Hat tip End #Jew Hatred, Liberate Art, and Paul
| “Zoom is committed to supporting the open exchange of ideas and conversations, subject to certain limitations contained in our Terms of Service, including those related to user compliance with applicable U.S. export control, sanctions, and anti-terrorism laws. In light of the speaker’s reported affiliation or membership in a U.S. 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.” |
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San Francisco State University "professor" Rabab Abdulhadi must really be seething today. She had a planned Zoom webinar for September 23 featuring former skyjacker Leila Khaled, a darling of terrorist supporters everywhere. (She now resides in Jordan.) That set off a wave of protests asking SFSU and its lefty president, Lynn Mahoney, how that institution could tolerate having Khaled address its students. Maknoey, for her part, had prepared a response about free speech and how a university must allow even speech it disagrees with. (Except SWSU, at least Abdulhadi, fervently agrees with the position of Khaled.) SFSU, under Mahoney and her predecessor, Les Wong, have always protected Abdulhadi and her followers in the General Union of Palestine Students.
Yesterday, in response to numerous complaints, including from a Republican congressman from Colorado, Doug Lamborn, Zoom decided that giving a platform to an unrepentant terrorist was going too far and pulled out. The below press release was sent out by Liberate Art, one of the groups protesting Khaled's appearance.
September 22, 2020
Contact: Lana Melman, CEO, Liberate Art inc.
Email: bookings@lanamelman.com
Thanks to the work of #EndJewHatred and the vocal opposition by dozens of other groups and individuals – the Zoom Corporation has agreed to de-platform Leila Khaled, a leader in the terrorist organization the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PLFP).
Khaled participated in two attempted plane hijackings, including TWA flight #840 in 1969, and has refused to renounced violence as a means of social change. Yet, she was invited to speak to students at San Francisco State University on Zoom’s platform.
The announcement was made just minutes ago at a protest rally organized by #EndJewHatred in front of Zoom headquarters in San Jose, California.
Zoom’s official response to our demands:
“Zoom is committed to supporting the open exchange of ideas and conversations, subject to certain limitations contained in our Terms of Service, including those related to user compliance with applicable U.S. export control, sanctions, and anti-terrorism laws. In light of the speaker’s reported affiliation or membership in a U.S. 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.”
Liberate Art, Inc. was among a group of organizations hosting the rally including Institute for Black Solidarity with Israel, Yad Yamin, Herut North America, The Lawfare Project, Almost Jewish, Shield of David, and Club Z.
The group is calling off a request for a Zoom blackout tomorrow, September 23, and expresses deep appreciation for Zoom's decision to recognize our rightful objections.
The success of this effort is proof that there is power in numbers. The work to #EndJewHatred has just begun. |
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Lana Melman, CEO Liberate Art, Inc.
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Update: This is still breaking, but I am informed that YouTube had agreed to put on the Webinar with Khaled, but has now reversed that decision due to a flood of protests that they were, in fact, hosting an unrepentant terrorist. Stay tuned.
Update: I am informed that YouTube pulled the plug on the Webinar 23 minutes after it started and before Khaled spoke live. Here is the latest report on this mess from the student newspaper of SFSU, Golden Gate Express. It was prior to the entrance of YouTube into the story. I added my comment in the reader thread.
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