Rewarding anti-Israel radicalism at San Francisco State University The Middle East Studies Association’s award to a terror-promoting academic says everything you need to know about the organization. Richard L. Cravatts Jan. 25, 2023
California professor with history of pro-terrorism comments honored The Middle East Studies Association gives Rabab Abdulhadi its Annual Service Award. Andrew Jose Jan. 22, 2023
Under legal action threat, San Francisco State University fills mandated Jewish student life coordinator position The role, mandated under the terms of a settlement agreement, is needed to protect Jewish students on campus, says a Jewish legal advocacy organization. Aug. 19, 2022
‘Axios’ under fire for calling convicted terrorist Leila Khaled a ‘Palestinian activist’ “There is a word for someone who has ‘taken part’ in two plane hijackings. That word is not ‘activist,’ ” tweets American Jewish Committee. Aaron Bandler Dec. 20, 2020
SFSU student government passes BDS resolution “This resolution has had a real and negative impact on our students’ wellness and experience of their campus,” said San Francisco Hillel executive director Rachel Nilson Ralston. Nov. 19, 2020
Terrorists have no place on big-tech platforms Anti-Semites use the Leila Khaled precedent to try to justify silencing Jews on the Internet. But there’s a difference between aiding criminals and censoring opinions. Jonathan S. Tobin Sept. 24, 2020
After Zoom deplatforms Leila Khaled event, Facebook and YouTube follow suit 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.” Jackson Richman Sept. 23, 2020
Zoom cancels San Francisco State ethnicities department event with Leila Khaled 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. Sept. 22, 2020
Nearly 90 groups question university over Sept. 23 event with Palestinian terrorist “[D]oes academic freedom protect faculty who intentionally use their classrooms not to educate their students, but to indoctrinate them with propaganda consistent with their own political causes?” Sept. 18, 2020
