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value=\"en|yi\">Yiddish<\/option><\/select>\n\n\n\n<hr \/>\n\n\n  <p class=\"\">Written by: Yves Engler<\/p><p class=\"\">The Israeli apartheid lobby\u2019s contempt for student democracy is striking. In their bid to defend apartheid and genocide they are willing to sue, fabricate, blackmail and more.&nbsp;<\/p><p class=\"\">Recently, McGill students voted for the Policy Against Genocide in Palestine. In the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/McgillSphr\/status\/1726679388425740783\" >largest<\/a>&nbsp;referendum turnout in Students\u2019 Society of McGill University (SSMU) history, 78.7 per cent of undergraduate students called on the university administration to denounce Israel\u2019s \u201cgenocidal bombing campaign\u201d against Gaza. The resolution also called on McGill to sever ties with \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/montreal.citynews.ca\/2023\/11\/22\/quebec-court-mcgill-palestine-vote\/\" >any<\/a>&nbsp;corporations, institutions or individuals complicit in genocide, settler-colonialism, apartheid, or ethnic cleansing against Palestinians.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p><p class=\"\">Before the election was completed the Israeli apartheid lobby had already demanded the student\u2019s vote be ignored. Simultaneously, they pressed McGill\u2019s administration to condemn the resolution and demand SSMU jettison the results. If the student society ratified the results, the administration announced that it would terminate its Memorandum of Agreement with SSMU, which regulates fees, use of name and other matters between the university and student union.<\/p><p class=\"\">The day after the voting results were announced, but before SSMU had a chance to ratify the resolution, B\u2019nai B\u2019rith brought a legal case to the Quebec Superior Court against it. An unnamed student claimed the resolution was discriminatory and the judge agreed to consider the case. As such, SSMU is restricted from ratifying or implementing the policy until after March 24, 2024, when the court will adjudicate the matter. Backed by a well-resourced outside organization, a single individual has been allowed to suppress the overwhelming will of students.&nbsp;<\/p><p class=\"\">The Israeli apartheid lobby followed a similar playbook 18 months ago when&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/montreal\/mcgill-threatens-student-union-pro-palestine-policy-1.6409879\" >71<\/a> per cent&nbsp;of McGill undergraduates supported a Palestine Solidarity Policy, which called for boycotting \u201ccorporations and institutions complicit in settler-colonial apartheid against Palestinians.\u201d &nbsp;<\/p><p class=\"\">Before students voted on the Palestine Solidarity Policy Israel activists sought an injunction from SSMU\u2019s Judicial Board to block the vote.&nbsp;After the policy was supported&nbsp;the administration, under Zionist lobby group pressure,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/montreal\/mcgill-threatens-student-union-pro-palestine-policy-1.6409879\" >threatened<\/a>&nbsp;to terminate its Memorandum of Agreement with SSMU. This led SSMU\u2019s unelected judicial board to reject the constitutionality of the Palestine Solidarity Policy.&nbsp;<\/p><p class=\"\">Not satisfied with their undemocratic victory, B\u2019nai Brith backed&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/thecjn.ca\/news\/jonah-fried-mcgill\/\" title=\"Protected by Outlook: https:\/\/thecjn.ca\/news\/jonah-fried-mcgill\/. Click or tap to follow the link.\" >a lawsuit<\/a>&nbsp;against SSMU, Solidarity for Palestinian Human Rights (SPHR) and McGill\u2019s administration. The Zionist advocacy organization sponsored Jonathan Fried\u2019s&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/yvesengler.com\/2022\/08\/16\/us-student-israel-lobby-groups-behind-mcgill-lawsuit\/\" >bid<\/a>&nbsp;to have the provincial court block McGill students from being able to collectively take action in support of Palestinian rights. A New York transplant, Fried sought to have Qu\u00e9bec\u2019s Superior Court prevent McGill students from exercising their democratic rights in the hopes it would protect a violent, colonial, system in the Middle East.&nbsp;<\/p><p class=\"\">When the Palestine Solidarity policy passed in March 2022 its opponents highlighted the fact that only 17 per cent of eligible voters cast ballots. But participation more than doubled in the recent referendum \u2014 with the proportion of students supporting Palestine increasing \u2014 yet the suppression continues.