In 2014, University of Minnesota graduate student representative Damien Carriere said that Students Supporting Israel was similar to the Klan. He also called “Christian Crusaders for Christ a hate group because it ‘is named after a bloody and inherently […]
In 2015, Connecticut College professor Andrew Pessin called Hamas a “rabid pit bull”, which lead to a campaign by students and faculty to denounce Pessin. Some said he was criticizing all Palestinians, and nearly 500 students, faculty, and staff […]
Recently, Columbia University hosted Danny Danon, Israel’s Ambassador to the United Nations and a Trump supporter. Students disrupted the event with Danon, yelling obscenities at Danon and shouting anti-Israel, pro-BDS statements.
Source: http://www.jewishpress.com/news/breaking-news/bds-agitators-disrupt-speech-by-un-envoy-danny-danon-at-columbia-university/2017/02/14/
In 2016, Students for Justice in Palestine at the University of Maryland staged a ‘die-in’ during an annual pro-Israel event on campus. According to Campus Reform, “Roughly 20 SJP sign-carrying students began the protest with pro-Palestinian chants such as ‘Viva […]
In 2016, Students Supporting Israel faced anti-Semitic slogans from members of the Muslim student group on campus as well as Students for Justice in Palestine over their showing of a movie about Israel and their hosting two members of the […]
In 2016, members of several student groups at Kent State including Students for Justice in Palestine and the Muslim Student Association tried, but failed, to get a tribute to former Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir removed from campus. According […]
In 2016, the Graduate Student Association at UCLA passed a resolution claiming that opponents of Palestine were Islamophobic. As one example of Islamophobia, the Association noted its own president had shared an article about SJP members harassing pro-Israel students. […]
In 2014, members of Students for Justice in Palestine blocked a table at Loyola University-Chicago which was advertising Birthright Israel, a trip for Jewish students to visit Israel. SJP blocked the table and started insulting members of Hillel, a […]
In 2015, the judicial board at UCLA sought to add members to its board. Fabienne Roth, a member of the Undegraduate Students’ Association Council, however, did not want a Jewish student on the judicial board, asking Rachel Beyda, “Given […]
Recently, after President Trump released his controversial executive order on refugees, students at UC-Irvine hosted a rally to oppose the executive order. While the event was originally supposed to be about the perceived Islamophobia in his order, as well […]
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