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CUNY-BMCC cancelled the screening of an anti-Israel film following a public outcry, including a Call to Action by United with Israel, but the issue of antisemitism on campus is far from resolved.
A tide of protests and negative publicity generated by the Borough of Manhattan Community College’s plan to show a film that has been criticized by Israel and Jewish groups for showing Israeli soldiers executing a Palestinian family during the War of Independence prompted the college to cancel the event the day before it was to be held.
'CUNY BMCC’s campus is funding, endorsing, and giving co-curricular student credit for participating in antisemitism,' says non-profit S.A.F.E. CUNY.
‘Propaganda’: CUNY College To Give Students Credit For Attending Anti-Israel Film Event Kate Anderson on March 17, 2023 Borough of Manhattan Community
Kate Anderson Daily Caller News Foundation Borough of Manhattan Community College will give students a credit for attending a screening of an anti-Israel film during its “Palestinian Solidarity” series. From March 1 to April 3, the Social Justice and Equity Center hosted a “Visual Timeline of Occupied Palestinian Land” with posters and graphics displaying the…