Terror-Supporting Students for Justice in Palestine at U. Arizona Canceled Rally Over Hurt Feelings From School President Statement
“Due to President Robbins’ inflammatory letter, we no longer feel safe holding our rally on campus today and have postponed it to a later date”
The president made it clear that the group doesn’t represent the school. That must have taken the wind out of their sails.
From the Daily Wildcat:
Student Palestine advocates cancel rally due to UA president’s comments
The University of Arizona chapter of Students for Justice in Palestine canceled its Oct. 12 demonstration after President Dr. Robert C. Robbins issued a statement separating the university from the values of the group.
“The national organization has made statements endorsing the actions of Hamas in Israel, which are, of course, antithetical to our university’s values,” Robbins said in an email sent out to students and staff the night before the scheduled event.
The national organization – National Students for Justice in Palestine – is affiliated with 250+ chapters of SJP clubs across North America. The club has sparked controversy since the Saturday, Oct. 7 bombing of a music festival in Israel by Hamas, followed by a declaration of war against Hamas by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
The National SJP posted on Instagram that same day to call the situation a “historic win for the Palestinian resistance” – a post that has since been taken down.
According to the Associated Press, “Hamas’ assault on Saturday killed more than 1,300 people in Israel, including 247 soldiers — a toll unseen in Israel for decades — and the ensuing Israeli bombardment has killed more than 1,400 people in Gaza, according to authorities on both sides.”
“This is what it means to Free Palestine: not just slogans and rallies, but armed confrontation with the oppressors,” the National SJP post said.
It is unclear what specific statement made by SJP that Robbins referred to in his statement, but his wariness is shared by Michigan Republican Congressman Tim Walberg, who led 43 colleagues in writing a letter to the U.S. Department of Education warning against SJP and its Oct. 12 National Day of Resistance.
“Organizations like the Students for Justice in Palestine have called for a National Day of Resistance this Thursday, October 12, with demonstrations occurring on college campuses that could result in the creation of a hostile environment for Jewish students and acts of harassment against them,” Walberg’s letter said.
The UA’s SJP chapter released a statement on Instagram in response to Robbins the morning of the scheduled protest, citing his email as the reason for canceling it.
“Due to President Robbins’ inflammatory letter, we no longer feel safe holding our rally on campus today and have postponed it to a later date,” the statement said.
Read the president’s statement here.
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“no longer feel safe.”
Such pussies, who cheer on unspeakable violence but are crushed by not receiving validation for their positions.
I feel there is nothing to fear from these children of privilege.
Unless you turn your back on them. Sucker punches are a big part of the coward’s arsenal.
No such thing in a fight. Either you win or lose or “there is no such thing as a fair fight”
The National Students for Justice in Palestine says it is affiliated with 250+ chapters in North America.
250 chapters now in north America. Think about that.
Technically, that includes Canada and Mexico. And if they really did specify “North America,” they did it because including those countries makes them look bigger.
“Due to President Robbins’ inflammatory letter, we no longer feel safe holding our rally on campus today”
Aw.
Good.
You shouldn’t feel safe. Now it’s your turn to see what that feels like.
I’m amazed this came out of U of A, which is the leftiest of the three state U’s; based in Tucson, the Los Angeles of Arizona.
“The club has sparked controversy since the Saturday, Oct. 7 bombing of a music festival in Israel by Hamas, followed by a declaration of war against Hamas by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.”
Bombing of a music festival? I don’t remember that happening.
I remember an invasion of Israel by terrorists who shot, tortured, beheaded and raped to death over 1400 Jews including at a music festival.
Maybe “bombing” sounded more…um…humane?
Gee, I wonder which side of this issue the Daily Wildcat falls on?
I also love the part where they quote at least two egregious statements by the SJP and then immediately say “It is unclear what specific statement made by SJP that Robbins referred to in his statement”
Umm, maybe the ones you just quoted perhaps? I’d bet there are more too that you didn’t quote.
And finally: “Due to President Robbins’ inflammatory letter, we no longer feel safe holding our rally on campus today”
Good. Supporters of terrorists should never feel safe on any day. More of this please.
Yeah, I don’t remember any reports of bombs just the use of auto weapons to gun down people in a massacre
we no longer feel safe holding our rally on campus today
Good. Just maybe it will cause some of your constituents to re-examine their beliefs.
Higher Education = Brain Rot
Bigoted brainwashing
Well if this is all it took, then it should be done more often!
I’m going out on a limb here but I think “not feel safe” means “not feel safe that my supporting terrorists will not cost me a job” like that ditz up in NYC.
Revolutionaries are not what they used to be and shows these young adults are just larping to be cool