The contemptible activities of the BDS movement have been well documented here and at Legal Insurrection.

The idea that a major university would accept a documented BDS activist on a governing board is nothing short of astonishing.

Lisa Leff and Mihir Zaver of The Times of Israel report.

BDS activist confirmed as University of California regent

San Francisco (AP) — The University of California’s governing board confirmed the first practicing Muslim student member to the board on Wednesday, despite opposition from some Jewish groups.

UC regents voted in favor of UC Berkeley student Sadia Saifuddin’s nomination. One regent, Richard Blum, abstained from the vote. Saifuddin will serve as a regent for the 2014-15 school year.

The Simon Wiesenthal Center, StandWithUs, conservative commentator David Horowitz and others had called on the board to reject Saifuddin’s appointment, alleging that some of her political activities as a student senator and member of the Muslim Students Association at Berkeley make her unqualified to represent students.

Those activities included co-sponsoring a bill calling for the divestment of university funds from companies with economic ties to the Israeli military or Israeli settlements on the West Bank. She also authored a resolution condemning a UC Santa Cruz lecturer who had linked the Muslim Students Association with terrorism “for inciting racist and Islamophobic rhetoric.”

The Israeli-Palestinian conflict has been an occasional flashpoint for students and faculty members at the University of California. Pro-Palestinian protests have become a regular occurrence on many University of California campuses, where students sometimes use sensational tactics, including simulating checkpoints and combining swastikas with the Star of David.