Pomona College Student Government Approves Anti-Israel BDS [Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions] ...

Pomona College’s student government has unanimously voted in favor of a resolution to ban student government funds from companies that support Israel. According to the bill, students also plan to defund student groups that do not comply, which would include mainstream Jewish organizations Hillel and Chabad.

The resolution stops student government “spending on items that knowingly support the Israeli occupation of Palestine.” Pomona College’s student government has unanimously voted in favor of a resolution to ban student government funds from companies that support Israel.

According to the bill, students also plan to defund student groups that do not comply, which would include mainstream Jewish organizations Hillel and Chabad. The resolution stops student government “spending on items that knowingly support the Israeli occupation of Palestine.”

Marcus said the Claremont Progressive Israel Alliance has no plans to comply with the “discriminatory resolution.”

Pomona College President Gabrielle Starr also condemned the bill’s passing, imploring students to “reverse course” and “allow for full discussion.”

The resolution states the end goal is an “ultimate adoption of a Consortium-wide agreement to ban clubs from using student government allocations to invest in or purchase goods or services from companies that contribute to the settlement and occupation of Palestinian occupied territories by the UN-designated companies or the Israeli state.”

“Clubs that fail to divest and/or refrain from such uses of funding would face the loss of all Claremont Colleges Student Government Association funds,” the resolution states. This would put many Jewish groups such as Hillel and Chabad at risk of losing significant funding.

The decision to boycott Israel comes in the wake of several anti-Semitic incidents occurring at Pomona College. In February, the David Horowitz Freedom Center vowed to sue Pomona College for violating the rights of Jewish students on campus.

https://www.thecollegefix.com/pomona-college-student-government-approves-sweeping-anti-israel-bds-resolution/