Jeffrey Lax, a law professor at City University of New York, told Newsmax on Monday about an effort to pressure the school’s faculty union to rescind a resolution calling for a boycott of Israel.

The Professional Staff Congress on Thursday voted 113-63 to rescind the resolution that focused on cutting off union reserves from Israel and urging the teachers’ pension system to do the same. The boycott resolution passed by a 73-70 vote on Jan. 23, but a backlash from Israeli supporters prompted union leaders to call for another vote, reportedly citing “irregularities” with the initial vote.

“In terms of our union, the faculty union, have no doubt about who these people are,” Lax told “Carl Higbie FRONTLINE.” “These are the very same people who helped to organize the Gaza encampment protests that we saw for the last year. And if people think it’s just about Jews, they are so wrong. This is anti-American. This is not just anti-Jewish.

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