Stances On Israel Roil UCLA Campus

[Purveyor]

By Jason Song

Sunny Singh campaigned for UCLA student body president this spring, pledging to push for mental health resources, increase graduate school opportunities and make student government more efficient.

But try as he might, Singh believed his campaign kept getting overshadowed by one issue: Israel.

A student activist had asked candidates for all undergraduate student council offices to sign a pledge that they would not take trips to that Middle Eastern country under the sponsorship of three pro-Israel lobbying groups.

"It seemed unnecessary," Singh said, adding: "We spent a lot of time talking about what we thought about Israel."

Activists were successful in getting 17 of the approximately 30 contenders to sign the promise, saying they wanted the candidates' positions about Israel on the record.

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http://www.latimes.com/local/education/la-me-ucla-pledge-20140520-story.html

[seveneyes]

1. Narrow minded

There are plenty of reasons for the problems in and around Israel. Some of these people should broaden their minds and see the whole picture.