MESA Again Demonstrates Its Contempt for Israel

MESA is working hard to protect the “rights” of BDS activists to harass and intimidate Jewish and pro-Israel students.

With wearying predictability, the Middle East Studies Association (MESA) announced its opposition to President Trump’s executive order applying the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance’s definition of antisemitism to academe before the ink was dry. At JNS, Campus Watch managing editor David Gerstman exposes MESA’s record of contemptuous actions against Israel and its supporters.

No sooner had President Donald Trump signed an executive order applying the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance’s (IHRA) working definition of anti-Semitism to college campuses than the Middle East Studies Association (MESA) issued a letter condemning his act.

Claiming the order would “threaten the right to free speech guaranteed by the First Amendment and undermine the principles of academic freedom,” MESA’s letter demonstrates (again) its commitment to undermining Israel’s legitimacy as a Jewish state.

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Middle East Studies Association (MESA) Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS)

Winfield Myers

Winfield Myers is managing editor of the Middle East Forum and director of its Campus Watch project, which reviews and critiques Middle East studies in North American universities. He has taught world history and other topics at the University of Michigan, the University of Georgia, Tulane, and Xavier University of Louisiana. He was previously managing editor of The American Enterprise magazine and CEO of Democracy Project, Inc., which he co-founded. Mr. Myers has served as senior editor and communications director at the Intercollegiate Studies Institute and is principal author and editor of a college guide, Choosing the Right College (1998, 2001). He was educated at the University of Georgia, Tulane, and the University of Michigan.