Cinnamon Stillwell: Target Israel [incl. Joel Beinin, Hatem Bazian, Mark LeVine, Beshara Doumani, Hamid Algar, Saree Makdisi, Minoo Moallem, Suad Joseph, Rabab Abdulhadi, Sondra Hale, Middle East Studies Association] - 'In recent months, two University of California campuses, Berkeley [1] and San Diego [2], have been embroiled in fierce debates [3] following the introduction of anti-Israel divestiture resolutions by their respective student senates. Both were defeated, but not before a number of California's Middle East studies academics signed a petition [4]supporting divestment. The petition [4] is posted at the website for the U.S. Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel [5], which is dedicated to the BDS (boycott, divestment and sanctions) movement. The list of names reads like a Who's Who of California's anti-Israel academics...By way of comparison--at least as far as one California university goes--not one UC Irvine Middle East studies academic signed the May, 2010 faculty letter [43] objecting to the atmosphere of "hatred against Jews and Israelis on campus" created by the MSU...'