NOTE ON THE ACADEMIC BOYCOTT OF ISRAEL: The academic boycott of Israel, coordinated internationally by the Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI), calls for academics and academic associations to “boycott and/or work towards the cancellation or annulment of events, activities, agreements, or projects involving Israeli academic institutions.” Faculty on U.S. college and university campuses who sign onto an anti-Israel academic boycott statement or petition are not only endorsing a campaign that targets Israeli universities for harm, but one that directly subverts the educational opportunities and academic freedom of students and faculty at their own American institutions. For example, faculty signatories to the academic boycott of Israel are urged to carry out the following actions on their own campuses, and many have done so:
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- Boycott their own university’s education abroad program in Israel, refuse to publicize the program among their students, and refuse to write letters of recommendation for students wishing to study in Israel;
- Attempt to shut down collaborative research between scholars at their own university and in Israel;
- Attempt to cancel or shut down events organized by students or faculty at their own university that feature Israeli leaders or Israeli scholars who come as representatives of their universities;
- Boycott academic programs or projects organized by students or faculty at their own university that "bring together Palestinians/Arabs and Israelis so that they can present their respective narratives or perspectives, or to work toward reconciliation” or that promote “co-existence."
Petitions calling for an ACADEMIC BOYCOTT OF ISRAEL:
- March 2004 - An Open Letter to Professor Menachem Magidor and Members of Israel’s Forum to Combat the Academic Boycott, in Support of the Academic Boycott of Israel
- June 2009 - The US Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel
- March 2010 - A Joint Letter to the International Society of Iranian Studies to eject an Israeli scholar from an Iranian Studies conference
- April 2013 - Association of Asian American Studies Resolution to Support the Boycott of Israeli Academic Institutions
- May 2013 - Letter by American Studies Association Members in Support of the Association of Asian American Studies
- August 2013 - Campaign to Boycott the Oral History Conference at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem
- December 2013 - Open Letter to Trinity College President and Dean Condemning their Opposition to the ASA Boycott of Israel
- December 2013 - American Studies Association Resolution on the Academic Boycott of Israel
- December 2013 - Thank You Letter to ASA National Council for Endorsement of Academic Boycott of Israel
- December 2013 - Native American and Indigenous Studies Association Declaration of Support for the Boycott of Israeli Academic Institutions
- December 2013 - Letter from University of Hawai’i Ethnic Studies Department in Support of the Academic Boycott of Israel
- January 2014 - University of California Davis Faculty Opposing the Opposition to the Academic Boycott of Israel
- January 2014 - Evergreen State College Faculty Letter in Support of the American Studies Association Academic Boycott of Israel
- January 2014 - Statement of Support for the American Studies Association by Palestinian and Other Arab-American Scholars and Writers
- January 2014 - Individual Endorsements of ASA Boycott of Israel
- February 2014 - Vassar Faculty Members Supporting Academic Boycott of Israel in an Open Letter Titled, "Open Letter in Defense of Academic Freedom in Palestine/Israel and in the United States"
- March 2014 - UMass Boston Faculty: Statement in Support of Academic Boycott of Israel
- August 2014 - Over 100 Middle East Studies Scholars and Librarians Call for the Boycott of Israeli Academic Institutions
- October 2014 - Anthropologists for the Boycott of Israeli Academic Institutions
- 2015/2016 - Signatures: Current (2015-16) and former MLA members who have signed the MLAMJP “Open Letter” calling on the association to pass a resolution endorsing the boycott of Israeli academic institutions.
- February 2016 - Statement of Boycott of Academic Workshop at Hebrew University
- September 2016 - SU community members outline BDS movement’s goals
- March 2017 - Support CSU Faculty Rights to Endorse the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel
- March 2019 - We Demand President Oliver Honor Shared Governance
- April 2019 - A Letter from University of Maryland Faculty and Staff in Support of UMD Divest (Note: Due to inclusion of sentences, "As university employees, we recognize that academia, research, and scholarship cannot flourish in an institution whose endowment is funded with dirty money. Likewise, over ten academic associations have answered the call for a boycott of Israeli institutions propagating the occupation, such as the National Women’s Studies Association, American Studies Association, and the African Literature Association. These organizations acknowledge that all students have the right to an education that is not funded through human rights violations.'")
- May 2021 - Palestine and Praxis - Scholars for Palestinian Freedom
- May 2021 - Princeton University Community Statement of Solidarity with the Palestinian People
- May 2021 - Brown University Letter in Solidarity with the Palestinian Liberation Struggle
- May 2021 - University of Washington Community Statement of Solidarity with the Palestinian People
- May 2021 - CUNY Community Statement of Solidarity with the Palestinian People
- May 2021 - Statement of Solidarity with Palestine from Faculty of Color for an Anti-Racist NYU
- May 2021 - Vassar Community Members’ Statement of Solidarity with the Palestinian People
- May 2021 - Hunter College Students Demand BDS and Palestine Solidarity (Signed by Faculty)
- May 2021 - Rutgers University Faculty Stand in Solidarity with the Palestinian People
- June 2021 - Franklin & Marshall Faculty Statement in Solidarity with Palestine
- June 2021 - University of Chicago Petition in Support of Undergraduate Student Government's Statement on Palestine
- April 2022 - CUNY Community Statement: Support Our Palestinian Colleagues, Reject Israeli Measures Against Academic Freedom
- July 2022 - CUNY Jewish Antizionists in Solidarity with Palestinian Liberation