Via Jerusalem Post (h/t Honestly Concerned):
Student associations at the University of Vienna issued a statement on Wednesday, declaring their opposition to every form of anti-Semitism, including the BDS (Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions) movement targeting Israel.
“As student representatives it is important for us to criticize the academic boycott against Israel, which entirely excludes Israeli academics,” the student council of the University of Vienna said.
The rejection of BDS by continental student organizations is believed to the first major European opposition to the hubs of anti-Israel and anti-Semitic academic initiatives in the United Kingdom and the US.
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The Green Party students (GRAS), the Socialist students, and Communist students-Left List, which are part of the Austrian Students Union, blasted BDS in their joint statement.
The groups form the governing coalition in the Austrian student parliament at the University of Vienna.
"As a student organization on the University of Vienna, we condemn every form of anti-Semitism, as well as from German nationalist fraternities, and anti-Semitism in the new form of BDS," Karin Stanger from the Green Party student group said.
The Left List student Jana Reischl slammed the extremist Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ) for spreading "anti-Semitic cartoons and minimizing the crimes of National Socialism.“read more
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