Anti-Zionist protestors disrupting event City University of New York Graduate Center. Photo: StopAntisemitism/Twitter.

Anti-Zionist protestors disrupted a panel on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict that was held on Thursday night at the City University of New York (CUNY) Graduate Center.

After handing out flyers accusing Israel of “occupation,” “censorship,” and “genocide,” the protestors walked to front of the room and chanted “Not another nickel. Not another dime. No more money for Israel’s crimes.”

Panelists for the event, titled “A Conversation on the Language of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict,” included Miriam Elman, executive director of Academic Engagement Network (AEN), Donna Robinson Divine, Professor of Jewish Studies at Smith College and Professor Asaf Romirowsky, executive director of Scholars for Peace in the Middle East.

“We lost fifteen minutes of the presentation of the event,” Elman told The Algemeiner. “It’s unacceptable.”

The City University of New York (CUNY) is the subject of a new Title VI complaint with the US Department of Education alleging that it has intentionally ignored “a sustained pattern of antisemitism.”

Filed in July by the American Center for Law & Justice (ACLJ), it follows accusations of antisemitism at CUNY campuses aired during a New York City Council hearing on the issue last month, held after the CUNY School of Law faculty endorsed a boycott of Israel.

The complaint recounted a number of alleged incidents at CUNY going as far back as 2013, including Jewish faculty and students having their property vandalized, receiving threats and verbal abuse, and being held responsible for actions of the Israeli government.

It also discussed a 2021 resolution passed by the public university system’s faculty union accusing Israel of practicing apartheid, a measure that prompted the resignations of a number of Jewish members, as well as the more recent boycott effort endorsed at the law school.

Several episodes described in the ACLJ brief were raised at the City Council hearing in June, where lawmakers lamented the absence of CUNY Chancellor Felix Matos Rodríguez and called the problem of antisemitism at CUNY “pervasive.”

CUNY has maintained that it “has consistently and strongly condemned all forms of bigotry and discrimination, including antisemitism,” and that it complies with all relevant regulations when reporting incidents.

Editor’s note: A previous version of this article stated that officers from the New York City Police Department (NYPD) escorted the protestors out of the event. That was incorrect. No NYPD officers were present, and the protestors left voluntarily.