by Yori Yalon and Israel Hayom Staff
Pro-Palestinian organization teaches boycott tactics at UC Davis • New 'course' already gaining popularity • Dozens of young Israelis fight back against anti-Israel initiatives on campuses, as part of Jewish Agency mission.
Pro-Palestinian
demonstrators at UC Davis
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Photo credit: David Marias  |
In what could be another attempt to make the
delegitimization of Israel more mainstream, a pro-Palestinian group at
the University of California, Davis, is now offering a new 'academic
course' on the anti-Israel boycott, divestment and sanctions movement.
Students for Justice in Palestine said the
course would cover the meaning of anti-Israel boycotts and tactics for
conducting them.
Hadas Buskila, the representative for the
Jewish Agency for Israel at UC Davis, told Israel Hayom that the course,
which does not currently count toward academic credit, is already
gaining popularity.
"About 170 students and even two lecturers
came to the first class. We are preparing to lead a strategic fight
against this initiative, in cooperation with the pro-Israel group on
campus," Buskila said.
Dozens of young Israelis all over the U.S. are
fighting back against anti-Israel initiatives on campuses as part of a
mission led by Jewish Agency Chairman Natan Sharansky.
Sharansky -- who views college campuses abroad
as one of the major arenas where delegitimization of Israel is being
promoted -- has dramatically increased the number of emissaries and
delegations on campuses to over 60, even personally choosing talented
college students in Israel to join the effort.
Yori Yalon and Israel Hayom Staff
Source: http://www.israelhayom.com/site/newsletter_article.php?id=15877
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