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Anti-Israel Bias

According to the university’s interim president, anti-Semitic comments are unacceptable in any context, but the slurs used are protected by free speech and not a violation of school rules.
Russia and Ukraine have engaged top marketing professionals to carry out their campaigns, and are using the same data that any other business would, say Israeli experts.
The Michigan representative, who is in a tight primary race against another Democratic incumbent, has written a bill that would put conditions on military aid to Israel from the United States.
It may mean asking someone what “settler colonialism” is or whether they can define a “Jewish lobby,” explains Jonah Cohen of CAMERA. “It can also mean prodding someone about why they believe a certain position they hold is true.”
Fabrice Labeau, deputy provost of student life and learning, has asked the leadership of the student senate “to take prompt and appropriate remedial action” regarding the measure. If they fail to do so, the university will “terminate” the agreement.
“The endorsement will inevitably—and inequitably—discriminate against, exclude and isolate Israeli scholars by singling out the Israeli academy for boycott. The resolution’s assertion that the boycott ‘will not target individual students or scholars’ is untenable,” said Academic Engagement Network.
The school’s Students for Justice in Palestine chapter started a “BDS Pledge,” asking students to refuse to “buy products or participate in groups that benefit and normalize Israel.”