oatmeal<p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>US</span></a> / University of Michigan President Santa Ono’s ties with hate group ADL and anti-Palestinian bias</p><p>Speaking at an <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ADL" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ADL</span></a> conference in Manhattan University of Michigan President, Santa Ono, admitted to increasing university investments in Israel-connected institutions in response to divestment calls, while embracing conspiracy theories about outside influences organizing campus protests against the genocide in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Gaza" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Gaza</span></a>. </p><p>Ono's willingness to align with this controversial organization while suppressing pro-Palestinian campus speech intensifies concerns about his impartiality in addressing the Israeli occupation of Palestine at the university. Rep. Rashida Tlaib condemned the ADL as an "extremist group" with a "decades-long history of anti-Arab, anti-Muslim, and anti-Black racism." </p><p><a href="https://www.metrotimes.com/news/after-boycott-calls-u-m-president-boasted-about-israel-linked-investments-promoted-conspiracy-theories-38815596" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">metrotimes.com/news/after-boyc</span><span class="invisible">ott-calls-u-m-president-boasted-about-israel-linked-investments-promoted-conspiracy-theories-38815596</span></a></p><p>More on ADL’s history of racism and anti-Muslim bias, see <a href="https://droptheadl.org" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">droptheadl.org</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/academicchatter" class="u-url mention">@<span>academicchatter</span></a></span> <br /><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/palestine" class="u-url mention">@<span>palestine</span></a></span> <br /><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/israel" class="u-url mention">@<span>israel</span></a></span> <br /><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BDS" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>BDS</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/IsraelWarCrimes" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>IsraelWarCrimes</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GazaGenocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>GazaGenocide</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/UMich" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>UMich</span></a></p>