Having lost a June 6 vote by members to enact a boycott of Israeli institutions by 2,423 against and 2,384 in favor, the leadership of the American Anthropological Assoc. has kept its promise to issue a statement of censure against the Israeli government. Perhaps its time for the AAA’s members to enact in their own Brexit and leave this corrupt, increasingly marginalized organization in order to form a new, more perfect union.
Winfield Myers is managing editor of the Middle East Forum and director of its Campus Watch project, which reviews and critiques Middle East studies in North American universities. He has taught world history and other topics at the University of Michigan, the University of Georgia, Tulane, and Xavier University of Louisiana. He was previously managing editor of The American Enterprise magazine and CEO of Democracy Project, Inc., which he co-founded. Mr. Myers has served as senior editor and communications director at the Intercollegiate Studies Institute and is principal author and editor of a college guide, Choosing the Right College (1998, 2001). He was educated at the University of Georgia, Tulane, and the University of Michigan.
