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Showing Original Post only (View all)University Of California Approves Anti-Semitism Statement [View all]
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- A University of California committee on Wednesday cited anti-Semitism as a form of intolerance that campus leaders should challenge but rejected a more far-reaching denouncement of arguments against Israel's right to exist.
The committee of the university's governing Board of Regents voted unanimously to send the statement on to the full board for final consideration on Thursday.
A year in the making, the formal position opposing anti-Semitic behavior comes amid a wave of impassioned campus activism that has sparked tensions between Palestinian rights supporters and strong allies of Israel.
Jewish organizations such as the Anti-Defamation League, Jewish Federations of North America and American Jewish Committee had lobbied in favor of the document written by an ad hoc working group.
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