U.S. Zionist Group Calls for Donor Boycott of U. of Calif., Irvine

A pro-Israel advocacy organization is asking donors to stop contributing and would-be students to stop applying to the University of California, Irvine, amid growing tension between Jewish and Muslim students, the Associated Press reports.

In a statement Tuesday, the Zionist Organization of America, in New York, blasted Chancellor Michael Drake for not condemning what the group characterizes as anti-Semitic speech on campus and discriminatory actions by the school’s Muslim Student Union.

Eleven students were arrested by campus police earlier this month for disrupting a talk by the Israeli ambassador, Michael Oren, the latest in a series of conflicts between pro-Palestinian and pro-Israeli groups.

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