In New Campus Tactic, The New School Students Sanction Group Over Israeli Military Program

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In New Campus Tactic, The New School Students Sanction Group Over Israeli Military Program

Hillel has come under fire for coordinating programs that send students to Israel to volunteer with the military.

By Joseph Mogul , TRUTHOUT
Published May 12, 2026

Ryder Glickman’s first day as chair of The New School University Student Senate (USS) was an eventful one. His inaugural act was to call a vote on a first-of-its-kind resolution to sanction Hillel at The New School. This vote followed the release of a 38-page report detailing Hillel’s potential violations of international law.

The report, conducted by a student committee, outlines Hillel’s participation in programs with the Israeli military. Before and during Israel’s genocide in Gaza, the campus organization was linked to a volunteer program at Israeli military bases from which attacks on Gaza and Lebanon originated.

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International law expert, professor emerita at Thomas Jefferson School of Law, and Truthout contributing writer Marjorie Cohn concurs with the RSOCC’s analysis. “The Genocide Convention prohibits individuals (as well as states) from complicity in genocide,” she wrote in a statement to Truthout. “The New School has a duty to ensure that its organizations, including Hillel, comply with international human rights law … Restricting funding for Hillel because of its complicity in Israel’s international human rights violations is an appropriate remedy.”

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