The Duke Student Government (DSG) recently “chartered” a chapter of Students Supporting Israel (SSI), only to uphold its president’s veto of the organization days later.
The Chronicle reported that the Nov. 10 approval followed SSI’s stated intention to be “clear and confident pro-Israel voice on college campuses and to support students in grassroots pro-Israel advocacy.”
Five days later, however, the outlet reported that the DSG president, Christina Wang, vetoed the body’s approval of SSI over a now deleted social media interaction reportedly between the group and an individual that did not conform to expected conduct for a student organization.
One day later, the nonprofit organization Stop Antisemitism characterized the incident as an “academic fiasco” on Twitter. Antisemitic fiasco at @DukeU as Student Government President Christina Wang attempts to pull ‘Students Supporting Israel’ chapter @SSI_Movement from the school.Wang vetoed the Club’s chapter yesterday.Why is this vilification of Jewish clubs allowed to happen […]
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