sue to battle academic boycott
Israel Law Center urges American Studies Association not to adopt ‘racially discriminatory’ sanctions
By Yifa Yaakov
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