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In September 2014, the group published a list of over 200 academics working in North American universities that it called 'anti-Israel Middle East Studies professors'.<ref>[http://www.amchainitiative.org/amcha-publishes-list-of-over-200-anti-israel-middle-east-studies-professors/# AMCHA publishes list of over 200 anti-Israel Middle East Studies Professors], AMCHA Initiative, accessed 15 September 2014</ref> | In September 2014, the group published a list of over 200 academics working in North American universities that it called 'anti-Israel Middle East Studies professors'.<ref>[http://www.amchainitiative.org/amcha-publishes-list-of-over-200-anti-israel-middle-east-studies-professors/# AMCHA publishes list of over 200 anti-Israel Middle East Studies Professors], AMCHA Initiative, accessed 15 September 2014</ref> | ||
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| + | Even before this list was published, the group had been accused of waging 'a McCarthyist repression campaign to silence discussion of Palestinian rights in campus' by Rabab Ibrahim Abdulhadi, a professor of ethnic studies at San Francisco State University.<ref>[http://mondoweiss.net/2014/06/scholarship-discussing-palestinian 'AMCHA aims to suppress scholarship honestly discussing Israel's violation of Palestinian rights': Professor Rabab Abdulhadi responds to Israel lobby smear campaign], Mondoweiss, 23 June 2014</ref> | ||
==People== | ==People== | ||
*[[Tammi Rossman-Benjamin]] - co-founder, University of California Santa Cruz Lecturer | *[[Tammi Rossman-Benjamin]] - co-founder, University of California Santa Cruz Lecturer | ||
| − | * [[Leila Beckwith]] - co-founder, University of California Los Angeles Professor Emeritus | + | *[[Leila Beckwith]] - co-founder, University of California Los Angeles Professor Emeritus |
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==Notes== | ==Notes== | ||
<references/> | <references/> | ||
[[Category:Israel Lobby]] | [[Category:Israel Lobby]] | ||
Revision as of 09:33, 15 September 2014
The AMCHA Initiative, founded in 2011, describes itself as 'dedicated to investigating, documenting, educating about, and combating antisemitism at institutions of higher education in America'.[1]. It includes 'demonizing Israel', 'delegitimizing Israel', 'applying double standards to Israel' and 'promoting boycott, divestment and sanctions' (BDS) against Israel as examples of anti-Semitism[2]
Activities
In September 2014, the group published a list of over 200 academics working in North American universities that it called 'anti-Israel Middle East Studies professors'.[3]
Even before this list was published, the group had been accused of waging 'a McCarthyist repression campaign to silence discussion of Palestinian rights in campus' by Rabab Ibrahim Abdulhadi, a professor of ethnic studies at San Francisco State University.[4]
People
- Tammi Rossman-Benjamin - co-founder, University of California Santa Cruz Lecturer
- Leila Beckwith - co-founder, University of California Los Angeles Professor Emeritus
Resources
Notes
- ↑ Mission and Objectives, AMCHA Initiative, accessed 15 September 2014
- ↑ Identifying Antisemitic Activity, AMCHA Initiative, accessed 15 September 2014
- ↑ AMCHA publishes list of over 200 anti-Israel Middle East Studies Professors, AMCHA Initiative, accessed 15 September 2014
- ↑ 'AMCHA aims to suppress scholarship honestly discussing Israel's violation of Palestinian rights': Professor Rabab Abdulhadi responds to Israel lobby smear campaign, Mondoweiss, 23 June 2014