This page is subject to the extended confirmed restriction related to the Arab-Israeli conflict.The AMCHA Initiative is a non-partisan organization aiming to combat antisemitism on campuses through investigation, documentation, and education in order to protect Jewish students from assault and fear.

[21] The database and other trackers by the organization have been used by media to cite anti-Semitic activity and swastika sightings on various campuses including at Stanford University,[22] Bowdoin College as well as across the nation.

[28] CSUN president Dianne F. Harrison addressed the complaints in May 2012, writing: "To censor the website would be contrary to the important value of free speech and send the disturbing message that the university is willing to restrict an individual’s right to personal expression due to disagreement with those views.

"[29] In 2013, the General Union of Palestine Students (GUPS) and an indigenous group at San Francisco State University had set up a table at an event honoring an Edward Said memorial.

[32][33] The university released a statement supportive of AMCHA's charges, stating that "celebrating violence or promoting intolerance, bigotry, antisemitism or any other form of hate mongering" would not be tolerated at SFSU.

[34] But following a public outcry, the university issued a second statement underscoring "that social justice is a strategic priority and our commitment to free speech runs deep.

The statement underscored that "Abdulhadi’s academic work in race and resistance studies requires examination of some of the world’s most challenging and controversial issues" and that the university "will not censor our scholars nor condone censorship by others.

"[47][48] Dissatisfied, AMCHA and seven other pro-Israeli organizations (Brandeis Center, Institute for Black Solidarity with Israel, Proclaiming Justice to the Nations, Scholars for Peace in the Middle East, Simon Wiesenthal Center, StandWithUs, and the Zionist Organization of America) recited the allegations against Abdulhadi in a June 24 letter addressed to the California State Controller but the Controller's office dismissed the complaint.

[32][49] On June 25, 2014, the Dean of the College of Ethnic Studies of SFSU, in a public statement on the university website, while recognizing their right to free expression, strongly criticized the AMCHA initiative saying that it had " developed a reputation for misrepresentation of facts against individuals and institutions."

and admonishing them for "their continued ill intent and propaganda style tactics" and recommending "that AMCHA cease its bullying and encourage it to find a more productive, collegial and humane manner with which to express its political views without sensationalism, vitriol or malice.

[citation needed] UC leadership responded by stating that they were not in support of a boycott of Israel, but considered Barghouti's presentations to be free speech.

[55] In a meeting with the UC Board of Regents following Barghouti's speaking arrangements, Tammi-Benjamin alleged that the three events included "appalling anti-Semitic statements.

"[56] In 2016, AMCHA led a campaign involving 43 Jewish and pro-Israel organizations in opposing a student-led course titled "Ethnic Studies 198: Palestine: A Settler Colonial Analysis."

AMCHA led a year-long lobbying campaign, uniting over 50 pro-Israeli organizations,[60] to get UC to label anti-Zionism as a form of anti-Semitism.

"[63] AMCHA Initiative launched a campaign involving more than 100 Jewish pro-Israel organizations to get American education-leaders to sign a letter voicing their opposition to BDS.

[64] In response to the campaign, on December 13, 2019, all ten UC Chancellors [65] signed onto a statement [66] that reaffirmed their opposition to the academic boycott of Israel.

Zoom Video Communications cancelled the event, saying that it is "committed to supporting the open exchange of ideas and conversations, subject to certain limitations contained in our Terms of Service, including those related to user compliance with applicable U.S. export control, sanctions and anti-terrorism laws".

[27] On June 25, 2014, the Dean of the College of Ethnic Studies of SFSU issued a public statement on the university website, accusing the group of having "developed a reputation for misrepresentation of facts against individuals and institutions...continued ill intent and propaganda style tactics".

[50][dead link‍] In October 2014, a group of purported Jewish studies professors wrote in The Forward:[69] Its technique of monitoring lectures, symposia and conferences strains the basic principle of academic freedom on which the American university is built, ...