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Anti-Zionist Expression on the UK Campus: Free Speech or Hate Speech?

November 14, 2010 | Lesley Klaff

The last few years have witnessed an explosion of anti-Zionist rhetoric on university campuses across the United Kingdom. Encouraged by the University and College Union's annual calls for discriminatory measures against Israeli institutions and academics, the rhetoric has become even more strident since Operation Cast Lead. A recent boycott-divestment-sanctions campus tour explicitly invoked anti-Semitic tropes. The consequently hostile environment for Jewish students has jeopardized their educ

The UCU May 2007 Boycott Resolution and its Aftermath

September 28, 2008 | Dr. Manfred Gerstenfeld

From Manfred Gerstenfeld ( ed.) Academics against Israel and the Jews The UCU May 2007 Boycott Resolution and its Aftermath

The Academic Boycott of Israel: A Review of the Five-Year UK Campaign to Defeat It

March 2, 2008 | Ronnie Fraser

There is an urgent need for a proactive strategy especially on the part of the UK Jewish community to build positive relationships with the leadership of institutions, trade unions, and professional bodies, something that has been lacking in recent years in the UK. It will be important to promote the positive side of Israel, for example, its academic excellence. The UK community also needs to monitor and record what is said by well-known anti-Zionists and boycotters, and to publish academic crit

Recent Developments on the Academic Boycott: A Case Study

September 9, 2007 | Dr. Manfred Gerstenfeld

The Academic Boycott of Israel: A Review of the Five-Year UK Campaign to Defeat It

October 21, 2003 | Dr. Manfred Gerstenfeld