July 20, 2007

Trans-Atlantic Rift

By AISHA LABI

British academics' threat to boycott Israel perplexes American colleagues

Last May delegates to the inaugural annual conference of the University and College Union, which represents 120,000 British academics, stoked international controversy by voting to consider a boycott of Israeli institutions and academics. The move was the latest attempt by British faculty unions in recent years to penalize Israeli universities. And, like previous efforts, it has angered and puzzled many academics

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