Universities boycott israel

US organizations urge Congress to pass act targeting undisclosed foreign funding in universities

Qatar was revealed to be the largest foreign source of gifts and contracts to American universities in 2025, worth more than $1.1 billion.

United States Capitol building in Washington, DC.
ADL CEO Jonathan Greenblatt speaks onstage at ADL's Never Is Now conference on March 3, 2025 in New York City.

Jewish orgs. slam NGO report detailing 'Zionist attack on academic freedom'

Sample Gates on the campus of Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, June 3, 2010.

Vaunted Jewish studies program is upended by red-state politics over Israel in Indiana

Leon Botstein has led Bard College since 1975.

Bard president Leon Botstein: 'Trump's campaign against colleges follows classic antisemitism'


College president visits Haifa U to reiterate opposition to Israel boycott

Oliver’s veto was the first in the Southern California school’s 56-year history, the Claremont Independent student newspaper reported.

University of Haifa

Thousands call on Africa's top university not to boycott Israel

The group, which calls itself Concerned Citizens for Academic Freedom at UCT started a recent petition entitling it: Protect Academic Freedom at the University of Cape Town.

Protesters call for diplomatic ties between South Africa and Israel to be severed during a 2018 demonstration in Cape Town, South Africa.

Professor faces backlash after asserting Israel's right to annex West Bank

"The students have claimed that I'm racist, xenophobic, and have called for my removal. That I am an Islamophobe and that I am guilty of advocating ethnic cleansing and genocide, which I have not."

A general view shows the Jewish settlement of Kiryat Arba in Hebron, in the West Bank September 11, 2018. Picture taken September 11, 2018

Cornell student government votes down Israel divestment resolution

The student government representatives voted by secret ballot, which is rare for the assembly, according to the newspaper.

Cornell University sign

Princeton Jewish community fights over an Israel-themed Shabbat dinner

According to the Daily Princetonian, the Center for Jewish Life “was packed for the event — both the Dining Hall and Wilf Hall were almost entirely full.”

Students on the Princeton University campus

Calif. Jewish students victorious in battle against campus discrimination

As part of the settlement, San Francisco State University agreed to issue a statement affirming that it understands that, for many Jews, Zionism is an important part of their identity.

Students demonstrate at San Francisco State University in San Francisco

British university suspends lecturer who opposed creation of Jewish campus group

Lecturer blasted "Zionists" for trying to create Jewish student groups. British TV personalities decry antisemitism.

Marie van der Zyl (center) holds up a sign at the Enough is Enough demonstration in the UK on March 26, 2018

Anti-Zionist minority holds British universities hostage

The result is that Jewish students are left at an unjust disadvantage when attempting to host events to celebrate Israel and their own Jewish identities.

UNIVERSITY COLLEGE of London was home to a violent student protest in 2016 against an event featuring Israeli activist Hen Mazzig

Jewish students slam Canadian Federation of Students for Israel boycott support

Hillel Jewish student groups across Canada condemned the resolution.

BDS

Appeals court rejects Lara Alqasem’s entry request

Does this end the saga or will she appeal to High Court?

Florida student Lara Alqasem was detained at Ben Gurion Airport in Israel, allegedly for her ties to the Boycott Divestment Sanctions (BDS) movement.