Editor’s note: The author of this op-ed used the term “land of Israel/Palestine” to reflect her personal views.
It has been almost eight years since the Undergraduate Students Association Council passed a resolution echoing the language and calls of the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions movement toward Israel.

This post was updated Oct. 6 at 9:42 p.m.
“I am a Jew, but I do not identify as a Zionist.”
This sentence is something I’ve said many times, and it is met with reactions that range from confusion to dismay.