George Mason University (GMU), in Fairfax, Virginia, has reinstated the campus chapter of Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP). The College Fix has the details here.
And why was SJP suspended in the first place? Last year, police found weapons and "death to America" and "death to Jews" signs in the home of two of SJP's GMU leaders, sisters Jena Chanaa and Noor Chanaa. While I applaud the growing number of universities that are suspending their SJP chapters, I have argued many times that this disruptive organization should be permanently banned from every campus. They are, indeed, anti-Jewish, even though they have a few oddball Jews as members. Their tactics are straight out of the playbook of the Nazi Storm Troopers. They disrupt, bully, and intimidate rather than engage in meaningful, respectful, and civilized debate, which is supposed to be a hallmark of our universities. Alas, but that is a distant memory.
So now GMU will await the next disruption caused by SJP on their campus. How many times must a university suspend SJP before it wakes up and realizes that this organization has no place on any campus?
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