
An American academic boycott campaign was started in 2009 by 13 professors in California in order to bring the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions against Israel movement (BDS) to university campuses. The movement now claims activities on more than 40 US campuses.
The US Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (USACBI) called on American colleges and universities to refrain from associating with Israeli academic and cultural institutions. In addition, the schools were called upon to sell their investments in specific companies with significant operations in Israel.








After first denying that he published an anti-Semitic cartoon on his blog, the United Nation's Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Palestinian territories has admitted he did do so, and has published a mocking apology. The cartoon depicted a Jewish dog (with yarmulke and Star of David) eating a bloody human body. Responding to criticism of the cartoon, Richard Falk states that we should treat animals with respect, making a joke of his apology. 











