[ April 24, 2024 ]
Students at Northeastern University in Massachusetts put a stop to a proposal submitted by Students for Justice in Palestine that would have targeted Israel for divestment.
The proposal called for boycotts of Hewlett-Packard companies.
But the Student Government Association said no. With a vote of 47 to 7, they stopped the proposal from passing.
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The student government at Northeastern University (NU) in Massachusetts overwhelmingly voted on Monday against holding a divestment referendum targeting Israel, which was accused of employing biased language.
The rejected proposal, submitted by the anti-Zionist group Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP), urged NU to boycott Hewlett-Packard companies over the “central role” their technologies play “in the Israeli occupation of Palestine,” as well as “the mass deportation of immigrants from the US by Immigration and Customs Enforcement.”
SJP said prior to the vote that it hoped to “start a conversation about Northeastern’s financial ties to the oppression of immigrants in the US, and of Palestinians in Palestine and Israel.”
The Student Government Association (SGA) rejected the measure with a vote of 47 against and seven in favor, with 12 abstaining.
According to the student representatives, SJP’s proposal lacked a “fairness of wording” and did not adhere to university policy.
In a petition circulated before the vote, the Zionist campus group Huskies For Israel argued that SJP’s bid was part of the larger boycott, divestment, and sanctions (BDS) campaign against Israelis, “which is known to deepen divisions between students and lead to antisemitism on campus.”
“HP employs Palestinians and is helping to grow the IT industry in the West Bank,” the petition read. “This is just one example of how this referendum would harm both Israelis and Palestinians.”
The group celebrated on Monday night, saying the “biased BDS referendum” was struck down “in one of the highest margins of victory on any campus.”
“Jewish students can sleep well at night, knowing that Northeastern will not cave to Antisemitism or Anti Zionism,” it wrote on Facebook.
SJP announced on Tuesday that it plans to appeal SGA’s decision, and to continue building “grassroots support for our school to align its business relationships with its stated values.”
Gilad Skolnick, executive director of the Jewish campus group NU Hillel, applauded “members of student government who saw past a stunt that was clearly designed to pit NU student against NU student, and to make Jewish students feel unsafe on their own campus.”
“In the end, the only thing that will bring peace — and justice — to both Israelis and Palestinians is dialogue and mutual respect,” he told The Algemeiner.
Zach Shartiag, a campus director at the advocacy group StandWithUs, noted that it was “the third time in four years that a referendum connected to the global boycott against Israel has been voted down at Northeastern University.”
NU’s SJP organized a protest in November against two former Israeli soldiers — one Jewish and one Muslim — who were invited by NU Hillel to speak about their military service. The demonstration was reportedly co-sponsored by about 20 student and off-campus groups, and attended by nearly 100 people.
In 2014, SJP was temporarily suspended by the NU administration for “multiple violations of university policy,” including distributing mock eviction notices in student dorms as part of a protest against Israel.
A 2016 study by Brandeis University found that “one of the strongest predictors of perceiving a hostile climate toward Israel and Jews is the presence of an active Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) group on campus.” Likewise, a 2015 study by the watchdog group AMCHA Initiative found that activity related to BDS — which SJP chapters often promote — “is the strongest predictor of anti-Jewish hostility on campus.”
Advocates of the BDS campaign say it is a human rights movement aimed at pressuring Israel to comply with international law. Critics argue that BDS aims to end the country’s continued existence as a Jewish nation-state, a position repeatedly acknowledged by its leading supporters.
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16 Comments
6 years ago
Imagine my relief, there are University students that are thinking, acting and refusing to be swayed by lies of social justice wankers.
6 years ago
Reply to
Mahou Shoujo
Its students for justice in palestine (Left/pro-jihadi loons) group. The reason why it was rejected was it also involved speaking out against “mass deportation of immigrants ” by ICE ! LOL !
Like Trump they too seems to know a little bit of the jihadis and their lies http://bit.ly/2rOmfyJ
6 years ago
Reply to
Mahou Shoujo
“According to the student representatives, SJP’s proposal lacked a “fairness of wording” and did not adhere to university policy.”
I get the impression they’ll vote for the proposal if the wording is “fair” and adheres to university policy. I hope I’m wrong on this.
D
6 years ago
Reply to
Mahou Shoujo
‘…refusing to be swayed by lies of social justice wankers.’
and the sjw people continue to be swayed by foreign interests:
1.)Linda Sar-Sewer tells Gloria Steinem and Bill deBlasio: “I’m a feminist”. and they believe her.
and ignore Ayaan Hirsi.
2.)North Korea shows Kim Jong UN’s Sister – and liberals think she’s some Asian Princess Diana.
3.)Russia feeds Fusion GPS information that Hillary paid for; and journalists think it’s watergate.
Our enemies read “The Art of War by SunTzu, Machiavelli’s The Prince, and the Quran’s TAQIYA”; while morons like Obama read “The Post-American World by Fareed Zakaria”.
Our enemies are laughing at the stupidity of so-called “intellectual elites”.
6 years ago
Reply to
TD
Very true, the level of university education has dropped to what used to be the Canadian grade 9 level. The mute supplication of todays students is beyond dismal, well into ridiculous. Lotus eaters collect sheep skin sausage casings that they proudly display to certify their total conformity and ability to be lead around by the nose, like the cattle they are.
D
6 years ago
Reply to
Mahou Shoujo
And they’ve gotten violent too; or don’t provide adequate security.
NFL players who kneel tough have the best stadium security in the world; while our students in Florida or any campus don’t have any.
D
6 years ago
Reply to
TD
“All warfare is based on deception.”
Sun Tzu
And when Muslim Nationalists use TAQIYA and DAWA, our dope-smoking college students fall for it.
6 years ago
“In the end, the only thing that will bring peace — and justice — to
both Israelis and Palestinians is dialogue and mutual respect,” What an ignorant naif.
6 years ago
truth is the jewish alumnus of nu threatened financial sanctions on the school. the nu authorities know where their bread is buttered and its not in falestine.
6 years ago
God bless the students, the faculty and the uni. of Northeastern University, Mass.
6 years ago
These mindless moronic kids who support BDS need to go back to school or jail or whatever slum they come from. Their efforts over years has had no effect whatever. Israel grows stronger daily.
6 years ago
A vote of 47 to 7. Pretty much an overwhelming majority, but I will bet the minority will make way more noise about losing because of course, the 47 votes did not know what they were doing. Libs never accept defeat. Conservatives lose a vote and they say the people have spoken and move on. When libs lose, it is because the voters were not intelligent to see the nuances of the liberal position. Then they go back, get some more money from George Soros, and attack again. They usually come back with personal attacks because they cannot ever stand on the merits of their position.
D
6 years ago
This confrontation was probably not covered by the media on prime time TV.
Which gives BDS and racist Muslim Nationalists the cover they need.
D
6 years ago
Reply to
TD
people don’t really have time to read newspapers or websites; so they still get their so-called news from cnn and msnbc.
which means the racists posts by pro-bds and pro-palestinian racists on social media remain relatively hidden.
D
