Campus Antisemitism
“Simply put, there are no values advanced by giving her a forum to express her hateful and false views,” wrote the American Jewish Committee.
The Oct. 6-8 event was titled “Boycott & Safe Protesting 101.”
“At a time when all nations are working to combat the scourge of terrorism, this ‘pay to slay’ policy does nothing but incentivize and encourage terror,” wrote Neal Sher, former head of the federal Nazi-hunting Office of Special Investigations.
“There are incidents of vandalism on campus, with mezuzahs being ripped off of students’ doors in residence halls, and swastikas defacing property,” according to a letter of concern.
It requires the university to “take appropriate action to address and ameliorate discrimination and harassment based on shared ancestry and ethnic characteristics, including anti-Semitism.”
Executive director David Brog said building bridges has become even more important as “the issue of racial justice has dominated our streets and evening news throughout the summer” and will “almost certainly dominate campus politics this fall.”
President Lee Bollinger reiterated his opposition to the move.
StandWithUs warned that “Elayan’s online posts present an obsession with conveying hatred for Jews, relaying anti-Semitic tropes and posturing about a desire to harm Jews physically.”
Illini Chabad said the “resolution was written purely to back Jewish students in a corner. Jewish students should never have to choose between standing up for social and racial justice while also having to shed their Jewish identity and their connection to the Jewish homeland to do so.”
In response, San Francisco State University Professor Rabab Abdulhadi posted on social media: “We are not accepting Zoom’s caving in to Zionist and racist pressures. SFSU has an obligation to protect our classes.”
The Lawfare Project warned that by permitting a documented terrorist to use its platform to communicate directly to U.S. college students, Zoom could possibly violate federal law.
It alleges Israel-based Elbit Systems supplies “surveillance technology for the separation wall in the occupied West Bank, a wall the International Court of Justice has called a violation of human rights.”
