Students at a prominent New York university have denounced a decision by a city council member to pull $50,000 in funding for a programme that provided free legal services to the community after faculty members endorsed a boycott resolution in support of Palestinian rights. Councilwoman Inna Vernikov, a Ukrainian-born Jewish Republican representing parts of Brooklyn, pulled the funding last week after claiming that professors at the City University of New York (CUNY) School of Law were engaging in antisemitism following their decision to support the Palestinian-led Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement. Late last month, CUNY Law professors voted unanimously...