A California Assembly resolution recommending the University of California to curb anti-Semitism has been rejected by the university.

According to the San Francisco Chronicle, the university said it won't support the unanimously approved resolution as the resolution says, 'no public resources will be allowed to be used for any anti-Semitic or any intolerant agitation.'

"We think it's problematic because of First Amendment concerns," said Steve Montiel, a UC spokesman to Chronicle.

The resolution which does not carry any policy implication was approved without any debate and urges all public universities including UC to discourage a wide range of anti-Jewish and anti-Israel actions in their campuses.

"California schools need to recognize that anti-Semitism is still a very real issue on college campuses around the state - it did not disappear with the end of World War II," said Assemblywoman Linda Halderman, R-Fresno, the resolution's author to Chronicle.

She cited instances such as 'Israeli Apartheid Week' where 'students pretending to be Palestinians collapse as if they had been murdered en masse by Israeli Jews' to support her stand. Chronicle reports that she has been referring the UC report that was commissioned after following accusations of anti-Semitism on UC campuses, including the appearance of swastikas and harassment of Jewish students during pro-Palestinian demonstrations.

The UC fact-finding team's report which was authored by Anti-Defamation League's Richard Barton, released in July recommended extreme steps including complete ban on hate speech. It sparked free speech debate and earlier this month, it was followed by a petition that was signed by 2,200 students, faculty and alumni asking UC President Mark Yudof to disregard the report.

Even Yudof agreed with the protestors saying 'restricting speech is not the solution to anti-Semitism.'

But, now as it appears, Helderman has based the Assembly resolution on the fact-finding report of UC, which had already been rejected by the university.

Advocates for Muslim students are not happy with the resolution either. The Council on American Islamic Relations told AP that the resolution went too far and violates students' right to free expression.

"To be clear, genuine acts of anti-Semitism should be condemned, but this resolution goes far beyond that," said Rachel Roberts, a spokeswoman for the group. "By characterizing pro-Palestinian speech as anti-Jewish, the Legislature sidelines those Muslim students and progressive Jewish students who often organize together to raise awareness about the Middle East."

Roberts also expressed her dismay at the timing of the passing of the resolution as California colleges are out of session.