Duke University has reinstated a pro-Palestine student group after suspending it over a social media graphic that critics called antisemitic.
Duke suspended Students for Justice in Palestine earlier this year after the group promoted an event about Iran, Zionism and so-called American imperialism.
The graphic showed a pig with a Star of David. Critics said the image used antisemitic stereotypes and offended Jewish students.
Duke later found the post did not violate the school’s discrimination and harassment policy.
“The post, while offensive, in that it alludes to antisemitic tropes, does not violate the Policy on Prohibited Discrimination, Harassment and Related Misconduct because there was insufficient information to support the existence of a hostile educational environment,” Sharon Gooding, Duke’s associate vice president for institutional equity, wrote in a letter to the group.
Duke restored the group’s status and funding. However, the school required the group to keep the image off its social media pages.
Some Jewish students criticized the decision.
