Columbia University Pro-Palestinian Student Group ‘Permanently Banned’ from Instagram
A pro-Palestinian student group at Columbia University announced that its account was “permanently banned” from Instagram.
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UC Berkeley Law Prof Warns Firms Not to Hire His ‘Antisemitic’ Students
A UC Berkeley law professor is urging law firms not to hire his “antisemitic” students in the wake of the Hamas terrorist attack against Israel — which left more than 1,300 Israelis and citizens of other countries dead — noting, “When students face consequences for their actions, they straighten up.”
U. of Chicago Student Newspaper Removes and Apologizes for Op-Ed Condemning Antisemitism
A University of Chicago student newspaper removed an op-ed condemning antisemitism by the school’s Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) chapter. The op-ed’s removal was followed up with an apology letter by the editors of the newspaper’s “Viewpoints” opinion section. Despite censoring an op-ed against antisemitism on campus, the paper’s opinion editors maintain that is a “space that intends to facilitate free speech on campus.”
Penn Law Students for Justice in Palestine Group Warns that Overseas Trip May ‘Improve Israel’s Image’
University of Pennsylvania Law School (Penn Law)’s Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) group is urging its fellow students not to go on a trip that it claims seeks to “improve Israel’s image.”
U. of Florida Pro-Palestine Club Posts Antisemitic Messages to Social Media
The University of Florida’s chapter of Students for Justice in Palestine posted several antisemitic messages on Instagram this week. The group previously came under fire after they were accused of hurling antisemitic remarks at a campus guest lecturer from the Israeli Defense Force.
George Washington University Speech by Palestinian Activist Cancelled Over Anti-Semitism Charges
TEL AVIV – Pro-Palestinian campus group Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) cancelled a scheduled talk by a Palestinian activist at George Washington University (GWU) over claims that the speaker is “anti-Semitic.”
UC Irvine Puts ‘Students for Justice in Palestine’ on Probation for Disrupting Israel Event
The local chapter of Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) at the University of California Irvine has been sanctioned with disciplinary probation for two academic years for disrupting a pro-Israel event earlier this year.
Anti-Semitic Incidents On Campus Prompt U Of Texas Resolution In Support Of Jewish Students
TEL AVIV – The University of Texas’s Student Government passed a unanimous resolution in support of Jewish students in response to the wave of anti-Semitic incidents on campus and at Jewish institutions across the U.S.
UC Riverside Student Council Votes to Ban Israeli ‘Sabra’ Hummus
Last week, the Associated Students of UC Riverside voted 13-0 in favor of a resolution calling for the removal of hummus that is partially owned by an Israeli company from all campus dining services.
CA Universities Named Among ‘Worst Colleges for Jewish Students’
Nine out of the 40 colleges named in a Jewish news organization’s list of the “worst college campuses for Jewish students in the nation” are located in California.
Pro-Israel Students: UCLA Group Hosts Roger Waters For ‘Anti-Semitic’ Film Event
JERUSALEM – An event attended by former Pink Floyd frontman Roger Waters at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) was slammed by pro-Israel student groups over its claim that “Israel manipulates the minds of politicians and ordinary Americans.”
Pro-Palestinian Washington University Students Protest Israeli LGBT Event
TEL AVIV – Anti-Israel activists at Washington University stormed out of a guest lecture by an Israeli LGBT activist, saying his claims that the Jewish state is a “haven” for the gay community was “pinkwashing” Israel’s oppression of Palestinians.
WATCH: Anti-Israel Extremists Co-Opt Trump Protests, Call For ‘Intifada Revolution’
TEL AVIV – Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) activists are marching in anti-Trump protests and calling for violence against Israel in what has been slammed as a “hijack” of other movements in order to promote an anti-Israel agenda.
New Report Finds Dramatic Increase In Midwest Campus Anti-Israel Activity
TEL AVIV – Anti-Israel activism on U.S. college campuses has undergone a regional shift, with the Midwest experiencing a sharp increase of in anti-Israel boycott activities while the West Coast, formerly the center of anti-Israel involvement, is waning, a new study has found.
Report: Anti-Israel Week Clouds Holocaust Day at UC Irvine
Several groups of students at the University of California Irvine held anti-Israel events last week, upstaging Holocaust Remembrance Day (Yom Hashoah), the annual memorial of the genocide of 6 million Jews during the Second World War.
UC Riverside Reverses Decision to Stop Selling Israeli Hummus
UC Riverside has reversed an earlier decision to ban the sale of a popular hummus brand that is partially owned by an Israeli company after an anti-Israel student group, the Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP), made the request.
Experts Wrestle with Anti-Israel Movement on Campus
LOS ANGELES, California — With anti-Israel sentiment spreading on college campuses around the world, especially through the “boycott, divestment, sanctions” (BDS) movement, experts gathered in Los Angeles on Sunday to suggest ways to push back during Stand With Us’s first anti-BDS conference.
