Anti-Israel Bias
“As the BDS movement has become more established over time, anti-Israel tactics have become increasingly hostile as Israel’s detractors double down on efforts to make campuses inhospitable to Jews and Zionists,” according to the report.
The 96-page study, which took about eight months of research, noted that the group, founded in 2010, regularly features and expresses support for convicted terrorists.
“Would university administrators permit the KKK to have a national conference on campus? Why then are we allowing an ideology of hate that targets specific groups to influence our universities?” asked Institute for the Study of Global Antisemitism and Policy executive director Charles Asher Small.
This “outrageous and deeply offensive” incident is “another example of SJP’s anti-Semitic practice of marginalizing Jews and reducing their identity to their connection to Israel” on college campuses, says ADL CEO Jonathan Greenblatt.
The 33-page dossier “reveals the disturbing truth about anti-Semitism at one of the highest-regarded universities in the United States,” said Avi Gordon, executive director of the NGO Alums for Campus Fairness.
“Do you support or do you condemn the establishment of the Zionist Israeli state?” posed Benedictine University senior Ayah Ali.
“This type of boycott is rooted in anti-Semitism and is in clear violation of Spanish law,” according to The Lawfare Project.
Amer Zahr has expressed support for Zahra Billoo, who resigned from the Women’s March board for her history of making anti-Semitic remarks, including applauding Hamas’s terrorist attacks against Israel.
Accuses Chancellor Robert Jones of having “improperly characterized” SJP presentation as having anti-Semitic content • Jewish campus community not consulted • Strong display of Jewish unity.
In a campus email, Chancellor Robert Jones wrote: “This exercise was part of a university program created to help students learn to share diverse ideas and perspectives that lead to new understanding. Instead of fostering dialogue, it incited division, distrust and anger.”
“I thank them for many years of supporting our organization. They were a great partner when they were a sponsor, but for various reasons … they’ve decided to go in a different direction,” said the team’s president and CEO Chris McGowan.
In a brief phone conversation with her mother, reporter Yulia Yuzik said security forces broke into her hotel room and detained her on suspicion of having ties to Israeli intelligence services.
