The Vassar College Student Association is in the midst of a highly contentious debate over whether to adopt an anti-Israel Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions
(BDS) resolution and bylaws amendment proposed by Students for Justice in Palestine and Jewish Voice for Peace. SJP takes the position that the BDS resolution
includes an academic boycott, though there is no explicit language to that effect in the resolution.
There also is a
counter-resolution by Vassar J Street U which condemns Israel's occupation of the West Bank, but does not call for a boycott.
The vote is Sunday night, March 6, 2016. The BDS vote will be
anonymous, while the J Street U vote will be on the record.
Scroll through our
Vassar College Tag for numerous recent reports on the campus atmosphere and conflict created by the BDS resolution, as well as the history of BDS and anti-Semitism at Vassar.
There was an important development today. In a mass email to all students, VSA's Executive Board indicated it had been informed by the administration that Student Activity Funds used to fund VSA may be taken out of the control of VSA should the BDS resolution be adopted. (Full email at bottom of post.)