GW ends partnership with Middle East Studies Association after BDS vote The university in Washington, D.C., is one of many to recently stop working with the group. David Swindle July 26, 2023
Rewarding anti-Israel radicalism at San Francisco State University The Middle East Studies Association’s award to a terror-promoting academic says everything you need to know about the organization. Richard L. Cravatts Jan. 25, 2023
California professor with history of pro-terrorism comments honored The Middle East Studies Association gives Rabab Abdulhadi its Annual Service Award. Andrew Jose Jan. 22, 2023
Academic Israel-haters throw a fit over Israel Studies That faculty and administrators believe they are entitled to money without any obligation or accountability is an expression of the arrogance of the academy today. Mitchell Bard Oct. 6, 2022
Academic watchdog groups blast MESA for adoption of BDS resolution against Israel “The endorsement will inevitably—and inequitably—discriminate against, exclude and isolate Israeli scholars by singling out the Israeli academy for boycott. The resolution’s assertion that the boycott ‘will not target individual students or scholars’ is untenable,” said Academic Engagement Network. Dmitriy Shapiro March 24, 2022
Middle East Studies Association’s members may face legal jeopardy over Israel boycott MESA’s institutional members must “adhere to federal and state non-discrimination laws and their own institutional non-discrimination and academic freedom protections,” said Cornell Law School professor William Jacobson. David Isaac Dec. 30, 2021
MESA’s proposed boycott of Israeli universities aims to spread ‘intellectual intolerance’ Experts say the resolution ignores the reality of academic freedom in Israel. According to the Israeli Council for Higher Education, approximately 54,000 Arab students attend Israeli universities, comprising 17 percent of all students in Israel. David Isaac Dec. 15, 2021
MESA’s shameful betrayal of academic freedom In calling for an academic boycott against Israel, the Middle East Studies Association reveals its obsessive hatred of the Jewish state. Richard L. Cravatts Dec. 7, 2021
Facing anti-Israel and left-wing ideology, Mideast academics chew over challenges in field The annual conference of the Association for the Study of the Middle East and Africa (ASMEA) represented a bulwark against academic elitism and suppression of divergent ideas. Dmitriy Shapiro Nov. 19, 2021