The president of Sonoma State University (SSU) in California has been placed on leave after sending an email on Tuesday announcing an agreement with anti-Israel protesters.
SSU President Ming-Tung “Mike” Lee announced that the agreement with students who had set up camp on the school’s Person Lawn to protest Israel would include an “academic boycott” of Israel, The Press Democrat reported. The boycott would mean that SSU would not pursue or engage with any study abroad programs with Israeli state institutions, KCRA reported.
This was part of four “points of agreement” Lee agreed to with the protesters to get them to remove their camp.
Also part of the agreement was a promise to disclose university vendor contracts and seek “divestment strategies,” the outlet reported. Lee also said the university would create an advisory council of Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP). Last week, survivors of the October 7…
