Anti-Semitism in Yale University

Jewish groups at Yale rejected on Sunday a resolution narrowly adopted by the university’s undergrad student government that condemned the “injustice, genocide, and ethnic cleansing occurring in Palestine.”

The statement, presented by the group Yalies 4 Palestine and adopted by the Yale College Council on Sunday night, argued that Israeli policies toward the Palestinians was “not a political issue,” charging Israel with apartheid and linking its policies to police reform in the United States.

The students also cited concerns about the statement’s coinciding with a national rise in antisemitism.