A McGill University student leader who advised on Twitter to “punch a Zionist today” is refusing to resign or retract the comment amid rising Jewish anger on campus against him.
Council member Igor Sadikov did not relent at what is described as a “tense” meeting of the student union legislative council on Thursday.
Witnesses who attended the meeting say Sadikov appeared to double down on his stance, arguing that Jews are not “a legitimate ethnic group,” according to B’nai Brith Canada.
“I have never felt so targeted, disgusted or disappointed in my life,” Jewish McGill student Molly Harris later writes in a post on Facebook.
https://www.facebook.com/molly.harris123/posts/1324099207650289
McGill has condemned Sadikov, joining the Jewish groups B’nai Brith, the Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs and the Simon Wiesenthal Center.
The university’s undergraduate arts society formally called on Sadikov to resign and B’nai Brith asked police to investigate whether Sadikov had incited hatred with his tweet.
— JTA
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