{"id":104607,"date":"2023-06-10T17:05:28","date_gmt":"2023-06-10T15:05:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/?p=104607"},"modified":"2023-06-03T07:24:11","modified_gmt":"2023-06-03T05:24:11","slug":"03-05-87","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/?p=104607","title":{"rendered":"More Antisemitism Comes to Boston University"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"\"<\/a>More Antisemitism Comes to Boston University<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/h5>\n

Yonatan Manor<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Boston University College of Arts and Sciences. Photo: Wikimedia Commons.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

There is a disturbing trend on college and university campuses: anytime an event celebrating Jewish or Israeli identity is organized, anti-Zionist students groups like Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) often verbally abuse and publicly accosting Zionist students and guest speakers, falsely accusing them of \u201cethnic cleansing,\u201d \u201ccolonialism,\u201d and \u201capartheid.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Last month, SJP at Boston University participated in \u201cIsraeli Apartheid Week\u201d \u2014 an insidious campaign that the National SJP organization promoted. Between March 20 and 24, SJP at BU held a series of events demonizing \u201cZionists,\u201d a dog whistle often used interchangeably with \u201cJews\u201d and \u201cIsraelis.\u201d The group also made numerous Instagram posts depicting the State of Israel as the perpetrator of senseless violence against Palestinians. This is, of course, false.<\/span><\/p>\n

On March 20, SJP hosted Sumaya Awad, a Palestinian socialist who was a founding member of SJP at Williams College.<\/span><\/p>\n

During her talk, Awad claimed that \u201cthis whole support we are seeing between the US and Israel is not about fighting antisemitism \u2026 it\u2019s about money.\u201d Awad also asserted that Israel has poured millions of dollars into college campuses to \u201cspread propaganda.\u201d This is a comment similar to Congresswoman Ilhan Omar (D-MN)\u2019s 2019 antisemitic tweet, saying it was \u201call about the Benjamins.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Additionally, Awad has expressed support for violent protestors. In March 2018, Awad posted her support on Facebook for the \u201cMarch of Return\u201d protest, where 30,000 Palestinians approached the Israeli-Gaza border. The March of Return was organized by Hamas, a terrorist organization that has been controlling the Gaza Strip since 2007.<\/span><\/p>\n

In March 2021, Awad published an article asserting that anti-Zionism does not equate to antisemitism. Awad compared Zionist leaders to Nazis and other modern-day fascists, claiming that \u201cZionism\u2019s colonial character helps explain why its leaders, past and present, have aligned with far-right and violently antisemitic figures: from Nazis in the 1930s to Viktor Orb\u00e1n or Jair Bolsonaro today.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Not only is this inaccurate, but it is also antisemitic, as articulated by the IHRA working definition of antisemitism.<\/span><\/p>\n

Two days later, SJP at BU hosted Rashid Khalidi, a professor of modern Arab studies at Columbia University, known for making antisemitic statements.<\/span><\/p>\n

In November 2020, Khalidi took part in a virtual interview with the Association for Student Activism for Palestine (ASAP), where he completely denied Jewish people\u2019s connection to the Land of Israel. In the interview, he stated, \u201cIt\u2019s not between two indigenous peoples \u2026 The Palestinian people are the indigenous population of the country. The Zionist movement brought in from Europe people who had a religious attachment to Palestine, people who could claim an attachment to Palestine, people who saw themselves as Europeans.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

This statement is demonstrably false, and ignores the consistent Jewish presence in Israel over the last 4,000 years or the fact that the majority of Jewish Israelis are of Middle Eastern and North African origin.<\/span><\/p>\n

SJP has a long history of committing acts of intimidation toward Jewish and Israeli students on Boston University\u2019s campus. In December 2021, SJP wrote \u201cLong Live the Intifada\u201d on BU\u2019s Greek Rock on central campus, a phrase commonly used to call for violence against Jews. The student group also protested the Jewish National Fund (JNF)\u2019s summit in Boston in November 2022, waving signs calling for \u201cPalestine to be free from the river to the sea\u201d \u2014 a euphemism for the destruction of the state of Israel.<\/span><\/p>\n

SJP at BU also attempted to shut down the Jerusalem: City of Change forum hosted by the Elie Wiesel Center for Jewish Studies, the Department of Religion, and the program in Archaeology in collaboration with the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) this past November. I addressed BU SJP\u2019s preposterous and libelous assertions in an op-ed published by The Algemeiner.<\/em><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Earlier this Spring, a BU student published an op-ed article in BU\u2019s student newspaper, The Daily Free Press.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

In the article, the student downplayed the extremism and blatant antisemitism in the \u201cMapping Project,\u201d a website created by supporters of the antisemitic Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions campaign against Israel. The Mapping Project website calls for dismantling \u201clocal entities\u201d they believe are \u201cenacting devastation.\u201d Even though the website targeted Jewish schools, Jewish nonprofits, and universities (including BU), the author conceded to the inaccurate assertions made by the Mapping Project.<\/span><\/p>\n

Despite directly addressing me in his article, The Daily Free Press<\/em> would not guarantee that a response op-ed written by me would be published.<\/span><\/p>\n

Speaking out as a Jewish and pro-Israel student is becoming increasingly challenging. A study by Alums for Campus Fairness surveyed 75 universities from 2017 to 2022, and discovered that of 195 news articles about Israel across these campuses, only 18 were positive. Editorial boards are endorsing the BDS campaign and taking down pro-Israel op-eds.<\/span><\/p>\n

Boston University interim President Kenneth Freeman and his administration must take action to turn the tide against Jew-hatred hatred where anti-Zionists continue to push their hateful agenda.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Yonatan Manor<\/strong> is a rising Junior studying Film & Television at Boston University and a CAMERA on Campus Fellow.<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

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