SANTA CRUZ, California (Press Release) – AMCHA Initiative, Scholars for Peace in the Middle East, the Simon Wiesenthal Center and the Zionist Organization of America, on Wednesday, March 26, wrote to San Francisco State University (SFSU) President Leslie Wong urging him to investigate a recent event held by SFSU Professor Rabab Abdulhadi where she and others glorified and condoned terrorism to SFSU students. AMCHA Initiative coordinated the letter after obtaining an audiotape of the March 6 event. According to eye-witness accounts, Jewish students were in tears following the meeting.
Incitement and intimidation on campus is unacceptable. Follow the link to read more about Professor Abdulhadi event at SFSU.
In November 2013, GUPS hosted an event at which students were encouraged to use certain stencils in order to make signs. One stencil bore the image of a well-known terrorist. Another stencil contained the message, “MY HEROES HAVE ALWAYS KILLED COLONIZERS” – plainly a reference to the killing of Jews because GUPS considers that Jews living in Israel, Judea and Samaria are colonizers who stole Arab land.
In addition, Mohammad Hammad, the president of GUPS, posted several messages on Tumblr which reflected his desire to murder Jews, Israelis, and supporters of Israel. He posted a photo on his Tumblr page, in which he is holding a knife with its sharp blade in the air. In a caption to the photo, Hammad openly threatened murder:
“I seriously can not get over how much I love this blade. It is the sharpest thing I own and cuts through everything like butter and just holding it makes me want to stab an Israeli soldier.”
For the full press release, follow the link.