&nbsp;<\/p><p class=\"\">What\u2019s taking place at McGill is egregious, but Israeli apartheid lobby groups have pursued similar policies at other universities. They\u2019ve recently&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/10098994\/lawsuit-concordia-student-union-antisemitism-on-campus\/\" >launched lawsuits<\/a>&nbsp;against Concordia, Queen\u2019s, Toronto Metropolitan, University of British Columbia and York for purported \u201cantisemitism\u201d. They\u2019ve also pushed university administrators to condemn student groups and succeeded in having them reprimand or dismiss&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/ottawa.ctvnews.ca\/uottawa-criticized-for-suspension-of-resident-doctor-for-pro-palestinian-posts-1.6654088\" >medical<\/a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cjpme.org\/reinstate_arij\" >nursing<\/a>&nbsp;students as well as university&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/london\/aarij-anwer-western-university-israel-hamas-war-1.7010337\" >chaplains<\/a>&nbsp;and sexual assault centre staff for opposing genocide. At the University of British Columbia, the Jewish Zionist group Hillel was recently&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ubyssey.ca\/news\/independent-contractor-stickers\/\" >caught<\/a>&nbsp;creating falsely attributed stickers in a bid to discredit the Social Justice Centre opposition to genocide.<\/p><p class=\"\">An important part of the Israeli apartheid lobby\u2019s power within universities is that administrations are obsessed with fundraising and Zionists donate large sums. Zionists constantly raise the specter of withdrawing funds from universities that don\u2019t clampdown on students. On November 10 Liberal MP Anthony Hausefather \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/left_jabber\/status\/1722963613026001396\" >encouraged donors<\/a>&nbsp;to contact\u201d Concordia\u2019s administration to&nbsp;pressure&nbsp;them to suppress Palestine solidarity. Ten days earlier he \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AHousefather\/status\/1718830376376762397\" >demanded<\/a>&nbsp;that university administrators crack down on antisemitism on campus or lose funding.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p><p class=\"\">Suing, seeking to intimidate students and labeling opposition to genocide \u201cantisemitism\u201d is a tacit admission that you can\u2019t make the case for Israel. Unable to win the argument, the Israeli apartheid lobby increasingly relies on smears and legal action. But anti-democratic maneuvers can only stunt Palestine solidarity for so long. It can\u2019t hide&nbsp;the fact that Israel has lost control of the narrative with the younger generation.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<hr \/>\n\n\n  <p class=\"\"><strong>Editor\u2019s note: <\/strong>Introducing Operation 135, The Canada Files\u2019 campaign to go from 65 to 200 consistent financial supporters.<strong>&nbsp;<\/strong>The Canada Files is the country's only news outlet focused on Canadian foreign policy. We've provided critical investigations &amp; hard-hitting analysis on Canadian foreign policy since 2019, and need your support.<br>&nbsp;<br>Please consider joining 82 consistent financial supporters, in setting up a monthly or annual donation <a href=\"https:\/\/donorbox.org\/the-canada-files\">through Donorbox<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<hr \/>\n\n\n  <p class=\"\"><strong>Yves Engler<\/strong> is the author of 12 books. His latest book, available now, is \"Stand on Guard For Whom? -- A People's History of the Canadian Military\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<hr \/>\n\n\n  <p class=\"\"><span><strong>More Articles<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"syndicated-attribution\">This post was originally published on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecanadafiles.com\/articles\/israeli-apartheid-lobbys-war-on-students-wont-end-pro-palestine-activism\">Articles - The Canada Files<\/a>. <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>             &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[91],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1351069"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1351069"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1351069\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1404156,"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1351069\/revisions\/1404156"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1351069"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1351069"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1351069"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}