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ASA Boycotts Israel Because It Is Pro-American


(Foreign Policy) Martin Kramer - One of the American Studies Association's central ideological prisms appears to be that the U.S. is an aggressive empire. Just scan the program of last year's annual conference, titled "Dimensions of Empire and Resistance," which was billed as a reflection "on indignity and dispossession," the "course of U.S. empire." The U.S. has a range of allies in the Middle East - but only Israel is viewed positively by a large majority of Americans, while Israelis themselves are overwhelmingly pro-American. For the ASA, that appears to be the bill of indictment right there. Israel is to be boycotted for its "special relationship" with the U.S.
2013-12-20 00:00:00
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