Is the Arab-Israeli conflict about settler colonialism and apartheid? A few students who protested an event at the CUNY Graduate Center seem to think so. On Dec. 8, the students, affiliated with CUNY4Palestine and Not in Our Name CUNY, two student organizations in the City University of New York (CUNY)...
Why does CUNY’s Leadership Pretend that Jewish Students Don’t Face Discrimination on Campus?
Would you appoint an arsonist as fire chief? Well, That is precisely what City University of New York (CUNY) – the city’s publicly run university system with 243,000 students spread over 25 campuses – did when they hired a former employee of the Council for American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) to lead...
Statement Regarding BDS and Commencement Remarks at CUNY School of Law
Recent incidents at the CUNY School of Law have been cause for enormous concern and doubt as to the school’s commitment to an inclusive, safe learning environment. In addition to a faculty council endorsement of the antisemitic Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions campaign on May 12th, on the following day, CUNY...
Statement Regarding Antisemitic CUNY School of Law Commencement Speaker
On May 13, 2022, the City University of New York (CUNY) School of Law featured an individual who has openly called for and celebrated violence and bigotry as one of the commencement ceremony speakers. Nerdeen Mohsen Kiswani was selected as one of two student speakers by the “Class of 2022”...
The Leadership Void at CUNY
The City University of New York is a staple of one of the greatest cities in the world. It is the college option many New Yorkers take, as it is generally far less expensive than private institutions around the city. One of the most wonderful things about this vibrant city...
When Anti-Zionists Glorify Terrorism, CUNY Must Take a Stand
On March 8th, the noted anti-Zionist organization, Within Our Lifetime, saw fit to celebrate International Women’s Day by posting a graphic featuring eleven women honoring them for their roles “in the struggle for Palestinian national liberation.” The chair of Within Our Lifetime, Nerdeen Kiswani, is a current student at the...
How Anti-Semitism Has Sprung Up on College Campuses
We can no longer ignore rising anti-Semitism on college campuses “I’m gonna physically fight Zionists on campus next year if someone comes to me with their ‘Israel is a democracy’ bullshit,” Hamzeh Daoud wrote on his Facebook in July 2018. He was an incoming resident director for Stanford University’s dorms....
Shunned But Not Silenced
Anti-normalization will not get us anywhere. In 1967, after the Six-Day War, the leaders of eight Arab countries convened and adopted the Khartoum Resolution. This resolution implemented “The 3 No’s”: no peace with Israel, no recognition of Israel, and no negotiations with Israel. Fast forward around 50 years and a...