Universities gear up to adapt to rise in academic boycotts

According to a report published on Monday 24 February, academic boycotts against Israeli institutions continue to gain momentum with no signs of slowing down, writes Zev Stub for The Times of Israel.

About 500 incidents of academic boycotts were reported during the last half-year through February 2025, 66% more than in the six months following the beginning of the war on 7 October 2023, according to the Association of University Heads’ Task Force to Combat Academic Boycotts.

The United States, Belgium, Spain and England are the countries where the most boycotts were recorded, followed by the Netherlands, Italy and Canada, the report found. “Our main conclusion following this report is that these boycotts won’t stop anytime soon, and will likely continue for years to come,” Emmanuel Nahshon, the head of the task force, told The Times of Israel. “Israel needs to learn to adapt to this situation and develop better tools to deal with it.”
Full report on The Times of Israel site