Tufts students pass anti-Israel referendum introduced by campus SJP chapter
Tufts students pass anti-Israel referendum introduced by campus SJP chapter
It passed with 1,725 votes in favor, 665 against and 161 abstentions, voted on by about one-third of the student body population.
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(December 21, 2020 / JNS) The Tufts student body passed an anti-Israel referendum last month, announced the student-run Tufts University Elections Commission last week, despite the commission finding violations in the election process.
The anti-Israel resolution, which was introduced by the school chapter of Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP), rebuked former university police chief Kevin Maguire’s participation in a 2017 program, sponsored by the Anti-Defamation League, in Israel where U.S. law-enforcement officials train with Israeli police forces.
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Tufts student body passes anti-Israel referendum
The university has said it will not act on the referendum targeting campus police, which passed with 68% of the vote
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The student-run Tufts University Elections Commission certified the results of a November referendum targeting trainings and conferences for U.S. law enforcement in Israel, delivering a symbolic win to the campus’s chapter of Students for Justice in Palestine, which sponsored the ballot initiative. University officials have already said they will not take action as a result of the referendum, which passed 1,725-665, with 161 abstentions.
The referendum’s language condemned former university Police Chief Kevin Maguire’s participation in a 2017 program sponsored by the Anti-Defamation League, which brought American law enforcement officials to Israel for security training with Israeli police forces. Roughly one-third of the student body population voted in the November 25 referendum, the hig