On November 8, the Pitzer College faculty voted to suspend its study abroad program with the University of Haifa in Israel. As The Claremont Independent reported, the motion called for the “suspension of the College’s exchange with Haifa University, until (a) the Israeli state ends its restrictions on entry to Israel based on ancestry and/or political speech and (b) the Israeli state adopts policies granting visas for exchanges to Palestinian universities on a fully equal basis as it does to Israeli universities.”
In addition, the faculty also attacked Israel by dissenting from the college president and trustees, who had nullified a Student Senate resolution that was similar to demands from the BDS movement, calling for a boycott of Israel until it withdraws from Judea and Samaria , pulls down the security wall that protects it against Palestinian terrorists, and promotes the suicidal (for Israel) “right to return” of Palestinians. The student vote was taken during Passover, when Jews were unavailable to vote.
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