The City University of New York School of Law (CUNY Law) was hit with complaints Tuesday after a Jewish advocacy group wrote to the American Bar Association (ABA) about anti-Israel policies adopted by its faculty in 2022.
In June 2022, law school faculty adopted boycotts, divestments and sanctions (BDS). Resolution resist “It condemned the “colonialism of Israeli settlers” and called for a boycott of all aid to Israel protesting the alleged “occupation” and “war crimes” of the Palestinian people. In response, the Jewish advocacy group Safe CUNY sent the following message: letter He filed a complaint with the ABA seeking to have the law school revoked its accreditation for supporting anti-Israel policies, alleging that the resolution violated the association’s accreditation standards. (Related: New York City Law School Graduation Lecturer Calls Law “White Supremacy” and Claims “Revolution”
Safe CUNY Claimed Law School Resolution Violated ABA Non-Discrimination and Diversity standardprohibits discrimination against students, faculty, staff and programs on the basis of religion or nationality. The group said the approval of the BDS resolution calling for a ban on the Jewish student organization Hillel is one of several examples of how the resolution targets “Israeli and Zionist Jews” on campus. claimed to be.
“Furthermore, the BDS policy implemented … institutionalizes and implements an academic boycott against Israeli universities, Israeli scholars, and Israeli institutions and other scholars involved in research and publishing with Israeli scholars,” the letter said. is written in “The BDS policy, actively enforced by New York law, employs boycotts and divestments, alleging that it is in some way complicit in ‘war crimes’ and other atrocities … Israel’s dealings with a company, an Israeli individual, or the State of Israel.”
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SAFE CUNY filed a complaint with the American Bar Association, demanding the removal of the attorney. @CunyLawThe accreditation is based on new and widespread evidence that New York State law enforces illegal BDS policies, as well as the State University of New York’s public accreditation of discriminatory practices at the school. pic.twitter.com/YHFb01gJIb
— Safe Cuny (@SAFECUNY) June 6, 2023
The group also statement A May 30, 2022 statement from the Prime Minister of the City University of New York, Matos Rodriguez, similarly condemned the BDS policy and stated that the boycott was “a core part of the university that introduces students to a world very different from their own.” It’s against our mission,” he said.
“CUNY does not support BDS activities, it is clear that they cannot participate, and they must deprive participating companies of public funding,” Rodriguez said.
The letter said the group concluded by calling on the ABA to review its policies and “take all appropriate action”, including revoking its law school accreditation. When asked for comment, the ABA’s accreditation division told the Daily Caller News Foundation that accreditations, including investigations, are classified under its regulations.
The university was recently criticized for allowing City University of New York law student Fatima Mohammed to deliver a commencement speech denouncing Israel and commemorating the “ferocity of violence” of “revolutionaries”. rice field. Elected officials and Jewish advocates responded to the speech by calling for an investigation into the university system, claiming it was “a gross display of hostility”.
CUNY Law and Safe CUNY did not immediately respond to DCNF’s request for comment.
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