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Harvard: Anti-Zionist Discrimination Violates School Policy

(Jerusalem Post) Hannah Sarisohn - Harvard University has agreed to "undertake important actions to combat antisemitism on its campus" as part of its settlement with Students Against Antisemitism, the law firm representing the SAA announced on Tuesday. Harvard committed to combating antisemitism and ensuring Jewish and Israeli students are welcome on campus and that complaints of discrimination and harassment against Jewish and Israeli students are "treated in the same manner and with the same urgency as all protected groups." Harvard agreed to post a document relating to the school's non-discrimination and anti-bullying policies to include the following statement: "For many Jewish people, Zionism is a part of their Jewish identity. Conduct that would violate the Non-Discrimination Policy of targeting Jewish or Israeli people can also violate the policy if directed toward Zionists." "Examples of such conduct include excluding Zionists from an open event, calling for the death of Zionists, applying a "no Zionist" litmus test for participation in any Harvard activity, using or disseminating tropes, stereotypes, and conspiracies about Zionists (e.g., "Zionists control the media"), or demanding a person who is or is perceived to be Jewish or Israeli to state a position on Israel or Zionism to harass or discriminate."
2025-01-23 00:00:00
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