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Israeli Apartheid Week

Rasmea Yousef Odeh, November 10, 2014. (AP/Carlos Osorio, File)
May 18, 2017, 11:38 am
Northwestern students mourn victims ahead of ex-terrorist’s talk
Organizers say vigil meant to draw attention to 2 Israeli students killed in bombing by Rasmea Odeh, ahead of her speech at university
By JTA
Nkululeko Nkosi /courtesy)
April 10, 2017, 10:11 pm
Young ANC leader defies Israel-apartheid comparisons, sees his political future doomed
Nkululeko Nkosi’s dreams of a career in South Africa’s ruling party died when he started speaking out for Israel. His belief in eventual détente between Jerusalem and Pretoria lives on
By Raphael Ahren
Ben Gellman and Brooke Davies of J Street U. (Cathryn J. Prince/Times of Israel)
March 30, 2017, 1:03 pm
Liberal student advocacy group proposes proactive investment in Israel and West Bank
At UN anti-BDS confab, J Street’s student arm calls for campus resolutions cementing the need for a two-state solution — and hands-on engagement with boycotters
By Cathryn J. Prince
Then-Israel ambassador to France Aliza Bin Noun, 2015. (CC BY-SA Erez Lichtfeld, Wikimedia Commons)
March 3, 2017, 1:09 pm
Ambassador asks French cities to ban anti-Israel apartheid week
Israeli envoy says events are against French law and will cause incitement to hatred and violence towards Jews
By Raphael Ahren and ToI Staff
Illustrative: Students at the UK‘s Sussex University staging a mock Israeli checkpoint during Israel Apartheid Week, March, 2012. (screen capture: YouTube/File)
March 1, 2017, 12:46 am
UK academics protest clampdown on Israel Apartheid Week
2 universities ban pro-Palestinian events out of concern they meet government-approved definition of anti-Semitism
By Sue Surkes
Buildings at the University of Central Lancashire campus in the United Kingdom. (CC BY-SA 2.0, Betty Longbottom, Wikimedia Commons)
February 21, 2017, 10:47 pm
Citing anti-Semitism, UK university nixes Israel Apartheid Week
University of Central Lancashire says event canceled for violating government’s definition of anti-Jewish hatred
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: a screenshot from the documentary 'Crossing the Line 2,' which depicts rising anti-Semitic activity on North American campuses. (Courtesy)
October 24, 2016, 7:08 am
NY, California universities among ‘hotspots’ of anti-Israel, anti-Semitic activity
Brandeis survey of 50 US campuses finds one of the strongest predictors of hostile climate toward Jews and Israel is an active Students for Justice in Palestine group
By ToI Staff
One of the most active chapters of Students for Justice in Palestine, at the University of Ontario Institute of Technology, organizing anti-Israel campaigns and events throughout the year (SJP at UOIT/DC Facebook page)
August 14, 2016, 5:47 am
Canadian university accused of ‘banning’ Jewish students
Suit filed in Ontario seeks legal review, damages for alleged discrimination, starting when the student government endorsed BDS in January
By Matt Lebovic
English policemen guard Big Ben and the Houses of Parliament in London (photo credit: Yossi Zamir/Flash90)
June 13, 2016, 6:38 pm
Authors deny their study shows UK grant to Palestinians ‘more likely’ to boost terror
Parliament members demand independent inquiry over report that aid money encouraged ‘active conflict’ among PA civil servants
By ToI Staff
During an October 2015 advocacy conference at Northeastern University in Boston, George Deek of Israel's foreign service speaks about the Jewish state (Elan Kawesch/The Times of Israel)
May 25, 2016, 10:16 pm
Pleading Israel’s case on campus? It helps if you’re not Jewish
As non-Jewish Israelis increasingly give ‘pro-Israel’ talks at US universities, campus activists say they provide the most credible defense of Jewish state’s record on minority rights
By Matt Lebovic
Illustrative: anti-Israel students at Columbia University erect a mock 'apartheid wall' in front of the iconic Low Library steps during Israel Apartheid Week, March 3, 2016. (Uriel Heilman)
April 3, 2016, 11:58 pm
UK NGO denies London pulled funding over anti-Israel deeds
‘War on Want’ charity says report the government terminated its support a ‘complete fabrication’
By JTA and ToI Staff
A 2014 Middle East Monitor cartoon shows an Israeli war plane bombing Gaza while a 'BDS' missile heads toward the plane. (Courtesy)
March 18, 2016, 3:34 pm
‘Apartheid Week’ really does threaten Israel, some experts warn
Going against prevailing wisdom, pro-Israel voices sound the alarm on Students for Justice in Palestine’s flagship project, saying the annual campus onslaught fuels attacks on Jewish students, erodes support for Israel
By Matt Lebovic
Anti-Israel students at Columbia University erected a mock 'apartheid wall' in front of the iconic Low Library steps during Israel Apartheid Week, March 3, 2016. (Uriel Heilman)
March 15, 2016, 9:20 pm
On Israel Apartheid Week, many pro-Israel students choose silence over conflict
Facing what has become an annual fixture, some activists say the best strategy is to ignore the demos, lectures and ‘apartheid walls’
By Uriel Heilman
Omar Zayed (Twitter)
March 12, 2016, 6:03 am
Dead Palestinian terrorist honored at Amsterdam university cafe
Organizers say Omar Nayef Zayed was killed by the Mossad outside Palestinian embassy in Bulgaria this month
By JTA
An anti-Israel advertisement illegally plastered on the British Underground on Monday, February 22, 2016 (screen capture: Channel 2)
February 22, 2016, 5:06 pm
Hundreds of London tube trains plastered with anti-Israel ads
BDS activists target 500 trains in what local government calls ‘an act of vandalism’ at start of Israeli Apartheid Week
By Sue Surkes
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