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Unlike other UC university branches, Santa Barbara rejects anti-Israel resolution

Jewish National Syndicate / JNS.org

Jackson Richman

April 11, 2019



(April 11, 2019 / JNS) After more than nine hours of debate, students at the University of California, Santa Barbara, rejected a resolution early Thursday morning that, had it passed, would have followed other student governments in the University of California system that already passed such a measure calling on the UC system to divest from companies doing business in Israel.


Still, it was a fairly close vote: The final tally was 10 votes in favor and 14 against.


StandWithUs and Students Supporting Israel applauded the result.


ā€œWe are incredibly proud of the students at UC Santa Barbara who defeated this campaign of hatred and propaganda for the sixth time in seven years,ā€ said Max Samarov, a UCSB alum and the executive director of research and strategy at StandWithUs. ā€œResolutions like this one have only served to harm students and hinder efforts to bring Israelis and Palestinians together.ā€


ā€œI am open to reading a neutral resolution,ā€ said SSI co-president Rachel Greenberg. ā€œSenate should criticize countries that commit human-rights violations without singling out a country: Israel.ā€


ā€œThe resolution continues to fail each year for the simple reason that BDS fails to acknowledge the nuanced and complex nature of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and aims to place blame solely on one entity in a multi-faceted issue,ā€ she added. ā€œI am incredibly proud that our elected senators listened to the voices of their constituents and said no to this hateful resolution.ā€


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