American Historical Association members attending the group’s annual conference voted 428 to 88 Sunday to approve a resolution opposing “scholasticide” in Gaza and the U.S. government’s funding of Israel’s war.
The move makes the American Historical Association the latest scholarly group to express a stance on the war in Gaza — despite conservative criticism, reaching all the way up to the president-elect, of pro-Palestinian advocacy in academe.
Scholasticide means the intentional eradication of an education system. The resolution, which says Israel’s military campaign “has effectively obliterated Gaza’s education system,” calls for a permanent ceasefire and for the association to form a committee to help rebuild “Gaza’s educational infrastructure.” …..more
