It's boycott Israel season...

I guess there should be an official holiday, no?

Next month will be critical for the fight against academic boycotts of Israel in the U.K., according to the founder of Academic Friends of Israel, Ronnie Fraser. March is the month boycott proposals will be submitted to the academic organizations, making time of the essence, says Fraser - whose organization played a part in the 2007 shelving of a planned academic boycott of Israel by the University and College Union.

"The critical phase is the deliberation phase over the various proposals, because after an anti-Israel proposal reaches the plenum for voting it has an excellent chance of passing," Fraser said. He noted that voting takes place in May. Noting that Israel's invasion of Gaza in December greatly motivated boycott-advocates, Fraser - who lives in the U.K. - nonetheless adds that he believes they will ultimately fail.