An-Najah
National University’s partnership with San Francisco State University has been
documented in depth by Cinnamon Stillwell who writeths for Campus Watch amongst
many others. Stillwell has extensively documented that this partnership began
with a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) in 2014. This document’s architect was
SFSU professor Rabab Abdulhadi.
As
recently as 2018, the NGO-Monitor
noted that an event to honor convicted terrorists was organized by UNESCO’s
Chair for Democracy and Human Rights at An An-Najah National University, in
cooperation with Palestinian National Liberation
Movement, Fatah. This even honored 61 prisoners who completed ONE course.
Amongst these prisoners were:
- Yasser Abu Bakr –
Responsible for a 2002 terror attack in Netanya in which two Israeli
civilians were murdered, including a 9-month-old girl. In 2004, Abu Bakr
was sentenced to 115 years in prison.
- Nasser Awiss – Responsible for the murder of at
least 14 Israeli civilians, in at least 4 terror attacks. In May 2003, he
was sentenced to 14 life sentences.
- Izaddin Hamamra –
Convicted in 2004 of recruiting suicide bombers for two bombings in
Jerusalem, in which 19 Israelis civilians were murdered. Hamamra’s cell
also planned bus hijackings.
- Khaled
el-Karam – A law student at An-Najah. According to Palestinian
media, he was arrested in May 2017 and sentenced to 15 months in
prison by an Israeli military court. He
also delivered remarks at the 2018 ceremony.
It must be noted that UNESCO has a position at
a An Najah University for Democracy and Human Rights that promotes the
extermination of Jews “from the river to the sea.” How UNESCO can have such a
position at a University that promotes the ideal of genocide of the Jewish
nation of Israel is beyond comprehension. UNESCO attempted to distance itself
by claiming it does not finance the chairs it “sponsors.”
SFSU knowing of this continual promotion of
terrorist acts through the honoring of convicted terrorists by their “partner”
has not only continued the partnership, it promotes the ideal of “from the
river to the sea” by hosting a convicted terrorist on their April 22, 2021 Zoom
session. That terrorist, Leila
Khaled, is a veteran member of the Popular Front for the Liberation of
Palestine (PFLP), a US designated terrorist entity that has MURDERED AMERICANS.
According to the Jewish News of Northern California, “Khaled, one of the PFLP's most
notorious faces, was the first woman to hijack a plane, once in 1969 and again
in 1970. She was later freed from custody as part of a prisoner swap between
the United Kingdom and the terror group.”
This was not the
first attempt by SFSU at providing a platform for a KNOWN terrorist to speak to
highly influential young men and women. This was their SECOND ATTEMPT! It was
also the second time because the Lawfare Project again informed Zoom that they
would be violating Federal law if they allowed the broadcast. Zoom NOT SFSU halted
the promotion of terrorist propaganda to young influential minds!
As recently as
November of 2020, the US Education Department was investigating whether SFSU broke
federal rules when they attempted to host an event with Popular Front for the
Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) terrorist Leila Khaled in September of 2020. An event that was only cancelled
because the Lawfare Project contacted Zoom and informed them who Leila Khaled
was!
The NY
Post wrote in September of 2020 that:
the Lawfare Project, which argued that
Zoom could face legal liability for hosting it because the US has labeled
Khaled’s group a terrorist organization. The California-based company
determined the event violated its terms of service for that very reason.
“In light of the speaker’s reported affiliation or membership in
a US designated foreign terrorist organization, and SFSU’s inability to confirm
otherwise, we determined the meeting is in violation of Zoom’s Terms of Service
and told SFSU they may not use Zoom for this particular event,” a Zoom
spokesperson said in a statement, adding that the firm is “committed to
supporting the open exchange of ideas and conversations.”
On top of this, Truth
Revolt documented through information obtained throught FOIAs, that SFSU
professors Rabab Abdulhadi and
Joanne Barker, along with Abdulhadi's husband, met with terrorists Leila
Khaled and Sheikh Raed Salah during the "Labor Delegation to
Palestine 2014" which began on January 5th, 2014 and concluded on February
14th, 2014.
Sheikh Raed Salah,
the second person deemed important enough for the two professors to meet with,
has repeatedly earned his way into a prison cell for encouraging violence
against Jews and praising those who attack Israeli citizens. His latest sentence
began
this past August.
UC Merced and
SFSU deserve letters of disgust, including requests to the federal and state
governments for denials of financing these universities for attempting to
provide a platform to known terrorists.
A list of SFSU’s
Board of Trustees can be found here.
UC Merced’s Board
of Trustees can be found here.
But there are
those whose work and stands who stops this event from happening that deserves
letters of praise for standing up for ALL AMERICANS and against the endorsement
of terrorism! Amongst them are members of the Lawfare Project, and two members
of Congress who should be praised for keeping their oath to protect America
from “enemies foreign and domestic.”
According to Algemeiner,
Rep. Doug Lamborn (R-CO)also had attempted to get the leaders of UC Merced and
San Francisco State University to cancel the Zoom session that was the
equivalent of promoting terrorist propaganda. Please send kind words his way as
well.
