California University President Suspended After Agreeing to Boycott Israel

On Wednesday, Lee was placed on administrative leave by Sonoma State University.of Media – Democratic Party report:

In that Tuesday memo…Professor Lee said students and community members had been camping on the school’s Parson Lawn since April 26, mirroring scenes at other universities across the country protesting the Hamas-Israel war. announced the details of the agreement.

Lee said in an email that among the four “agreement terms” was that the school disclose its contracts with university vendors and explore a “divestment strategy.”

In another section, under the heading “Academic Boycott,” Lee detailed how the school will not pursue formal cooperation “under the auspices of, or on behalf of, Israel’s national academic research institutions.”

California State University President Mildred Garcia said in a statement: explained The reasons for Lee’s suspension are as follows.

On Tuesday night, Sonoma State University President Mike Lee sent a message across campus regarding the agreement with campus protesters. The message was sent without proper authorization.​

Board leadership and I are actively considering this issue and will provide additional details in the near future. For now, President Lee has been placed on leave due to this insubordination and the effects it has had on the regime. He would like to thank Dr. Nathan Evans, Vice President for Academic and Student Affairs and Chief Academic Officer, for serving immediately as acting president of Sonoma State University.

Our role as educators is to support and advance all members of California State University. I want to acknowledge how deeply concerned I am about the impact this statement has had on the Sonoma State community and how challenging and painful it has been for many students and community members. The heart and mission of CSU is to create an inclusive and welcoming place for everyone we serve, not to alienate one community from another.

As Breitbart News pointed out, boycotts and corporate divestitures from Israeli universities are part of the California law against the anti-Israel (anti-Semitism) “Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions” (BDS) movement. ” (also known as the law).