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In response to the recent surge in BDS campaigns around the country, SPME is expanding its BDS coverage. We’re pleased to launch a monthly Live Briefing Series which will feature SPME specialists and guests to discuss the latest BDS news, as well as developments in areas such as law and politics. Live Briefings will consist of a presentation and the opportunity for members to address questions to the speaker.

BDS Monitor Live Speaker: Alex Joffe

2015-07-24 16_14_24-MIDDLE EAST FORUM_ The Islamic State's Shocking Assault on History By ALEXANDER Dr. Alex Joffe is editor of SPME’s monthly BDS Monitor. He an archaeologist and historian specializing in the Middle East and contemporary international affairs.

Educated at Cornell University and the University of Arizona, he is also a Shillman-Ginsburg fellow of the Middle East Forum.

Among other topics he has written extensively on the BDS movement and contemporary antisemitism.

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Previous live conferences

BDS Monitor Live – Sep 4, 2024

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September 4, 2024

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The school year began with Israel firmly at the center of American politics and campus controversy. Anti-Israel demonstrations have roiled the Democratic Party and spread across campuses but universities have vowed to crack down on protests. At the same time, corporate America has begun to reject DEI mandates and ESG policies as unproductive, at least…

BDS Monitor Live – Jun 18, 2024

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Juni 18, 2024

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With the school year completed and the Gaza War dragging on, the BDS-originated crisis in American and global society is fully in view. From academia to the worlds of arts and culture, and all levels of politics, efforts to shun and expel ‘Zionists’ have become a thinly veiled cover for antisemitism. More ominously, all manner…

BDS Monitor Live – May 2, 2024

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Mai 2, 2024

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The spring semester is ending with a massive crisis across all levels of American education as campus takeovers, faculty and student walkouts, and harassment of Jewish students have brought many campuses to a standstill. The frequently heard calls of ‚death to Israel‘ are complemented by ‚death to America‘ and reflect the fusion of Islamist and…

BDS Monitor Live – Dec 21, 2023

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Dezember 21, 2023

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As the Israeli campaign against Hamas in Gaza continues the effects on the American landscape have been profound. Universities are in turmoil, with pro-BDS students and faculty pitted against administrations and donors for control over campuses. The hatred and harassment of Jews and Israelis have been fully exposed, along with the moral weakness of university…

BDS Monitor Live – Oct 30th, 2023

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Oktober 30, 2023

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The extraordinary horror of the 7 October Hamas massacre in southern Israel has unleashed an unprecedented global wave of antisemitism. Campuses are a critical focal point, with BDS linked students and faculty dropping the mask to reveal genocidal intent, cast in terms of ‘resistance’ and ‘decolonization.’ For the first time society at large – and…

BDS Monitor Live – Sep 13, 2023

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September 13, 2023

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The beginning of the academic year sees the BDS movement focusing attacks on the IHRA definition of antisemitism, which are making inroads among faculty and students alike. Meanwhile opposition to BDS in politics has largely split along party lines with progressives and far left Democrats in favor, most Republicans opposed, and mainstream Democrats caught in…

BDS Monitor Live – Feb 14, 2023

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Februar 14, 2023

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Mid-semester sees BDS crises unfolding on campus, on the floor of the US Congress, and within Israel itself. Universities dissembling about classroom targeting of Jews and Israelis, and protests celebrating Palestinian gunmen deemed “martyrs,” are among the notable developments. But the vote to remove Rep. Ilhan Omar from the House Foreign Affairs Committee also revealed…

BDS Monitor Live – Dec 13, 2022

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Dezember 13, 2022

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The fall semester ends with BDS and antisemitism roiling campus and national politics. From celebrities like Kanye West and Kyrie Irving, the continuing scandals regarding the exclusion of Jewish speakers by the UC Berkeley Law School student government, to the covert anti-Israel campaign uncovered at Morningstar’s corporate rating division, the extent of anti-Israel and anti-Jewish…

BDS Monitor Live – Sep 13, 2022

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September 13, 2022

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The fall semester begins with BDS at the center of campus and national politics. BDS supporting candidates had mixed results in primaries but key figures were successful and will likely be reelected in November. On campus a series of lawsuits have pushed back at BDS support from student governments but the environment for Israel supporters…

BDS Monitor Live – May 3, 2022

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Mai 3, 2022

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As the spring semester ends BDS remains at the center of campus and national politics. BDS resolutions and referendums from students, support from faculty organizations like MESA, and incitement from outside speakers, have worsened the environment for Israel, Jews, and others on campus. But in politics, as midterms approach, BDS is a wedge issue promoted…

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