California University President Suspended After Agreeing to Boycott Israel

A university president in California was placed on leave Wednesday after sending a controversial email to the campus community on Tuesday announcing an agreement to boycott Israeli institutions — apparently without authority.

A parent of a Jewish student at Sonoma State University, a public college in California, contacted me. He’s FURIOUS at President Ming-Tung Mike Lee for announcing an academic boycott of Israel and agreeing to other demands by pro-Hamas activists.In that Tuesday memo … Lee announced details of an agreement with the students and community members who’d been camped on the school’s Person Lawn since April 26, mirroring scenes at other universities across the nation protesting the Hamas-Israel war.

In another section, under the heading “Academic Boycott,” Lee detailed how the school will not pursue formal collaborations that are “sponsored by, or represent, the Israeli state academic and research institutions.” The Board’s leadership and I are actively reviewing the matter and will provide additional details in the near future. For now, because of this insubordination and consequences it has brought upon the system, President Lee has been placed on administrative l​eave. I want to thank Dr. Nathan Evans, Deputy Vice Chancellor for Academic and Student Affairs and Chief Academic Officer, for serving as acting president of Sonoma State University effective immediately.

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