Overview: Kevin B. Anderson has demonized Israel and is a supporter of the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) movement.

He is a professor of Sociology, Political Science and Feminist Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB).

Demonizing Israel
On May 27, 2009, Anderson published an article analyzing the 2009 Gaza war, in which he claimed that “its underlying cause lies in Israel’s refusal to allow the creation of a viable Palestinian state."

Anderson also accused Israel of “barbaric behavior toward weaker peoples and nations."

Anderson went on to claim that “Israeli intransigence, military aggression, and war crimes are... the biggest recruiters for the global fundamentalist and jihadist movement."

Anderson is a member of the California Scholars for Academic Freedom (cs4af). In August of 2012, the group published an open letter, which Anderson signed, to California Assembly Members opposing a piece of anti-BDS legislation.

In the letter, the group argued that BDS, descriptions of Israel as “an apartheid state" and accusations against Israel of “ethnic cleansing" and “crimes against humanity" do not constitute anti-Semitism and should be protected on campus.