Noura Erakat: On the Record

Rutgers professor and legal scholar Noura Erakat is a longtime organizer of the boycott movement.

On the record

• 2001–present — Per her university biography, helped launch a Berkeley Students for Justice in Palestine divestment campaign as an undergraduate in 2001 and later “helped seed BDS campaigns” nationally as a national organizer with the US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation. [Rutgers faculty bio]

The context

These are openly-stated, lawful public-advocacy activities described in her own official biography, not misconduct. We document them as her public position.

Where Galil stands

Our opinion: She has spent two decades helping build the campaign to boycott Israel. That’s her right, and it’s our right to say we don’t stand with it.

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Facts here are documented public statements and actions, sourced and linked, current as of July 2026. Everything under “Where Galil stands” is our opinion. Believe a factual claim is wrong? Email us and we’ll review and correct it.