Middle East Studies Association Votes to Consider Endorsing BDS An endorsement of the BDS movement would be another indicator of just how much Israel’s apartheid system disquiets academia in the US. Last Thursday, the Middle East Studies Association (MESA), a scholarly group of Middle East-focused professors housed at George Washington University, passed a measure to present a resolution endorsing the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement—which targets Israel over its human rights abuses against Palestinians—to the entire MESA membership in early 2022. Of the roughly 400 members who attended MESA’s annual meeting, 93% voted to advance consideration of the resolution....
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