Israeli universities have established a new joint committee to fight the academic boycott campaign, described by Hebrew University president Menahem Ben-Sasson as an "increasingly growing phenomenon". (photo: ActiveStills/Anne Paq)
on July 8, 2014The U.S. House of Representatives increased funding for Israel’s missile defense systems.
on June 24, 2014In an effort to bolster its global status, Israel has placed a bid to host the 2020 European Championship, known as Euro 2020. That means that one of the world’s largest international soccer tournaments might be coming to Jerusalem.
on June 20, 2014Veteran anti-apartheid activist and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Desmond Tutu has called on the Presbyterian Church (USA) to pass a series of resolutions condemning Israel as an apartheid state and proposing policies to boycott it.
on June 17, 2014Bills before the Maryland Senate and House would prevent the use of public college and university funds to support scholarly involvement in academic organizations that have voted to boycott Israel. The legislation is a serious threat to academic freedom, and it should be withdrawn from consideration.
on February 13, 2014The so-called visa waiver bill would reward Israel by allowing Israelis to travel to the United States without a visa - a privilege that is supposed to hinge on Israel reciprocating the gesture. (Photo: Oren Ziv/ActiveStills)
on February 12, 2014What at first seemed like an enviable endorsement deal had transformed into a PR nightmare for one of Hollywood's rising stars. Johansson had become the target of widespread derision on social media, with viral internet memes mocking her cynical motives and humanitarian pretensions.
on February 9, 2014The New York Legislature is moving to pass a bill that would bar state financing for academic groups that have taken official action to boycott higher-education institutions in Israel. The initiative, which last week passed the State Senate, is now pending before the Assembly. It should be voted down by lawmakers, or, if they prove feckless, Gov. Andrew Cuomo should veto it.
on February 4, 2014Israel's reflexive defenders have reverted to their customary blunt cudgel: the charge that critics of Israeli policies are anti-Semitic. Their recent target was the 5,000-member American Studies Association, which voted in December to boycott Israeli academic institutions
on January 31, 2014