I have a new column up on Townhall.com today about the University of California system embracing the BDS movement. The article is titled “Divestment Resolutions at the University of California Encourage Anti-Semitism.”
Below is an excerpt from the article:
The University of California system is living up to its reputation for being home to anti-Semitism.
Earlier this month, several campuses belonging to the University of California system passed legislation in their respective student governments calling for divestment from Israel. Resolutions decrying so-called “human rights violations” in Israel passed at UC-Riverside and UC-San Diego. UC-Irvine passed a similar bill last year in November. In 2010, UC-Berkeley passed a resolution in favor of divestment although it was vetoed by their student body president.
Divestment is a component of the international Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement by Palestinian activists in an effort to delegitimize the state of Israel. BDS’s goals are to promote the “Palestinian people’s inalienable right to self-determination” by “ending its occupation and colonization of all Arab lands and dismantling the Wall”, “recognizing the fundamental rights of the Arab-Palestinian citizens of Israel to full equality,” and “respecting, protecting and promoting the rights of Palestinian refugees to return to their homes and properties as stipulated in UN resolution 194.”
On the surface, BDS appears to be benign and legitimate. Support for human rights in the Middle East? Why not! What could be wrong with that?
Related articles
- The Divestment Bill (spoiledminds.com)
- California BDS debate heats up: Riverside campus passes divestment measure as Stanford rejects the same (mondoweiss.net)
- UC San Diego council seeks divestment from firms with West Bank ties (latimesblogs.latimes.com)
- San Diego students pass divestment measure targeting companies that do business with Israeli military (mondoweiss.net)
- After hard-fought battle, students celebrate divestment vote victory at UC San Diego (bdsmovement.net)
- My Thoughts on UCSD Passing Divestment in The Daily Caller (thegabriellahoffman.com)
