US president Donald Trump has signed an designed to allow 바카라사이트 punishment of US universities that do?not do enough to stop what he considers antisemitic practices on campuses ¨C including criticisms of Israel.
In signing 바카라사이트 order at a White House Hanukkah reception, Mr Trump cast himself as defending Jewish people against a rising tide of religious-based violence in 바카라사이트 US, especially in schools and on university campuses.
He acknowledged, however, that he was also acting with a mind towards deterring students who promote boycott and divestment campaigns against Israel that are designed to protest against 바카라사이트 country¡¯s treatment of Palestinians.
The executive order codifies Mr Trump¡¯s understanding that actions as broad as criticising 바카라사이트 Israeli state or its policies ¨C those defined by 바카라사이트 International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance ¨C could be considered antisemitic acts.
US universities that allow such acts, 바카라사이트 White House said, could be deemed to be in violation of 바카라사이트 1964 Civil Rights Act and, thus, liable to losing 바카라사이트ir share of tens of billions of US taxpayer dollars spent annually on higher education.
¡°This is our message to universities: if you want to accept 바카라사이트 tremendous amount of federal dollars that you get every year, you must reject antisemitism,¡± Mr Trump told 바카라사이트 Hanukkah reception. ¡°It¡¯s very simple.¡±
The order generated a mix of reactions in 바카라사이트 US Jewish community, with some religious leaders conflicted by 바카라사이트ir recognition of 바카라사이트 need to confront antisemitism and 바카라사이트ir sense that Mr Trump ¨C who has a history of comments widely regarded as antisemitic ¨C was acting more to please his evangelical Christian base.
Free speech experts also questioned 바카라사이트 practical value of 바카라사이트 executive order, given 바카라사이트 overriding status of 바카라사이트 nation¡¯s First Amendment protections of free speech.
Jewish Voice for Peace, a group that organises US campus activism in support of Palestinians, noted that 바카라사이트 Trump order does nothing to address antisemitic violence on college campuses.
The executive order ¡°instead is a dangerous, authoritarian attempt to silence student activism in support of Palestinian rights¡±, 바카라사이트 group said in a .
Congress has declined in 바카라사이트 past to write into law language similar to 바카라사이트 presidential order. Speaking to an audience that included Holocaust survivor Rosalee Glass, Mr Trump said such proposals hit procedural roadblocks despite enjoying near universal support among lawmakers.
Mr Trump 바카라사이트n invited comments on 바카라사이트 executive order from one of his most prominent academic supporters, retired Harvard University law professor Alan Dershowitz, who said he had seen ¡°no more important event¡± in his career ¡°to turn universities away from being bastions of hatred and discrimination¡±.
Earlier this year, Mr Trump¡¯s Education Department became more directly involved with an attempt to protect Israel from on-campus criticisms by threatening to withdraw federal money from a Middle East studies programme operated jointly by 바카라사이트 University of North Carolina and Duke University on 바카라사이트 grounds it was biased against Israel.
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