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University of California approves anti-Semitism statement

FILE- In this Oct. 26, 2015, file photo, University of California regents Norman Pattiz, left, and Eddie Island, right, flank board secretary and chief of staff Anne Shawn during a public forum on how best to deal with intolerance at the university, on the campus at UCLA in Los Angeles. A UC Board of Regents panel is scheduled to vote Wednesday, March 23, 2016, on the declaration drafted by a committee after an earlier version by UC President Janet Napolitano's office did not explicitly condemn prejudice against Jewish people. (AP Photo/Nick Ut, File)
FILE- In this Oct. 26, 2015, file photo, University of California regents Norman Pattiz, left, and Eddie Island, right, flank board secretary and chief of staff Anne Shawn during a public forum on how best to deal with intolerance at the university, on the campus at UCLA in Los Angeles. A UC Board of Regents panel is scheduled to vote Wednesday, March 23, 2016, on the declaration drafted by a committee after an earlier version by UC President Janet Napolitano's office did not explicitly condemn prejudice against Jewish people. (AP Photo/Nick Ut, File)

By Associated Press 4 min read

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) – A University of California committee agreed Wednesday to single out anti-Semitism as a form of intolerance that campus leaders should challenge but rejected a more far-reaching denouncement of arguments against Israel’s right to exist.

A year in the making, the formal position opposing anti-Semitic behavior comes amid a wave of impassioned campus activism that has sparked tensions between Palestinian rights supporters and strong allies of Israel.

The committee of the university’s governing Board of Regents voted unanimously to send what is being called a “Statement of Principles Against Intolerance” to the full board for consideration on Thursday.

“Anti-Semitism and other forms of discrimination have no place in the university,” it reads.

The 10-paragraph declaration seeks to spell out the difference between the vigorous intellectual debates the university says it exists to promote and the “acts of hatred and other intolerant behavior” campus leaders have a duty to combat.