Shlomo Sand

• Stated in an interview with the Iranian Press TV that Israel is “one of the most racist society [sic] in the western world.” [1]
• In the same interview, he stated that “the Holy Land, I mean Palestine, Judea, was never the homeland for the Jews.” [2]
• Signed an open letter calling on the German government to reject a resolution equating BDS with anti-Semitism. The letter also urged Germany to continue funding organizations, including pro-BDS NGOs, that “peacefully challenge the Israeli occupation” and “expose severe violations of international law.”[3]
• Signed a petition in support of anti-Semitic British Labor Party leader Jeremy Corbyn and of “end[ing] the occupation and the blockade of Gaza.”[4]
• Signed a petition accusing Israel of harming the academic freedom of Palestinians. The petition was then used by a pro-boycott organization to “vindicate[e]…its campaign for the institutional boycott of the Israeli academy.”[5]
• Signed a petition in “support and appreciation” of students and lecturers who illegally refused to carry out their IDF service in Judea & Samaria.”[6]
• Signed a petition to boycott Ariel University because of its location in Judea & Samaria.[7]
• Signed a petition calling to lift the “siege” on Gaza.[8]
• Signed a petition accusing Israel of the “slaughter of large numbers of wholly innocent people” in Gaza.[9]

[1] https://www.makorrishon.co.il/nrg/online/54/ART2/363/223.html

[2] https://www.makorrishon.co.il/nrg/online/54/ART2/363/223.html

[3] https://bdsmovement.net/news/240-jewish-and-israeli-scholars-german-government-boycotts-are-legitimate-and-non-violent-tool

[4] https://www.jewishvoiceforlabour.org.uk/article/citizens-of-israel-send-letter-of-support-to-corbyn/

[5] http://www.pacbi.org/etemplate.php?id=792

[6]http://israel-academia-monitor.com/index.php?type=large_advic&advice_id=3105&page_data%5Bid%5D=3841&cookie_lang=he&the_session_id=85626acf2f490e8ccab62531182e40b3&BLUEWEBSESSIONSID=59bb72759c315d82295dcd97e791afb4

[7] https://www.inn.co.il/News/News.aspx/213840

[8] https://sites.google.com/site/verapetition/

[9] http://haimbresheeth.com/gaza/an-open-letter-to-israel-academics-july-13th-2014/statement-by-israeli-academics-july-2014/