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“Anti-BDS legislation is about commercial activities, not about people’s ability to speak,” says the 33-year-old. “People are free to criticize Israel; that is a protected right. But organized boycotting and divestment with the support of state, local or federal government is not acceptable.”
After a quick quarantine for Jewish students who attended the AIPAC conference in Washington, some students have been harassed in person and on social media with anti-Semitic messages.
Lee Bollinger also said “it’s wrong” for Jews to be targeted by anti-Semitism, stressing that Columbia is not “an ‘anti-Semitic’ institution.”
Central Student Government president Ben Gerstein said prior to college, he had only been exposed to pro-Israel viewpoints, but was “committed” to “learning new perspectives and being empathetic to the Palestinian community.”
At least one-sixth of the student body must vote for the referendum to succeed. If the referendum does not garner 300 signatures, the Tufts Community Union Senate would vote on it as they would any other resolution.
“Why would they help promote the idea of someone who has spoken in such ugly terms about American Jews and the victims of Islamist violence? It’s unbelievable!” exclaimed CAMERA researcher Dexter Van Zile.
“The Right to Maim: Debility, Capacity, Disability” by Jasbir Puar asserts that the Israeli Defense Forces believe in “rehabilitation through the spatial, affective and corporeal debilitation of Palestine,” as well as “the sovereign right to maim, wielded by Israel, in relation to the right to kill.”
“For me, Judaism has always been about ‘tikkun olam’—about improving a broken world, and promoting justice and fairness for people who have been downtrodden and left behind. That’s a key moral purpose for me.”
Vice President Mike Pence also criticized Democratic candidates for not challenging Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) about his views on AIPAC and Israel during the Feb. 25 debate in South Carolina.