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One anti-Israel organization at McGill University is providing some comical relief this summer, but not for the reason they intended.
As published in The McGill Tribune on June 12, following the March 21 referendum vote, in which a Palestine Solidarity Policy was approved by a small number of voting students, the Studentsâ Society of McGill University (SSMU) refused to ratify the new policy, recognizing it as violating the universityâs policies. The policy would have mandated the student government to adopt a vocal anti-Israel stance.
In response, Solidarity for Palestinian Human Rights (SPHR) McGill, which backed the anti-Israel referendum, decided to publish an amateurish parody article, mocking the universityâs student government for refusing to back their policy.
In the satirical article, published to social media, SPHR McGill penned an opinion article mocking SSMUâs refusal to formalize the anti-Israel referendum. The article, satirically written from the SSMU leadership âBoard of Dictators,â referred to themselves as having backbones âmade of jellyâ and that âcrushing student democracy is meant to beâŚfun.â
The parody article, while presumably meant to be humourous, was poorly and sloppily written.
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The failed efforts of SPHR McGill in recent months has been reported extensively by both The McGill Daily and McGill Tribune newspapers, but this coverage does not change the fundamental fact that the anti-Israel movement at McGill University has quite simply failed in two important respects. Firstly, given the extraordinarily low turnout of the March referendum, it is clear that the anti-Israel cause advocated by SPHR McGill does not attract widespread support. Secondly, the Palestine Solidarity Policy, beyond being merely distasteful, contravenes official university policies and thus cannot be adopted by the student government at McGill University.
For Jewish and pro-Israel students on campus, this chastening of SPHR McGill is excellent news, because it means that despite the bluster and high volume of the anti-Israel cause, they cannot simply carry on without limits, and that they are as subject to rules and regulations as anyone else. And in a competition based on facts and the truth, not on merely bluster, the anti-Israel movement has no chance of success.
(full article online)
As published in The McGill Tribune on June 12, following the March 21 referendum vote, in which a Palestine Solidarity Policy was approved by a small number of voting students, the Studentsâ Society of McGill University (SSMU) refused to ratify the new policy, recognizing it as violating the universityâs policies. The policy would have mandated the student government to adopt a vocal anti-Israel stance.
In response, Solidarity for Palestinian Human Rights (SPHR) McGill, which backed the anti-Israel referendum, decided to publish an amateurish parody article, mocking the universityâs student government for refusing to back their policy.
In the satirical article, published to social media, SPHR McGill penned an opinion article mocking SSMUâs refusal to formalize the anti-Israel referendum. The article, satirically written from the SSMU leadership âBoard of Dictators,â referred to themselves as having backbones âmade of jellyâ and that âcrushing student democracy is meant to beâŚfun.â
The parody article, while presumably meant to be humourous, was poorly and sloppily written.
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The failed efforts of SPHR McGill in recent months has been reported extensively by both The McGill Daily and McGill Tribune newspapers, but this coverage does not change the fundamental fact that the anti-Israel movement at McGill University has quite simply failed in two important respects. Firstly, given the extraordinarily low turnout of the March referendum, it is clear that the anti-Israel cause advocated by SPHR McGill does not attract widespread support. Secondly, the Palestine Solidarity Policy, beyond being merely distasteful, contravenes official university policies and thus cannot be adopted by the student government at McGill University.
For Jewish and pro-Israel students on campus, this chastening of SPHR McGill is excellent news, because it means that despite the bluster and high volume of the anti-Israel cause, they cannot simply carry on without limits, and that they are as subject to rules and regulations as anyone else. And in a competition based on facts and the truth, not on merely bluster, the anti-Israel movement has no chance of success.
(full article online)
Anti-Israel Organization at McGill University Suspended For 105 Days By Student Government
One anti-Israel organization at McGill University is providing some comical relief this summer, but not for the reason they intended.
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