Rutgers University students are calling on their school, the State University of New Jersey, to sever ties with Tel Aviv University in response to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
Rutgers University Student Assembly New Brunswick (USA) their instagram account Students voted to ask the school to terminate its partnership with Tel Aviv University (TAU), a result of which was certified on Tuesday.
Voting took place through RUSA’s Spring 2024 elections. The student government announced that the undergraduate student body has voted “yes” to a referendum calling for severing ties with Tel Aviv University. More than 6,000 students voted “yes” in support of the referendum, and around 1,500 voted “no.”
Another referendum, in which students voted “yes,” said: “Rutgers University, the State University of New Jersey, will not accept donations from companies or organizations that profit from, participate in, or contribute to the Israeli government’s human rights abuses.” “Should I sell my gold?” was the question. More than 6,000 students voted “yes” in support of the referendum, and about 1,700 voted “no.”
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Pro-Palestinian demonstrators chant chants at a town hall event at Rutgers University. (House Education and Labor Committee)
After voting “yes” in two referendums, the student body added the two measures to its “advocacy agenda.”
“We applaud Rutgers University-New Brunswick students for making their voices heard, as evidenced by the high turnout in the spring 2024 election,” RUSA said in a statement.
“Earlier this month, Rutgers University President Jonathan Holloway said in a message to the Rutgers community that the university’s partnership with TAU began in 2016 and further strengthens the university’s fundamental academic research mission. ,” said Dorie Devlin, assistant vice chancellor for news and media relations. Fox News Digital.
“I traveled to Tel Aviv with a New Jersey delegation in 2021 to renew the memorandum of understanding establishing our partnership and demonstrate our commitment to global academic exchange and international engagement,” Devlin told Fox News Digital. “The university has this kind of relationship with the university.” They help advance our mission around the world. ”
The vote came amid heightened tensions on college campuses across the United States amid the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
“It is appalling that Rutgers students would support an anti-Semitic academic boycott of the Rutgers-Tel Aviv University partnership,” Tel Aviv Institute co-founder Heng Majig told Fox News Digital. Told.
“Academic freedom is an essential part of university life, and this vote sends a signal to students that they don’t have to worry too much about academic freedom. The university strongly condemns this anti-Semitic vote. “And it should be made clear that Rutgers University will maintain its affiliation with Tel Aviv University.” ”
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Rutgers University welcome sign (Rutgers University)
The vote came after protests erupted at Rutgers University’s City Hall earlier this month.
“It’s out of control,” a group of pro-Palestinian demonstrators shouted. anti israel Raising slogans such as “One Solution, Intifada Revolution,” officials and Jewish students were led away by police, forcing an early end to the meeting, one student previously told Fox News Digital.
The student, who requested anonymity for fear of retaliation, said Rutgers University President Jonathan Holloway and administrators “pushed Jewish and pro-Israel students to deal with an unruly and clearly anti-Semitic crowd. I left him behind and ran away.” Jews after the regime left. ”
Students at universities across the United States have been engaged in anti-Israel Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) efforts.
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FOX News’ Hannah Grossman contributed to this report.
