Why the academic boycott of Israel is misguided

What We’re Reading

Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS)

American anthropologists wrong to boycott Israeli academia,

“Academic boycotts are fundamentally antithetical to academic freedom. Let’s start using anthropological forms of engagement for the sake of progressive change,” writes Mechele Rivkin-Fish.

Occupation/Human rights

This is how many Israeli cops it takes to demolish a Palestinian home,

Around 1,200 members of the Israeli security forces entered Shuafat refugee camp in East Jerusalem on Wednesday morning to oversee the demolition of the home of Ibrahim al-Akri, who killed two Israelis in Jerusalem last year.

WATCH: When your neighborhood is threatened with disappearance,

The residents of a Bedouin neighborhood in northern Israel are vowing to continue their public struggle against efforts to evacuate them from their land.

Netanyahu: We could destroy Al-Aqsa if we wanted to, but we don’t,

Benjamin Netanyahu has told his Likud faction that Israel could easily destroy the flashpoint Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem, but chooses not to as it contradicts Israeli values.

The Illusion of Palestinian Sovereignty,

“Israeli military incursions into the West Bank’s Area A and even Area B – the districts where only Palestinians live and the Palestinian Authority operates – have one positive aspect,” writes Amira Hass.

Two Israelis Wounded in West Bank Shooting Attack,

According to Palestinian sources, the assailant behind the attack is Mazan Abu Dis, an intelligence officer in the Palestinian Authority.

US-Israel relations

Sandy Berger: The man who never gave up hope for Arab-Israeli peace,

“As Bill Clinton’s national security adviser, [Sandy Berger] made a signal contribution to advancing American interests and the well-being of our nation in a troubled world. Nowhere was this more the case than in his efforts to make Arab-Israeli peace,” writes Martin Indyk.

The Abrams Attack on Kerry,

Elliott Abrams has penned the latest installment in a string of articles by right-wing pro-Israel hacks calling Secretary of State John Kerry an anti-Semite.