Sonoma State president put on leave for 'insubordination' for supporting Israel academic boycott, divestment

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A day after releasing a campus message saying Sonoma State University would pursue 'divestment strategies' and an academic boycott of Israel, President Mike Lee was placed on leave for 'insubordination'

The president of Sonoma State University was placed on leave Wednesday, a day after he released a controversial campuswide message on the Israel-Hamas war that said the university would pursue 'divestment strategies' and endorsed an academic boycott of Israeli universities.

Kounalakis, a Democrat, said campuses were “woefully unprepared” for the recent protests. Gov. Gavin Newsom, who made a video appearance at the same Wednesday event to promote his plan to counter antisemitism, said last week that he did 'not support divestment.

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