MONTREAL — A McGill student politician who encouraged people on Twitter to “punch a Zionist today” is facing calls from Jewish groups and fellow students to resign. Igor Sadikov, an elected representative of students in McGill’s faculty of arts, made the comment Monday night but it only became widely known Thursday. Both B’nai Brith and the Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs condemned the tweet and raised concerns about the climate faced by Jewish students on McGill’s campus. “It’s appalling that a student representative is calling for violence against a certain group of people,” Paransky said. Paransky said that following the BDS debate, some Jewish students experienced harassment on campus.

Source: National Post February 10, 2017 02:03 UTC