Higher Education
 Harvard insists Israeli shares sale not driven by boycott
By Ewen MacAskill, The Guardian,
August 16, 2010
Routine financial decision, says university spokesman, but pro-Palestinians claim Gaza aid conflict behind move.
 Will the real McCarthy please stand up
Joel Golovensky, Haaretz
June 19, 2010
Tensions are high at UC Irvine after the school recommended suspending a Muslim student group for its role in the disruption of the Israeli ambassador's speech earlier this year.
World
 Author fights French boycott on Israeli academics
By Lior Zilberstein, Orange County Register,
July 26, 2010
Esther Orner decides not to give in to organizers of conference in south France who rescinded invitation extended her because she is Israeli. Instead, she wages media war which resulted in cancellation of entire conference.
K-12
 Trustees decline to change portrayal of Islam
By Ryan Mac, Orange County Register
July 23, 2010
The Fountain Valley, CA school district, which hosts the former Council on Islamic Education responsible for pro-Islamic textbook content nationwide, denies a proposal to balance Hougton Mifflin Harcourts' World History: Medieval to Early Modern Times section on Islamic history with supplemental materials.
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