Not surprising. I have had similar experience with American male Jewish professors in US universities. Reported the racism at Affirmative Actions Programme office.
But then this is not just with Israelis, is it ? It is there in India too. Remember this from 2017?
"Former BJP MP Tarun Vijay on Friday found himself in trouble by saying Indians could not be racist because ''we lived with 'black people' who were 'around us',” referring to people from South India."