Posted on 02/28/2011 9:25:22 PM PST by Nachum
Pro-Israel students at Carleton University say they were harassed and intimidated by Students Against Israeli Apartheid (SAIA) members after the groups anti-Israel motion was shelved at a student council meeting last month. Emile Scheffel
People were banging on the doors, screaming, calling us names We had to wait until campus [security] sent more officers to make sure students could get safely from the council room out to the elevators, said Emile Scheffel, 21, a fourth-year political science student who isnt Jewish but is involved in the Israel Awareness Committee (IAC) at Carleton.
Scheffel said the incident began when the IAC learned the Carleton University Students Association (CUSA) council would be considering a motion put forward by SAIA that would endorse the boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) campaign against Israel.
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“yourjewishnews”??
You’re joking, right?
Your Jewish News-
I discovered them first on Twitter. A strange but real thing. It seems to come out of Australia.
http://twitter.com/#!/yourjewishnews
http://yourjewishnews.com/default.aspx
Anyway, some of the items seem to be put out before the Jerusalem Post or Haaretz.
If youd like to be on or off, please FR mail me.
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