The pro-Israel organization is pleased that school officials took action.
Sonoma State University’s president retired after receiving a disqualification for breaking a package with pro-Palestine activists.
President Ming- Tai” Mike” Lee agreed to “divestment techniques”, in order to stop an camp on campus. Nevertheless, he did but without proper acceptance, leading to his expulsion for “insubordination“, according to Chancellor Mildred Garcia.
” That communication was sent without the appropriate clearances”, the statement stated.
Spokesman Jeff Keating declined to respond to inquiries from The College Fix regarding the possibility that the contract may become upheld. The school would choose not to reply until we have had the opportunity to thoroughly review these issues, Keating wrote in an email.
A area on the educational boycott of Israel was included in the letter, which was sent to individuals on May 14. The school is required to not have any study abroad programs, nor will it have any faculty or student exchanges with Israeli organizations.
The letter stated that “programs are terminated until further see and not simply suspended.” Additionally, it stated that references to study abroad programs in Israel will be removed from all school systems.
” Both SSU Students for Justice in Palestine and I, President Mike Lee, oppose and condemn all acts of genocide, racial cleaning, prejudice, racism and other activities that violate fundamental human rights”, Lee also wrote, as reported by KQED. ” And so, I call for a stop- fire so that a process for lasting, peaceful resolution may be established”.
The contract established a fresh advisory council made up of Students for Justice in Palestine members, which would be reconvened every quarter if both parties agreed upon it, and have regular meetings with officials. The group that supports Palestine had arranged the course.
In a follow- up email sent by Lee ( pictured ) the next day, he said,” ]i ] n my attempt to find agreement with one group of students, I marginalized other members of our student population and community”.
He then said that while he was stepping down, he would help the time leader, and reiterated that the harm he caused was not intentional.
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The Fix sent two emails to the school Students for Justice in Palestine in the last two months asking for a comment on the situation. The school Students for Justice in Palestine did not respond. The Fix inquired as to whether the party believed the deal would be upheld.
The party cited Chancellor Garcia’s criticism of her decision as” cruel” in a text from the Party for Socialism and Liberation Bay Area.
” We join the pupils in demanding that acting president, Nathan Evans, uphold the deal reached by the kids and president Mike Lee before he was unfairly terminated”, the post stated.
Lee had exited his 2022 position, according to time chairman Nathan Evans. In a message to the school community, Evans wrote,” He was an powerful and passionate director for the value of a Sonoma State knowledge.”
Lee “developed group collaborations and philanthropic opportunities that more closely aligned the school with the needs of the region’s people and workforce,” according to the acting president. He may become missed.’
StandWithUs, a pro-Israel organization, told The Fix that it is pleased that Lee was dropped from the school program.
CEO Roz Rothstein, commenting on the first suspension, said his group” greatly appreciates leaders across California who acted swiftly after Sonoma State’s terrible agreement became people.”
We hope this case serves as an example for all institutions that are under the sway of anti-Israel fanatics, Rothstein told The Fix in a press statement. Campus officials must impose their policies and stand up for hatred rather than caving to the needs of love organizations and their supporters.
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