In February, a journalist named Aisha Sultan published a column in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch detailing the experience that I and a student named Shaadie Ali each had with the website Canary Mission. Canary Mission places people who speak out about Palestinian rights – mainly undergraduates like me – on a blacklist, listing us as racist anti-Semites.…
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BDS
Bay Area
Airbnb case could set BDS precedent — one way or the other
A longtime critic of the anti-Israel boycott, divestment and sanctions movement says Airbnb’s decision to remove about 200 rental property listings in…
Opinion
How Cal faculty who support Israel boycott get it wrong
Should faculty have the academic freedom to deny academic freedom to others? That is what eight UC Berkeley faculty are now demanding with their vigorous…
Letters
Remembering Rabbi Lew; a march of our own; etc.
A proposal for Women’s March In her J. guest column urging that Jewish women remain associated with the official Los Angeles Women’s March, Rabbi Sarah…
Editorial
Anti-BDS bill is ill-advised and politically suspect
Not so long ago, staunch bipartisan support for Israel was a given. The vast majority of congressional Democrats and Republicans, as well as presidents,…
Local Voice
BDS laws are a constitutional and PR mess
Ronald Reagan infamously described the “nine most terrifying words in the English language” as “I’m from the government and I’m here to help.” Right now,…
Israel on Campus
UC chancellors issue statement opposing Israel boycotts
The chancellors of all 10 University of California campuses signed on to a statement condemning academic boycotts of Israeli scholars and institutions of…
Bay Area
Berkeley mayor objects to Bazian appointment
Berkeley Mayor Jesse Arreguin is not pleased with the appointment of controversial UC Berkeley lecturer Hatem Bazian to the city’s Peace and Justice…
U.S.
Psychology association members to boycott Tel Aviv gathering
As its name suggests, relationships are key to members of the International Association of Relational Psychoanalysts and Psychotherapists. But there is…