Arabists have failed once again. Via FrontPageMag: Israel was the guest of honor at this year’s Salon du Livre inParis, provoking a Muslim boycott which in turn provoked atorrent of well-mannered reprobation. Egyptian novelist Alaa el-Aswani, disheartened that France would honor “a country guilty of…
From Italian Book Fair’s Plans to Honor Israel Lead to Protests: The selection of Israel as guest of honor at this spring’s International Book Fair in Turin has set off a furious debate among Italian, Israeli and Arab authors and intellectuals, including calls to boycott…
The Academic Friends of Israel welcomes the UCU decision to put an end to its involvement with plans for an academic boycott of Israel that has plagued the union and its predecessors since 2003. Ronnie Fraser Director of the Academic Friends of Israel commented: “While…
Excerpted from The Economist: The campaign for sanctions against Israel is growing. But it faces resistance and is less effective than it looks. For once, Israel’s critics and cheerleaders agree on something: the Jewish state risks greater international isolation. Pro-Israel groups such as NGO Monitor…
From Polish European Parliament Members to Boycott Anti-Israel UN Conference: A UN conference on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, to be hosted at the European Parliament this month, will be boycotted by Polish members of the European Parliament from across the political spectrum who say that the…
Kudos to Alan Dershowitz who once again proves that Jews have more brains than the so-called academia of Britain. From Academics Oppose Israel Boycott: More than 10,000 academics, including 32 Nobel prize winners, have signed a declaration saying they would not join any project which…
It’s about time somebody with integrity, grit and resolve did something. From British Academics’ Boycott of Israel Provokes Reaction: Few could have predicted the scale of the backlash to the University and College Union’s resolution to boycott Israel. Tony Blair phoned the Israeli prime minister…
From It’s Time to End the Vilification of Israel: Heigh-ho, it’s boycott time again – as Zionophobic zealots of our universities decide to have another go at ostracizing their fellow academics in Israel.Whether it’s in the best of taste to like Jews better when they’re…