Toronto – The University of Toronto Students’ Union (UTSU) has voted to endorse a boycott, divestment, and sanctions (BDS) motion that called on the union to “wholly divest funds and further on forbid investment to firms complicit in the occupation of Palestinian Territory.”
Over 500 students, many of whom voted by proxy, attended tonight’s Special General Meeting. The BDS motion passed by approximately 50 votes.
There is no doubt whatsoever that BDS is a hateful, antisemitic, and discriminatory movement. At the University of Toronto, it has repeatedly led to the intimidation and harassment of Jewish students. Furthermore, this vaguely-worded statement did not elaborate on what it refers to as “Palestinian Territory,” especially given that many anti-Israel activists advance the notion that the Jewish State has no right to exist.
