On “Recognition”

International Journal Middle East Studies, vol. 54, pp. 566–570

Abstract

On 29 April 2022, the editorial board of the Harvard Crimson published “In Support of Boycott, Divest, Sanction and a Free Palestine” in support of divestment from Israel.1 In it, the editorial board cited the importance of global solidarity and charges leveled by Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch against Israel, of “crimes against humanity.”2 The Crimson clearly had changed its position from 2002, when its staff had published “Do Not Divest from Israel,” regarding the comparison between Israel and “Apartheid-era South Africa so fundamentally flawed as to be offensive.” In twenty years, the conversation on college campuses has indeed changed.3

Authors 1

1. Tsolin Nalbantian corresponding Aachen Department of Middle Eastern Studies

   Leiden University

   Affiliation as printed

   Department of Middle Eastern Studies, Leiden University, Leiden, The Netherlands