Anti-Israel Bias
Jordyn Wright, a second-year science student, labeled the motion as anti-Semitic and discriminatory. It was also criticized by the McGill administration, the Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs, the Anti-Defamation League and hundreds of McGill students.
The clip, published on Twitter, shows CSCC student Malek Mustafa, who has an anti-Israel history, cut down the flag from the display.
Progressive Jewish groups blast U.S. political activist Linda Sarsour after she compares Zionism to white supremacy at an American Muslims for Palestine conference.
The vote occurred months after students voted overwhelmingly in favor of a referendum, calling on the school to separate itself from companies that conduct business with Israel.
Such a move would add to the leader and his party’s clear animosity towards and bias against the Jewish state.
She called the push to oust her from the Student Society of McGill University’s legislative council and board of directors as “anti-Semitic.”
Most students also had no idea how many people actually lived in Israel. Only 17 percent of the students gave the correct answer, while others made guesses that ranged from 100,000 to 150 million.
The agreement with the U.S. Education Department was signed after an investigation following a conference hosted by the Middle East Studies program that featured an anti-Semitic Palestinian rapper and anti-Semitic posters in the university library.
“Too many people in the Labour Party believed it was just a case of a few bad apples for far too long,” said former Labour Party MP Joan Ryan at the ADL’s “Never Is Now” summit. “By the time Labour became institutionally anti-Semitic, it was far too late to root out the Jew-haters.”
“A fierce battle is under way for the future and identity of Jerusalem, and every step should be taken to thwart the P.A.’s attempts to incite residents of east Jerusalem against Israel,” said Public Security Minister Gilad Erdan.
A fight broke outside of the event between Jewish and pro-Palestinian students, who chanted “Free, free, Palestine” and “Viva, Viva Intifada!”
The Anti-Defamation League survey of 9,000 adults in 18 countries shows a sharp rise in anti-Semitism in Eastern Europe. Anti-Semitic stereotypes were more widely accepted among Muslims.
