Georgetown University Postpones Passover BDS Vote Following Outcry

Georgetown Eyes Vote on Israeli Divestment Resolution Sponsored by School of Foreign Service Student

Georgetown University is set to vote later this month on a school-wide referendum to boycott Israeli businesses and academic institutions after initially scheduling the vote during the Jewish holiday of Passover. The referendum's sponsor is a student at the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service (SFS), Meriam Ahmad, who has referenced "Israel's ongoing genocide in Gaza" in news coverage for Georgetown's student news magazine.The post Georgeto…

Georgetown University postpones Passover BDS vote following outcry

Georgetown is one of 60 colleges and universities being investigated by the federal government due to being deemed by the Trump administration as soft on antisemitism and excessively “woke.” By Dion J. Pierre, The Algemeiner Georgetown University’s student government has rescheduled an anti-Israel boycott, divestment, and sanctions (BDS) referendum that it initially scheduled to take place during the Passover holiday following outcry from Jewish…

Georgetown University Postpones Passover BDS Vote Following Outcry

In Washington, DC, on March 23, 2025, a group of Georgetown University students and community leaders protest. Photo: Andrew Thomas via Reuters Connect. Georgetown University’s student government has rescheduled an anti-Israel boycott, divestment, and sanctions (BDS) referendum that it initially scheduled to take place during the Passover holiday following outcry from Jewish students, who argued the original timing effectively disenfranchised th…

Harvard canceled ‘anti-Zionist’ Passover seder. Pro-Palestinian students met anyway.

Organizers say Passover event is part of ‘call for the total liberation of all people, from every river to every sea’ Pro-Palestinian students went through with an “anti-Zionist Passover seder for liberation” on Saturday at Harvard University despite having their room reservation and event funding revoked, according to the student newspaper. Matthew Burke, an administrator for the Adams House… Source