London's School of Oriental and African Studies is holding a referendum on whether to cut ties with universities in Israel—an experience which will be transformative in more ways than one.
A recurrent challenge in controversies over boycotting Israeli policy is consistency. But what is problematically inconsistent is not the singling out of Israel, but the charge of inconsistency itself.
Boycotts and divestment can be useful tools for righting wrongs, but they are apolitical tantrums in cases of right versus right.
The moral degeneration of Israel must not have as its indirect consequence the moral degeneration of the Palestinian solidarity movements, for in a desperate struggle there is such a danger as all sides losing at once. Here are arguments supporting sanctions against Israel, and opposing a cultural
Those dedicated to the Palestinian cause should think carefully about the tactics they choose.
The latest Israeli assault on Gaza is for one scholar an occasion to rethink the fundamental arguments for and against a boycott of the country.
Israel's assault on Gaza provokes international demonstrations and calls for boycotts and economic sanctions.
US Congress moves against the academic boycott of Israel. What now for freedom of expression?
Linda Grant takes issue with my call for a cultural and academic boycott of Israel – a small part of a long interview addressing a wide range of important intellectual and
A boycott of Israeli writers is repressive, regressive and unworkable cultural policing, says Linda Grant.
In “The Question of Zion”, Jacqueline Rose applies the insights of psychoanalysis to the inner world of Zionist doctrine and attitudes. openDemocracy’s Rosemary Bechler talks to her.
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