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Even in Academia, Boycotting Israel Is a Hard Sell

http://www.commentarymagazine.com/2013/12/01/even-in-academia-boycotting-israel-is-a-hard-sell/ Jonathan Marks | @marksjo112.01.2013 – 12:00 PM The weekend before Thanksgiving the American Studies Association, at its annual meeting, considered an academic boycott of Israel. As of Thanksgiving, the ASA’s National Council had not taken action, though the proposed resolution had wide support at the meeting. I have written on ASA and the Boycott Israel resolution here […]

By admin • December 1, 2013 4 min read
In the NewsShattered HopesUS Campaign for Palestinian Rights

Waging Peace: Ruebner Book Talk Tours California

WRMEA, December 2013, Pages 65-66 Waging Peace Ruebner Book Talk Tours California Author Josh Ruebner. (Staff photo Samir Twair) Josh Ruebner closed a whirlwind Southern California tour Oct. 13 at Pasadena’s All Saints Church to promote his latest book, Shattered Hopes: Obama’s Failure to Broker Israeli-Palestinian Peace (available from the AET Bookstore). Ruebner, who is national […]

By admin • December 1, 2013 2 min read
In the NewsShattered HopesUS Campaign for Palestinian Rights

AUTHOR SAYS SOLUTION TO ISRAEL-PALESTINE CONFLICT IS BOYCOTT, DIVESTMENT AND SANCTIONS DURING SPEECH AT WMU

Theresa Ghiloni News Reporter Josh Ruebner believes there is a way to solve the Israel-Palestine conflict, but it is not possible with the Obama administration’s current approach to foreign policy.   Josh Ruebner, the National Advocacy Director of the U.S. Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation, argued that the only way to bring about real […]

By admin • November 24, 2013 3 min read
In the NewsShattered Hopes

SJP Speaker Calls Peace Talks a Sham

SJP Speaker Calls Peace Talks a Sham   Josh Ruebner Speaking in SUBO last Wednesday By Alex Ellefson & Elizabeth Elizalde Author Josh Ruebner told his audience in SUBO last Wednesday that peace talks between Israeli and Palestinian leaders were a “sham” and would fail as long as the United States continued defending Israel’s occupation […]

By admin • November 20, 2013 3 min read
In the NewsShattered Hopes

Pro-Palestine Speakers Discuss their Portrayal in the Press

Pro-Palestine Speakers Discuss their Portrayal in the Press By Alex Ellefson In response to allegations that their lectures promoted anti-semitism, the speakers at last week’s pro-Palestine events spoke with the Kingsman about misrepresentations they see in the media regarding Israel and Palestine. The controversy comes after a much larger debate about academic freedom, when the […]

By admin • November 20, 2013 4 min read
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All Quiet At Brooklyn College’s Most Recent Anti-Israel Talk

But criticism over departmental cosponsorship renews debate over propaganda versus free speech at academic institutions. Gabe Kahn Special To The Jewish Week Abraham Esses, left, a senior at Brooklyn College, talks to Ben White. Via brooklynsjp.com When activist Ben White spoke at Brooklyn College last week on the topic of “Israel: Apartheid, not Democracy,” there were […]

By admin • November 19, 2013 7 min read