Israel

Movement to cut academic ties -- subject of intense debate in Britain for several years -- now appears on other side of Atlantic.

Student group says Hampshire is the first U.S. college to divest on behalf of Palestinians; college says its decision to transfer money from one fund to another was not about the Middle East.

Joel Kovel denounces process to faculty colleagues, but some point to his disorganization or the economy as being more decisive than his politics in the case.

On many American campuses, the tone and content of discussions and political activity has changed, with a visible growth in pro-Palestinian sentiment.

WASHINGTON -- The theme of this year’s American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) Policy Conference is “relationships matter” -- the significance of which should not be lost on the 193 student government presidents the lobbying group brought here for the occasion, as Jonathan Kessler, AIPAC’s leadership development director, told them Saturday. “Every conversation, every relationship starts somewhere.”

In move being called an assault on academic freedom, Canadian official asks agency he supervises to reconsider grant for a conference that is angering some supporters of Israel.

When political scientist at Ben-Gurion U. endorsed boycott of his country -- in article in the U.S. -- he set off debates in both nations about professors' rights.

As of early Friday, everything was going according to plan.

Professor at Columbia College loses institution's support for her conference and could lose her tenure too.

By co-editing a book with Israeli scholars, a professor at American U. of Beirut finds himself under attack on his campus and sets off a debate over academic freedom.