“I have been extremely disappointed by the way this resolution has been handled by everyone involved,” said junior Savanna Lim. “You can’t expect a student government to solve a geopolitical crisis.” Cornell...
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Cornell University President Shares ‘Strong Opposition to BDS’ for ‘Unfairly’ Singling Out Israel, Questioning Jewish State’s Right to Exist
By: Shiri Moshe- AlgemeinerThe head of Cornell University in New York has responded to demands by anti-Zionist student activists that she embrace the Palestinian-led boycott of Israel, saying the campaign was antithetical to academic freedom...
New Report Highlights Terror Links of Students for Justice in Palestine
By: Shiri Moshe- AlgemeinerThe anti-Zionist campus group Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) seeks “to isolate, demonize, and ultimately destroy” Israel with the help of terror-linked financial and ideological supporters, according to a...
Academics who boycott Israel hurt their own students and colleagues
By: TAMMI ROSSMAN-BENJAMIN, LEILA BECKWITHWhat do attempts to implement an academic boycott of Israel look like? You may be surprised. In 2009, as the University of California was getting ready to reinstate its UC Education Abroad Program in Israel, 130 faculty...