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Posters found on campus linked to conservative activist group

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Posters found on SF State campus, Friday, were claimed to be the work of the David Horowitz Freedom Center.

The David Horowitz Freedom Center, a conservative activist group, took responsibility for posting fliers around the SF State campus on Friday that depicted a professor as a terrorist sympathizer, according to a press release issued by the center.  

 

“Our goal in placing these posters on prominent campuses across America is to expose the true motivations and allegiances of these groups who have chosen to join forces with terrorists, to challenge their lies and to expose the financial and organizational supports which allow them to pursue their genocidal agenda,” David Horowitz said in the press release.

 

In a statement released on Friday, President Leslie E. Wong condemned the actions of those responsible for the posters, saying that “a line has been crossed.”

 

SF State has been the latest school in a string of California universities that have been targeted in the “Stop the Jew Hatred on Campus” poster campaign.  Other universities that were targeted were UC Berkeley, UCLA, San Diego State and UC Irvine.  

 

One of the posters depicts an illustration of Rabab Ibrahim Abdulhadi, an associate professor in the ethnic studies program, with the statement next to it, “a leader of the Hamas BDS campaign; collaborator with terrorists; San Francisco State professor.” BDS stands for the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement, which calls for an international effort to put economic pressure on Israel for its treatments of Palestinians.   

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[/media-credit] Posters found on SF State campus near the Cesar Chavez building, Friday, including one with depiction of associate professor in ethnic studies program.

 

“Flyers were posted by an outside extremist group in numerous locations, singling out one of our faculty members, our students and vandalizing our campus,”  Wong said.  “We know that this group is not affiliated with San Francisco State University.”

 

Wong continued, “we disagree on many issues, we must defend each other from personalized attacks that serve no purpose but to incite fear and promote division.”

 

According to an article released by frontpagemag.com – a website operated by the David Horowitz Freedom Center – “SF State has repeatedly enabled the most extreme actions of its General Union of Palestinian Students (GUPS).” The article described recent SF State events involving GUPS, such as an April protest of the Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat, which led the University to implement a five-step protocol, after heavy scrutiny according to an article released by the Golden Gate Xpress.  

 

SF State has been at the center of ongoing controversy involving Jewish and Palestinian relations, when a petition went out in September questioning the University’s partnership with An-Najah National University.

 

Let me be clear, this is not an issue of free speech; this is bullying behavior that is unacceptable and will not be tolerated on our campus,”  Wong said.  

 

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    Scott G.Oct 16, 2016 at 11:31 pm

    How is it not freedom of speech? Because it doesn’t support the liberal agenda that is being shoved down students throats at this school. I see flyers all the time talking about ending capitalism, and promoting socialism. I see kids walking around with Ernesto “Che” Guevara on their shirts, who hated America and wanted to kill us. That’s totally cool but anything that is the least bit conservative and whoa you have crossed the line. Total hypocrisy!

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    ArafatOct 16, 2016 at 8:26 am

    “…bullying behavior…”

    Evidently it is not bullying behavior when it targets tiny little Israel, but if it targets Palestinians – a people whose basic charter includes the annihilation of Israel then it is bullying behavior.

    Congratulations Wong, you win the Orwellian Medal of Upside-Down.

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    Johnny TranOct 15, 2016 at 11:34 am

    President Wong falls short of calling the allegations on the poster false. Why?

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