Israel Denial: Anti-Zionism, Anti-Semitism, the Faculty Campaign Against the Jewish State [Hardcover]

Israel Denialis the first book to offer detailed analyses of the work faculty members have publishedindividually and collectivelyin support of the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement; it contrasts their claims with options for promoting peace. The faculty discussed here have devoted a significant part of their professional lives to delegitimizing the Jewish state. While there are beliefs they hold in commonincluding the conviction that there is nothing good to say about Israelthey also develop distinctive arguments designed to recruit converts to their cause in novel ways. They do so both as writers and as teachers;Israel Denialis the first to give substantial attention to anti-Zionist pedagogy. No effort to understand the BDS movement's impact on the academy and public policy can be complete without the kind of understanding this book offers.

A co-publication of the Academic Engagement Network

The book completely discredits BDS by demonstrating in devastating detail how much it corrupts academic standards and undermines the chances for peace. With its more than 400 pages of text, some 50 pages of notes, and an extensive bibliography, the book not only reflects Nelson's longstanding concern about the corrosive effects of BDS activism, but also his vast experience and erudition as a prolific scholar whose academic career spans almost five decades.

Nelson has written a very good book: clear, judicious, and exemplary in its concern for reason and evidence.

PREFACE

INTRODUCTION

I THE GOALS AND TACTICS OF THE BOYCOTT MOVEMENT

II FIVE COMPONENTS OF A PEACE PLAN

III JUDITH BUTLER: A Philosopher Promotes a One-State Fantasy