1. This may make some claims against university activism actionable under the 1964 CRA by defining Judaism as a “national origin” but note that similar claims have already been actionable under Title VI and those have been dismissed not because Judaism defined as religion.
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but because there has been a significant lack of evidence to demonstrate a hostile environment. The change is in the USG’s willingness to prioritize these claims under the leadership of Betsy DeVos and Kenneth Marcus- a move we already witnessed in the scrutiny of Duke and UNC.
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3. The redefinition reflects Israeli law where Judaism is legislated as a national status distinct from citizenship. This bifurcation facilitates and enshrines institutional discrimination because privileges flow through the status of Jewish nationality, which is not territorial.
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You can be a Jewish national and an Israeli citizen or an Israeli citizen without nationality; the latter status is inferior as a matter of law and policy.
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4. The EO duplicates failed legislation, in the House and Senate for many years.
@jvplive explains over 250 Jewish students opposed the 2019 act and over 60 Jewish Studies professors opposed the 2016 act.https://jewishvoiceforpeace.org/trump-antisemitism-eo/ …Näytä tämä ketju -
5. State sovereignty is not absolute. It's punctured by collective self-defense, made contingent by principles like the R2P, & is always already subject to the will of governed. Making protest of Israel sacrilegious, is SO dangerous for setting Israel apart & 4 precedent it sets
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6. The obvious: this is not about protecting Jews, Trump in his person has reified the most dangerous anti-Semitic tropes and has come under fire by American Jews.
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7. Also obvious: this is about squashing dissent from the top down when it can't be challenged at the grassroots level, thx 2 remarkable sacrifice of generations of activists, scholars, journalists, cultural workers, & students, who have been struggling for Palestinian Freedom.
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This follows a trend of criminalizing dissent rather than violence: blackballing
@Kaepernick7; punishing folks who videotape cops using excessive force but not the cops; prosecuting journos for covering#NoDAPL protests but not the corps desecrating native lands & waterways.Näytä tämä ketju -
Our struggle continues. Against all odds.
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