A recent Department of Education decision marks a victory for Palestine solidarity organizing, but the fight isn’t over.
. Isolating antisemitism, rather than understanding its place in the same systems that uphold racism and xenophobia, will only place both Palestinian and Jewish students in more danger.
This intentional deviation from the collective fight against institutional oppression will inherently leave other communities of students — students of color, disabled students, queer students — behind. In order to ensure Jewish students’ safety, we have to fight for all students’ safety. This is a principal belief that is integral to political struggles at universities across the country, which include the ones we organize with on our respective campuses.
While we celebrate the Office for Civil Rights decision against codifying the IHRA definition into law as a movement victory, the fight isn’t over yet. Zionist organizations will continue to pressure the Office for Civil Rights to make IHRA into law under the guise of fighting antisemitism. While the Biden administration considers the IHRA definition, it is more critical than ever to maintain collective pressure across all levels.
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