A group representing thousands of U.S. scholars has voted to boycott Israeli universities. The American Studies Association is the largest group of U.S. academics to join the global campaign to boycott and divest from Israel over its treatment of Palestinians. Members backed the boycott by a ratio of more than 2-to-1, citing “the documented impact of the Israeli occupation on Palestinian scholars and students” and “the extent to which Israeli institutions of higher education are a party to state policies that violate human rights.”