Kabir Kapur
Overview
Kabir Kapur was heavily involved in the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) movement on the University of California, Davis (UC Davis) Campus.
Kapur is a student at UC Davis majoring in Political Science. He is also a Senator for Associated Students, University of California, Davis (ASUCD).
Radical Campus Activity
ASUCD placed a campus suspension order on Kapur in 2015. Kapur then violated the suspension and was served with a further suspension by the University of California. The Associate Vice Chancellor of Student Affairs, Milton Lang, filed a restraining order against Kapur. On October 16, 2015 Kapur wrote in his blog that he recently spent a night in jail, "yet again," for violating the restraining order and school suspension. In a subsequent blog post Kapur wrote that he was facing a potential two-year jail sentence for violating the restraining order.
BDS on Campus 2014
Kapur was a co-author of the student senate divestment resolution at UC Davis in April 2014.The April 2014 resolution called on the University of California’s Board of Regents to divest from corporations “that aid in the Israeli occupation of Palestine...”
The resolution also referred to divestment as “a time-honored tactic that contributed significantly to ending apartheid in South Africa.” The resolution failed to pass, with the ASUCD evenly divided. The ASUCD Vice President refused to break the tie.
In January 2015, another hearing was called to push an expanded version of the resolution, which added additional companies doing business in Israel to the divestment lists.
Following speeches from those supporting and opposing the bill, the anti-divestment advocates — about a third of the attendees — participated in a walk-out. As they left, a large group of pro-divestment promoters chanted “Allahu Akhbar!” The January 2015 resolution passed, 8-2-2.
Following the passage of the divestment bill, Azka Fayyaz, one of the council members who voted for the resolution, posted on Facebook “Hamas & Sharia law have taken over UC Davis. Brb crying over the resilience.”
Later, in an open letter to the student community, Fayyaz insisted her comment was “satirical” and attacked “the leadership of AEPi, the Jewish fraternity at UC Davis, and Aggies for Israel,” claiming they reported the contents of her profile to “the Zionist lobby groups which they have been paid to represent.”
A week after the resolution passed, unidentified vandals spray-painted two large swastikas on a house belonging to the Jewish fraternity, Alpha Epsilon Pi (AEPi).
On January 30, 2015, UC Davis Chancellor Linda P.B. Katehi issued a statement that the resolution to divest did not reflect the position of UC Davis or the University of California system.
On February 19, 2015, the university’s Court of Associated Students overturned the January 2015 resolution as unconstitutional, on the grounds that it was "primarily a political document" with insufficient relevance to student welfare on campus.
In May 2015,a revised resolution was submitted alleging that "enabling Israel’s occupation of Palestine compromises the integrity of students’ education." The May 2015 resolution passed, 10-0-2.
Social Media and Weblinks
Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/kabirkapur
Twitter:https://twitter.com/SenatorKapur
LinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/pub/kabir-kapur/2b/275/a7b
Blog:https://konstructivekriticisms.wordpress.com/
- Status:
- Student
- University:
- California-Davis
- Organizations:
- BDS
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- Last Modified:
- 06/23/2025
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