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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 369

Modern Language Association

A BDS protest against Israel in Barcelona, Spain, June 2014. (YouTube screenshot)
June 15, 2017, 12:04 pm
Major US academic body ratifies anti-boycott resolution
Israeli minister says Modern Language Association’s vote is a ‘major blow’ to divestment efforts against Israel
By Stuart Winer and Raoul Wootliff
Jeff Robbins
January 10, 2017, 2:29 pm
Jeff Robbins
How refreshing! MLA rebukes BDS crowd
The pro-Israel camp shouldn’t revel too much in the refusal to boycott Israel, for society there is in a shambles
Protesters urging a boycott against Israel in Melbourne, file photo (CC-BY SA Takver/Wikimedia Commons)
January 8, 2017, 4:18 am
Top American academic group rejects BDS bid
At Philadelphia convention, Modern Language Association also votes to refrain from future boycott measures
By ToI Staff
Protesters urging a boycott against Israel in Melbourne, file photo (CC-BY SA Takver/Wikimedia Commons)
October 14, 2016, 9:34 am
History-making website aims to beat BDS with facts
Called by creators the largest clearinghouse of its type, Israel and the Academy site offers info to combat anti-Israel campaigns on college campuses
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
Illustrative: An anti-Israel protest at the University of Texas, Austin, in 2009. (photo credit: CC BY monad68, Flickr)
June 5, 2014, 5:46 pm
Linguists’ association fails to pass anti-Israel resolution
After months of fierce debate, MLA’s proposition to condemn Israeli policies falls short of threshold by 830 ballots
By Marissa Newman and JTA
Jeff Robbins
April 23, 2014, 6:05 pm
Jeff Robbins
MLA vote: Will bias beat scholarship?
29,000 Modern Language Association members are now voting whether to ratify an anti-Israel resolution
Illustrative: An anti-Israel protest at the University of Texas, Austin, in 2009. (photo credit: CC BY monad68, Flickr)
January 12, 2014, 6:48 am
Academics condemn Israel, but won’t back boycott
Modern Language Association votes down resolution in support of American Studies embargo, but accuses Jerusalem of limiting Palestinian freedom
By JTA
Former president of the American Association of University Professors Cary Nelson, 2010. photo credit: CC BY SA Flickr/Don LaVange)
January 8, 2014, 7:51 am
US academic body to debate boycott of Israel
Modern Language Association won’t consider actually appying sanctions, but the mere discussion raises hackles
By Ron Kampeas
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