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“We can’t fight what we can’t define,” said Gavriela Geller, executive director of the Jewish Community Relations Bureau, American Jewish Committee in Kansas.
“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.
“These bills send an important message: Iowa continues to stand shoulder to shoulder with the State of Israel while fighting all forms of religious and ethnic discrimination,” said Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds.
The British premier said it was important to have an anti-Semitism task force “devoted to rooting out” the problem “in education at all levels.”
“This collaborative effort will send a signal to communities that their safety and well-being are a public priority,” said Mohammed Hashim of the Canadian Race Relations Foundation and a task force co-chair.
Community Security Trust is asking witnesses and victims to report the crimes to the police.
It was scheduled at the same time as the third day of confirmation hearings for U.S. Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson.
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.”
“When Jewish students feel they cannot express their support of the Jewish homeland, that’s unsafe,” says Jonah Fried, an international student in McGill’s Honors program and a CAMERA Fellow on Campus.
“Murals are one of the most important forms of contemporary expression and communication in public spaces,” said Kleomenis Kostopoulos of the Patras-based group Art in Progress.
