Students At King’s College London Protest Over Organization Promoting White Supremacy A student group at King’s College London (KCL) protest over the organization that targets Jewish students and staff. Zenger · Mar 13, 2023
South Africa and Israel: new memorial park in the Jewish state highlights complex history Israeli officials and Jewish South African activists inaugurated a memorial park in Tel Mond, a city north of Tel Aviv, in November 2022. Gan Siyabonga (We Thank You Garden) commemorates several dozen Jewish South African anti-apartheid activists who had personal connections to Israel. The Conversation · Feb 21, 2023
Are calls to cancel two Palestinian writers from Adelaide Writers' Week justified? The organisers of the 2023 Adelaide Writers’ Week, which starts on March 4, are under pressure to withdraw invitations to two Palestinian writers: one for her views about Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy, and the other for his views on Israel and Zionism. The Conversation · Feb 17, 2023
What role will ‘Religious Zionism’ have in the next Israeli govt? Religious Zionism is a growing force in Israel, and will have a strong presence in the next Israeli government. Al Jazeera · Dec 22, 2022
UC Berkeley student groups' refusal to invite Zionist speakers draws civil rights complaint LOS ANGELES — A federal civil rights complaint accuses the University of California, Berkeley of an "act of discrimination against the Jewish community" by allowing law school student groups to adopt bylaws refusing to invite speakers who support Zionism. Los Angeles Times · Nov 24, 2022
Could a Public Law School Stop Student Groups from Excluding Speakers Based on Their Support of Israel? Several student groups at UC Berkeley Law School have signed on to a pledge not to invite any speakers—speaking on any subject—if those speakers "have expressed and continued to hold views … in support of Zionism, the apartheid state of Israel, and the occupation of Palestine." Berkeley Dean Erwin Chemerinsky,… Reason · Oct 10, 2022
Some Berkeley Law "Jew Free Zone" Updates Following up on Friday's post about several major student groups at Berkeley Law pledging not to invite "speakers that have expressed and continued to hold views … in support of Zionism, the apartheid state of Israel, and the occupation of Palestine." (1) Ken Marcus, whose op-ed on the situation spurred… Reason · Oct 9, 2022
Berkeley Law's "Jew-Free Zone" Controversy In August, nine student groups at Berkeley law school signed a statement sponsored group Berkeley Law Students for Justice in Palestine pledging not to invite "speakers that have expressed and continued to hold views … in support of Zionism, the apartheid state of Israel, and the occupation of Palestine." Two… Reason · Oct 7, 2022