Anti-Israel Bias
The final vote was 40 to expel, 48 against it with 10 abstentions. ZOA’s Mort Klein took aim at J Street and other progressive groups, saying these “radical adversaries condemned ZOA based on a set of distortions, absurdities and blatant lies.”
Israel’s Minister for Strategic Affairs Michael Biton said “the distorted reality presented by Human Rights Watch is part of its ongoing political and obsessive campaign against Israel in recent years.”
Responding to the bill, Pomona College management released a letter expressing “deep concern” that the “vote was held without representation from any student opposition.”
The Coalition for Jewish Values argued that the charges brought against ZOA national president Mort Klein “combine a demand for ideological conformity with demonization in place of debate.”
The university left the names of the police brutality victims, as well as a heart drawn on the floor in the colors of the Palestinian flag.
“We do not accept that the ICC has jurisdiction in this instance, given that Israel is not a party to the Statute of Rome and Palestine is not a sovereign state,” wrote British Prime Minister Boris Johnson.
Students for Justice in Palestine co-sponsored a resolution supporting BDS activity, slated to be presented to the Undergraduate Student Government Senate on Yom Hazikaron, Israel’s Memorial Day.
The 97-year-old is also the current record holder of “oldest radio talk-show host (living).”
In the postponement of an event featuring a controversial speaker, Hillel president at Butler University Lauren Carrier said the school newspaper “has a duty to make sure that information that is published is factually accurate.”
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu held discussions with Defense Minister Benny Gantz, Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit and others before issuing its response.
The court’s decision to investigate Israeli settlement activities is of “major concern,” warns top former IDF legal official.
The results indicated contradictory trends: a decrease in physical violence due to COVID-19 lockdowns and an increase in accusations against Jews, who were allegedly responsible for the global coronavirus and its disastrous results.
