Justin Feldman, a Jewish grad student at New York University, was a member of student government in good standing when, after the Oct. 7 Hamas attacks that killed 1,200 Israeli civilians, he submitted a resolution condemning the “Endorsement, Promotion, or Excusing of Civilian-Murder (Terrorism) in Academia.”
The day Feldman submitted the resolution for ratification, Nov. 9, it was voted down by the student assembly. A different resolution, to protect pro-Palestinian actions and speech on campus, was passed.
That could have been the end of it. It wasn’t.
Instead, some fellow students decided that the anti-terrorism and anti-antisemitism import of Feldman’s resolution was so problematic that he should not be allowed to serve on student government anymore.A few weeks later he was informed that a vote would be held to kick him off the student government, prompting a months-long battle that included him being kicked off — then reinstated — to his student […]
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