ADL condemns American Anthropological Association after adopting boycott motion

Jerusalem Poat reports:

The Anti Defamation League condemned the American Anthropological Association (AAA) on Sunday after the organization adopted a motion to boycott Israeli academic institutions.

The resolution, in favor of Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions, was approved by an overwhelming majority, 1040-36, of some 1,400 members of the association participating in its annual conference in Denver.

In response, the ADL released a statement, saying that the action was “a deeply misguided attack on academic freedom and the free exchange of ideas.”

"With this misguided vote, the Anthropological Association has aligned itself with the global BDS movement whose effect is the demonization of Israel," the ADL statement added. "It places the entire onus of the conflict on one side: the Israelis. The BDS movement does not support a two-state solution and opposes the continued existence of Israel as a Jewish state."

No word yet on when the American Anthropological Association will condemn Saudi Arabia for the way they treat women.