Tufts Student Body Condemns Israel Security Program
The student body at Tufts University voted in favor of a referendum on December 19 calling for the university to apologize for having its former police chief participate in a security training program in Israel.
Jewish News Syndicate (JNS) reported that the referendum, which was sponsored by the Tufts Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) chapter, asked it students support the university “apologizing for sending the former Tufts police chief to an intensive week-long course led by senior commanders in the Israel National Police, experts from Israel’s intelligence and security services, and the Israeli Defense Force.” The former police chief, Kevin Maguire, had participated in the program in 2017; the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) sponsored the program.
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The Elections Commission of the Tufts Community Union (ECOM) stated, “The full wordings of the referenda were not made public at least nine days before the election as required by the Constitution.”
In addition, it said, “The referenda did not have a receipt date with the Elections Commission at least seven days before the vote, as required by the Elections Commission bylaws.”
Bizarrely, ECOM nonetheless declared that the results were valid.
The Real Reform at Tufts Campaign, a grassroots student movement which opposed the resolution, said in a statement, “We are deeply disappointed in the results of the antisemitic ‘deadly exchange’ referendum.”