From: JNS News < > To: <jeevacationggmail.com> Subject: UC student warned to abstain from BDS vote over 'Jewish agenda,' JNS reports Date: Thu, 19 Nov 2015 16:06:55 +0000 NOVEMBER 19. 2015 2 1: UC Santa Cruz student warned to abstain from BDS vote over 'Jewish agenda' SUBSCRIBE TO JNS NEWSLETTER FORWARD THIS EMAIL TO A FRIEND An aerial view of the UC Santa Cruz campus UC Santa Cruz student warned to abstain from BDS vote over `Jewish agenda' By Sean Savage/JNS.org A Jewish member of the student government at University of California, Santa Cruz was warned to "abstain" from voting on a pro-BDS (Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement) resolution because he is the president of the school's Jewish Student Union and was "elected with a Jewish agenda." The incident occurred prior to a vote by the UCSC student council to annul a veto an earlier Israel divestment bill. On Nov. 17, the UCSC voted 28 in favor and five against, with seven abstaining, to reinstate a divestment resolution that was vetoed in 2014. In a text message sent to UC Santa Cruz Jewish Student Union (JSU) President Daniel Bernstein, the sender wrote, EFTA01131107