An Academic Boycott

A general academic boycott is advocated by the British Committee for Universities for Palestine ("BRICUP"). It has been aimed at Israeli institutions, not at individual academics. Even so, many feel that the boycott would be a denial of academic freedom.
Several educational bodies in the United States are engaged in an academic boycott of Israeli universities. They include the Critical Ethnic Studies Association (CESA), African Literature Association (ALA), Native American and Indigenous Studies Association (NAISA), Association for Humanist Sociology (AHS), Association of Asian American Studies (AAAS), and American Studies Association (ASA). These groups are limited to specialist subject areas. The mainstream American Association of University Professors is opposed to academic boycotts.

An academic boycott has been defended on the following grounds - Israeli Universities contribute to the occupation of the West Bank by accepting funding for military research. Some offer special training courses for the Israeli army and Shin Bet (the security service). Students at Palestinian universities, unlike Israeli students, are delayed by Israeli checkpoints and travel restrictions. Israeli academics hurt by an international boycott would be encouraged to speak out against the occupation.

Consider alternative forms of boycott.