BOYCOTT! Anti-Israel forum at Brooklyn College ignites protest
Brooklyn College has become the latest battleground in the struggle for public opinion in the Arab-Israeli conflict.
Assemblymembers Dov Hikind (D-Midwood/Borough Park) and Steve Cymbrowitz (D-Gravesend/Brighton Beach), buoyed by a phalanx of heavy hitters from Brooklyn’s political world, led a protest at the college yesterday, denouncing it for co-sponsoring a forum “whose goal it is to de-legitimize Israel’s existence.”
At issue is a meeting, scheduled for Feb. 7, sponsored by Brooklyn College Students for Justice in Palestine, which is a lecture on “the importance of BDS (Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions) in helping to end Israeli apartheid and the illegal occupation of Palestine.”