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| University pro-Hamas round-up for week ending 9/22/2024 |
| 2024-09-22 |
A very incomplete listing of pro-Hamas activity in America’s universities this past week — things I happened to see and save as I wandered round the internet. But it gives a taste of what’s been going on. 4 years after complaint, Illinois university bans harassment of students for Zionist views[IsraelTimes] University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign amends its code of conduct after a 2020 complaint alleging numerous antisemitic acts, but its timing amid the Gaza war is notable UVa ends disciplinary proceedings against pro-Palestine protesters [DailyProgress]Arrested students will not be tried before the University Judiciary Committee after agreeing to meet personally with Student Affairs officials. State police also dropped criminal trespass charges. University of Michigan Jewish student attacked in Ann Arbor Sunday night after being asked his religion [IsraelTimes] Police probing incident as hate crime; victim was asked if he is Jewish and then assaulted by group of men when he affirmed; ADL offers $5,000 reward for info leading to convictions. U. Michigan police investigating ‘ethnic intimidation,’ assault of Jewish student Will UCLA protect Jewish students this fall? Fed judge orders university to protect Jewish students [CollegeFix] U.S. District Judge Mark Scarsi slams university’s ‘abhorrent’ actions helping pro-Palestinian protesters. Anti-Israel activists vandalize Ben Franklin statue at UPenn, call it ‘symbol of imperial violence and colonialism’ [CampusReform] Up Against the Occupation also blamed UPenn for ‘supressing [sic] Palestinian voices.’ Board approves more non-lethal weapons for UCLA police after Gaza war protests [IsraelTimes] UC official says gear to be used only in ‘life-threatening circumstances’ while student group accuses university of ‘prioritizing funding for military equipment’ As Columbia reopens, fresh protests put Jewish students on edge from Day 1 [IsraelTimes] Anti-Israel activity is alive and well in Morningside Heights, where some already report feeling uncomfortable as last year’s turmoil shows signs of rearing its head again Pro-Palestinian legal groups sue U of Maryland over blanket ban on October 7 events [IsraelTimes] Citing First Amendment violations, CAIR and Palestine Legal go to bat with UMD after campus officials quash anti-Israel groups’ plan for a ‘joint vigil’ on Hamas attack anniversary Georgetown University To Host Convicted PFLP Terrorist, Hamas Sympathizers, And Oct. 7 Apologists at Qatar Conference [WashingtonFreeBeacon] Dozens of speakers at the Doha event are anti-Israel advocates. The speakers at the "Reimagining Palestine" event will discuss the "ideological shifts" of Zionism, "art as resistance," and "anti-colonial struggles," and will engage in "dialogue that challenges the status quo," according to the Doha event’s website. Among the nearly 70 scholars is Shawan Jabarin, a former senior member of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) and the general director of the Al-Haq organization, an Israeli-designated terrorist group. Another, Wadah Khanfar, was a local Hamas leader in Sudan. UC-Berkeley Law Prof Targeted As ‘Zionist McCarthyist’ Outside Of His Antisemitism Course [TaxProf] About 20 UC Berkeley students entering law professor Steven Davidoff Solomon’s class on Sept. 9 were greeted with a surprising piece of reading material: flyers calling Solomon a “carreer [sic] sabotager.” The flyers featured a close-up photo of Solomon, who is Jewish, and a notice of “warning” in all-caps, as well as a yellow triangle with a black exclamation mark. Students were arriving for Solomon’s “Antisemitism and the Law,” an undergraduate class that covers the history of the law as both a “vehicle for institutionalizing antisemitism” and “for combatting” it, according to a course description. The class includes lessons on historical topics such as the prosecution of Alfred Dreyfus and the lynching of Leo Frank. |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #1 You just know what's going to happen on Oct 7. If the administrators are not preparing for it, you know they are either incompetent and/or in on it. In that case, state universities should see their governors step in and remove said administrators. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2024-09-22 13:02 |