U. Of Illinois Student Government Resolution: Anti-Zionism Isn’t Anti-Semitism
Graphic by Angelie Zaslavsky
By Josefin Dolsten October 29, 2019
(JTA) — The University of Illinois student government passed a resolution that distinguishes anti-Semitism from anti-Zionism.
The resolution, which passed in a 29-4 vote, criticizes Chancellor Robert Jones for having said a presentation to dorm advisers on the conflict between Israel and the Palestinians was anti-Semitic.
Many pro-Israel and Jewish students who were critical of the measure walked out ahead of the vote last week and held a vigil in remembrance of victims of anti-Semitism, The News-Gazette reported.
Jones made his assertion in a campuswide email earlier this month on a presentation titled “Palestine & Great Return March: Palestinian Resistance to 70 Years of Israeli Terror.” The Illini Public Affairs Committee, a campus pro-Israel group, described it as “a narrative of demonization of Israel and its citizens and Jewish students.”
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