Two state lawmakers want to strip aid from universities whose faculty participate in academic organizations that urge a boycott against Israel.Couldn't happen to a nicer bunch. The irony here is Columbia University has a long documented history of pro-Nazi activity! For Columbia to worry about human rights in Israel is beyond laughable.
Senate co-leader Jeffrey Klein (D-Bronx) and Assemblyman Dov Hikind (D-Brooklyn) plan to introduce a bill that would give colleges and universities in New York 30 days to withdraw their support from groups like the American Studies Association, which recently voted for such an academic boycott.
New York University, Cornell, Columbia, SUNY Buffalo and SUNY Stony Brook are among the institutions affiliated with the ASA, made up of 5,000 professors. The group overwhelmingly voted to bar Israeli academic institutions from collaborations with their campuses over the country’s treatment of Palestinians.
Saturday, December 28, 2013
New York lawmakers battle Israel boycott by university organization American Studies Association
The New York Daily News reports: