Anti-Israel events skyrocket on US campuses

A significant increase has seen in anti-Israel activity on American university campuses over the 2014-2015 academic year, a Zionist body admitted.

No fewer than 150 explicitly anti-Israel events were held in Fall 2015 alone, marking a noted increase from the 105 such events that took place in the same period during the previous year, the so-called Anti-Defamation League said.

Universities were themselves complicit in the anti-Israel events, with at least 15 of the events being sponsored or co-sponsored by university departments at institutions including the University of California-Berkley, Drew University, and John Jay College of Criminal Justice, according to the body's report.

“Student groups at a number of campuses are sponsoring a range of programs and initiatives designed with one goal: to isolate, defame and delegitimize Israel,” said Jonathan A.

Greenblatt, ADL CEO.