Since then, the groups have faced a tremendous amount of backlash. Berkeley Law dean Erwin Chemerinsky published a letter to the student body to condemn the pledge, saying that under the ban, he and “90 percent or more” of Jewish students would be excluded from addressing these groups.
“Taken literally, this would mean that I could not be invited to speak because I support the existence of Israel, though I condemn many of its policies,” Chemerinsky said.