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Source: https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/george-mason-university-gaslights-jews/
Is George Mason University Scaling Back Protection for Jewish Students?
(Times of Israel) Bassem Eid - On Nov. 20, the George Mason University (GMU) Undergraduate Representative Body (URB) voted 14-2, with 4 abstentions, to redefine what anti-Jewish hatred is, in a significant scaling back of the protections available for Jewish students on campus. Imagine a student government announcing that cross-burnings and the KKK do not represent anti-Black racism. Imagine a student government declaring that LGBTQ+ students must put up with the Westboro Baptist Church demonstrating on their campus. This is what the URB has done to Jewish students at GMU. At GMU, the anti-Israel faction's leaders included sisters Jena and Noor Chanaa, who, according to police, led a group of vandals who spray-painted "student intifada" messages on campus buildings, causing thousands of dollars in property damage. A judge approved a warrant to search their home, and authorities found weapons, Hamas and Hizbullah flags, and signs reading "Death to America" and "Death to Jews." The same circles that have produced vandalism, explicit calls for violence, open celebration of the Oct. 7 massacre, and support for Hamas terrorism are the ones telling Jewish students they are "incorrect" about antisemitism - and the URB is listening. Those who voted for this resolution have aligned themselves with those who glorify Hamas's mass rape and slaughter of Jews, who possess "Death to Jews" signs and ISIS propaganda, and who seek to strip Jewish students of the protections GMU adopted to keep them safe. Allowing the people who chant "Death to Jews" to define antisemitism is not inclusion. It is not equity. It is not academic freedom. It is moral insanity. The writer is a Palestinian peace advocate, political analyst, and human rights pioneer who founded the Palestinian Human Rights Monitoring Group in 1996.