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Tag: BDS
Proposed U-M Policy Defines Consequences for Disruptive Protests
The draft policy comes after pro-Palestinian activists stopped the Annual Honors Convocation ceremony.
The U-M Student Body Will Vote on an Anti-Israel Ballot Question
Assembly Resolution 13-025 finds Israel responsible for “genocide” and “apartheid.”
Jewish students outraged after UMich student government accuses Israel of ethnic cleansing, war crimes
Disclaimer: This article was first published in The College Fix on May 12 and has been republished here with the permission of the editors. It remains unaltered aside from this note. Leaders of the University of Michigan’s Central Student Government issued a strongly worded statement Monday night accusing Israel of “inhumane, international war crimes” toward […]
Citing Security of Tenure, U-M Professor Refuses to Write Letters of Recommendation for Study Abroad in Israel
University of Michigan American Culture Professor, John Cheney-Lippold, is refusing to write letters of recommendation for students wishing to study abroad in Israel, citing his participation in a BDS academic boycott. In an email obtained by Club Z, a pro-Israel activist organization, Cheney-Lippold rescinded an offer to write a letter of recommendation for U-M […]
Stop Silencing Us: Chronicling the Shameful CSG Vote
On Tuesday night, Central Student Government approved resolution A.R. 7-019, which paves the way for the UM Board of Regents to set up an ad hoc committee to investigate multiple companies, who, according to the resolution, help supply weapons “that violate Palestinian Human Rights.” The bill is sponsored by Students Allied for Freedom and Equality […]
SAFE Unveils #UMMolest
Last night, the BDS resolution proposed by Students Allied for Freedom and Equality (SAFE) failed to pass Central Student Government for the second year in a row. The proposal petitioned the University to boycott, divest from, and sanction (BDS) companies involved in commercial affairs with Israel. After a long-fought #UMDivest campaign that resulted in 25 […]
What is SAFE?
Students Allied for Freedom and Equality (SAFE) is an organization at the University of Michigan whose mission statement is to “advance the causes of freedom, justice, human rights and equality for all peoples” with a focus on Palestinian rights. Yet the group has ignored the most heinous crimes against humanity, especially those against Palestinians. Recently, […]