[rad-green] Jewish and anti-Zionist: Harvard Students Launch pro-BDS Organization

*https://www.haaretz.com/us-news/.premium-jewish-and-anti-zionist-harvard-students-launch-pro-bds-organization-1.8529529
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         Feb 13, 2020Jewish and anti-Zionist: Harvard Students Launch
pro-BDS OrganizationGroup of undergrads says it will focus on Palestinian
solidarity work, states it doesn't represent the vision of most Jewish
students attending the universityJTA and Marcy Oster*

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[image: Statue of John Harvard sits in Harvard Yard at Harvard University,
Cambridge, August 13, 2019.]
*Statue of John Harvard sits in Harvard Yard at Harvard University,
Cambridge, August 13, 2019.Charles Krupa/AP*

A group of undergraduate students at Harvard University has formed what
they call an “anti-Zionist Jewish organization” that supports the Boycott,
Divestment and Sanctions movement against Israel.

The Harvard Jewish Coalition for Peace introduced itself in a public
statement posted Monday on Facebook as “a new organization founded in the
idea that Jewish liberation is inextricably bound up with the liberation of
all people.”

The group said it will focus on Palestinian solidarity work; fighting
anti-Semitism and for the safety of Jews and all people through solidarity;
and creating Jewish spaces and events outside of Hillel.

“We build on a long history of Jewish anti-Zionism which teaches us that
Jewish safety or liberation will never come at the expense of other
people’s lives and land, and are committed to following the leadership of
Palestinians in supporting the Palestinian-led Boycott, Divestment, and
Sanctions (BDS) movement on and off Harvard’s campus,” the group said.

Jewish Voice for Peace, a pro-Palestinian group that backs the BDS
movement, has a number of chapters on campuses across the country that push
the boycott movement.

The Harvard coalition grew out of discussions about the need for an
organized anti-Zionist organization following the spring 2019 Israeli
Apartheid Week organized by the Palestine Solidarity Committee at the
Boston-area school.

Hillel does not allow partnership with groups that support BDS or oppose
Israel’s existence as a Jewish and democratic state.

“We do not claim to represent the majority of the Jewish community here at
Harvard," the statement said, "but we hope that our group can provide a
space for those who resonate with this vision.”

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