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interests – a charge without merit or evidence. Critiques of BDS function as a litmus test for Dubnov [See his review of Colin Schindler’s Republica Hebraeorum in Israel Studies Review [Winter 2017]: 32 2. 164–170 where he hurls the same charge against Schindler.] He appears to dismiss the notion that one can oppose boycotting Israel on educational grounds. As an Israeli teaching in the United States, Dubnov seems not to have considered how the boycott movement may prevent young scholars from spending time in Israel in order to gain fluency in Hebrew or access to archives for research. The more boycott demands are met the more likely grants for studying in Israel will be reduced. 7. Elman provides a good summary of the publishers’ reactions in her essay, “Silencing History.” 8. Berger, “Academic Prize for Scholarly Form of Blood Libel”. Berger Writes, “Even amidst the moral and intellectual wreckage that litters the academic landscape with respect to Israel, this award [Puar Jasbir’s book has just been awarded the National Women’s Studies Association Allison Piepmeier Book Prize for scholarship focusing on feminist disability studies] stands out. Nelson makes it clear that even a google search shows how the claims Jasbir makes about Israel harvesting organs are not based on any credible science. See Israel Denial , Chapter Six. 9. Robson, “Najib Azuri’s Le Reveil de la Nation Arabe .” 10. According to AIS Bylaws, the Association has a relationship with Israel Studies . Some AIS officers are members of the Journal’s Editorial Board and AIS members receive a discount on subscriptions. AIS provides no funding for Israel Studies nor does it serve as a sponsor. Brandeis University and Ben Gurion University are the Journal’s academic sponsors. Israel Studies Review is the journal sponsored by AIS, and as President, I never interfered with any of the decisions made by the editors. 11. I served as President from June, 2017-June 2019. 12. Martin, The Dictionary Wars . 13. Shafir, op. cit ., 2019. B ibliography 1. Arendt, H. Origins of Totalitarianism. New York: Harcourt, Brace, Jovanovich, 1973. [Google Scholar] 2. Berger, D. “Academic Prize for Scholarly Form of Blood Libel.” The New York Jewish Week , September 27, 2018. [Google Scholar] 3. Dubnov, A. “Colin Schindler’s Republica Hebraeorum .” Israel Studies Review 32, no. 2 Winter, (2017): 164–170 . [Google Scholar] 4. Elman, M. “Silencing History: US Publishers Shun Book ‘Ending Deir Yassin Myth’.” Legal Insurrection , March 18, 2018. [Google Scholar] 5. Martin, P. The Dictionary Wars: The American Fight over the English Language . Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2019. [Google Scholar] 6. Moses, A. D., ed. Empire, Colony, and Subaltern Resistance in World History . New York: Berghahn Books, 2008 . [Google Scholar] 7. Nelson, C. Israel Denial: Anti-Zionism, Anti-Semitism, and the Faculty Campaign against the Jewish State . Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2019. [Crossref], [Google Scholar] 8. Orwell, G. 1984. New York: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 1961. [Google Scholar] 9. Plato. Republic . Translated by G.M.A. Grube, Revised by C.D.C. Reeve. Indianapolis: Hackett Publishing, 1992. [Google Scholar] 10. Robson, L. C. “Najib Azuri’s Le Reveil De La Nation Arabe : A Reception in History.” Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa and the Middle East 31, no. 3 (2011): 644–657. doi: 10.1215/1089201X-1426791. [Crossref], [Google Scholar] 11. Shafir, G. Land, Labor and the Origins of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict 1882 – 1914 . New York: Cambridge University Press, 1989. [Google Scholar] 12. Tobin, J. “Is There Room in the Academy for Honest Scholarship on Israel?” Jewish News Service , May 17, 2019. [Google Scholar] © 2021 Global Journals Volume XXI Issue XIV Version I 43 ( G ) Global Journal of Human Social Science - Year 2021 The Gatekeepers