This has been either a bad week for Israel, or a great week for Israel, depending on whom you ask or what your Twitter feed looks like. In the end, this may matter more for the relevance and impact of Middle East studies than anything else. A tale of two resolutions Last week, the Middle East Studies Association passed a resolution endorsing the “boycott, divest and sanction” (BDS) movement against Israel. The resolution doesn’t give any specifics–and I doubt MESA had many investments in Israeli businesses–but it is a formal statement that the group believes interacting officially with Israel or...
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