Pro-Israel group at Duke protests veto of club recognition

(JNS) — Students Supporting Israel said in an open letter that it urges the Duke University Student Government to vote against its president, who vetoed a decision to formally recognize the organization.

DSG president Christina Wang vetoed recognition of SSI on Monday because the group called out a student on social media in a way that was “unacceptable for any student group,” Wang wrote in a statement obtained by Duke’s student publication, The Chronicle.

“Have we really gotten to the point where one student government leader can de-platform Jewish students and delegitimize a well-known pro-I...