[terry]

The BDS movement's only goal is to end Israel as a Jewish state.  More than two-thirds of the student senate has implicitly signed on to that

A few points about divestment --

The Stanford undergraduate senate passed its divestment resolution only after it was amended to distance the senate from the BDS movement. This is from the Feb. 17 Stanford Daily: "Samuels, who, after voting against the resolution last week, abstained from this week’s vote, emphasized the fact that the amendment to the resolution separated the Senate from supporting the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement." Given this context, I don't think it's fair to say the undergraduate senate "implicitly signed on to" the BDS movement.

I do not think support for divestment is the same thing as anti-Semitism. As others have noted, people can oppose some of the Israeli government's policies without being anti-Semitic.

Of course, the undergraduate senate has no authority to direct Stanford's investments. The trustees, who do have that authority, ignored the senate's divestment resolution.

[terry]

The BDS movement's only goal is to end Israel as a Jewish state.  More than two-thirds of the student senate has implicitly signed on to that

A few points about divestment --

The Stanford undergraduate senate passed its divestment resolution only after it was amended to distance the senate from the BDS movement. This is from the Feb. 17 Stanford Daily: "Samuels, who, after voting against the resolution last week, abstained from this week’s vote, emphasized the fact that the amendment to the resolution separated the Senate from supporting the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement." Given this context, I don't think it's fair to say the undergraduate senate "implicitly signed on to" the BDS movement.

I do not think support for divestment is the same thing as anti-Semitism. As others have noted, people can oppose some of the Israeli government's policies without being anti-Semitic.

Of course, the undergraduate senate has no authority to direct Stanford's investments. The trustees, who do have that authority, ignored the senate's divestment resolution.