Germany: Bavarian Courts Rule on "From the River to the Sea....."

There is an interesting debate going on within legal circles in Germany as to whether the slogan, "From the river to the sea", regularly used during anti-Israel protests, should be declared illegal on the grounds that it advocates the destruction of the Jewish state of Israel. Two district courts in Bavaria have ruled in two separate cases that it should be punishable under law, the same as pro-Nazi expressions are illegal in Germany. 

The below article by Frederik Schindler in WELT is translated by Fousesquawk. I will be writing about this question in more detail in the very near future.

Israel-hate

"The Hamas slogan is treated no differently under criminal law than the Hitler salute, for example".

By Frederik Schindler

Political editor

Posted 13:27 (November 29, 2024)

The first two court decisions that classify the slogan, "From the river to the sea," as a symbol of the Hamas terrorists are legally binding. The judiciary in Bavaria declares that their "clear position"  on this issue" is having an effect. The criminal liability of the slogan is controversial.

It is the most well-known slogan that has been used for decades by anti-Israel activists. "From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free“. In this slogan, there is no more room for the state of Israel, which, in addition to the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, extends over 78% of the territory between Jordan and the Mediterranean.  Now the first two court decisions have become legally in force, in which the use of the slogan is punishable.

This regards two criminal rulings from district courts in Sonthofen and Fuerstenfeldbruck. Both are available to Welt am Sonntag. It regards postings on the X platform from November of last year. A few weeks after the terror attacks by Hamas on Israel, an (X) user used this slogan on November 3. Ten days later, another posted: "No, never recognition of a genocidal state like Israel. From the river to the sea, no Israel territory!"

The State Prosecutor's offices in Kempten and Munich see this as the use of symbols of anti-Constitution and terrorist organizations, punishable under Paragraph 86a of the Criminal Code-and applied to the district court to issue an order of punishment (sentence). In the first case, it was 4,200 euros to be paid- 60 euros a day for 70 days. In the second case, it was 5,400 euros, equivalent to 60 euros a day for 90 days. Since no objection was filed, these became legally binding in mid-July and the beginning of October. Otherwise, the penalty order would have been in an indictment in a principal court hearing. 

"They knew, or at least accepted that it was the expression of a slogan of Hamas," the District Court of Sonthofen found in its decision in the penalty order. In Fuerstenfeldbruck, the document reads: "The expression symbolizes in a catchy (phrase) the proclaimed goal in the Hamas Charter that Israel should be fully incorporated into a Palestinian state. This goal assumes the logical destruction of the state of Israel."

The Commissioner for Anti-Semitism in the Bavarian judiciary, senior public prosecutor Andreas Franck, assesses the (sentences) positively: "Our clear position on this issue is showing an effect. There have hardly been any cases in public space in Bavaria where the Hamas slogan has been reported."

Criminal penalty for the slogan is controversial

On November 2, 2023, the Federal Interior Ministry banned Hamas. A portion of the decree is the ban on using their symbols publicly. The slogan, "From the river to the sea" is also named. Since 2017, it stands in the charter of the Islamist terror organization, where it states: "Hamas rejects any alternative to the complete and unrestricted liberation of Palestine from the river to the sea." However, it was already used by the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) in the 1960s, so it is clearly older than the 1987-founded Hamas. On the contrary, the 1977 election platform of the current Premier, Benjamin Netanyahu, states: "Between the (Mediterranean) sea and the Jordan (river), there will only be Israeli sovereignty."

The criminal liability of the slogan is controversial. Some activists point out its ambiguity and stress that they are demanding not the eradication of Israel or Jewish life, rather the "liberation of Palestine from Israeli occupation"- or a secular and democratic state, in which Jews and Palestinians could live equally. Other courts have interpreted the expression as covered under freedom of expression.

In March of this year, the Hessian Administrative Court threw out the demonstration requirements of the city of Frankfurt, with which it wanted to ban the slogan. The court stated that criminal liability was "extremely doubtful". The main principle says nothing about how the goal of  "a free Palestine, including the territory of Israel," should be reached- for example, either through armed struggle or treaties under international law. There are no visible concrete indications that the use (of the slogan) must be understood as a mandatory call to violence and terror. The Bavarian Administrative Court decided in June that the city of Munich could not ban the slogan from demonstrations across the board if there was no "recognizable reference to Hamas".

The Federal Administrative Court has not yet dealt with it. In addition, there is not yet a Supreme Court decision in existence in criminal law. In November of this year, for the first time, a state court classified the slogan as a terrorist organization symbol. A Berlin superior court based this on case law of the Federal Court of Justice (BGH) in which it is stated that a symbol does not have to be used exclusively by a terrorist organization and when it is founded to be counted as such a symbol. It is sufficient that Hamas, "through its constant use of the slogan, makes it its own". Since an appeal against the verdict has been filed the BGH must now handle it.

In its case law, the Federal Court of Justice consistently describes freedom of expression as "absolutely established in free and democratic order". It is a violation against the fundamental right of freedom of expression, it stated in an earlier decision in 1995, if  a court, in the case of ambiguous statements, "relies on the meaning that leads to conviction without first having excluded the other possible meanings with conclusive reasons."

Constitutional law professor Anna-Katharina Mangold, who teaches at the University of Flensburg, says, "The possible interpretation of the slogan as a mere demand for democracy and equality must be accepted as a legal basis, when in a specific case, it is not completely implausible". It is "really regrettable that the Bavarian district courts did not consider the Karlsruhe* case law."

* Karlsruhe is the seat of the Federal Supreme Court in Germany (translator).

Justice Anti-Semitism Commissioner Franck is of a different opinion. The leeway for the slogan,"From the river to the sea", in light of freedom of expression, is significantly narrowing.  "The Hamas slogan is treated no differently under criminal law than the Hitler salute, for example. It takes very special circumstances, for one or the other, to go unpunished,"  

Political Editor Frederik Schindler reports for WELT on the AfD (Alternatif fuer Deutschland party), Islamism, anti-Semitism, and Justice themes. His column "Counter Speech" appears biweekly.

Switzerland: Asylum-Seeker Desecrates the Black Madonna of Einsiedeln

The Black Madonna of Einsiedeln

On November 16, a 17-year-old Afghan asylum-seeker walked into the monastery chapel of the Swiss town of Einsiedeln, and in front of astonished visitors, tore the clothing off of the much-venerated Black Madonna, which had been placed there in the 15th century, removed the crown, and put it on his own head before police arrived to take him into custody.

The below article from Bote (Switzerland) is translated from German by Fousesquawk.

Confused teenager undresses the Black Madonna

A sad incident in the monastery in Einsiedeln. A deranged 17-year-old caused damage to the Black Madonna. Before the eyes of the shocked pilgrims, he tore the clothing from the image of grace.

November 16, 2024 at 18:32

At noon Saturday, at the Chapel of Grace in the Einsiedeln Monastery, a disturbing incident occurred that will be talked about for a long time. In the evening, the Einsiedeln Monstery announced: "In the presence of many praying pilgrims, a confused person forcibly removed the clothing of the Black Madonna". According to information from TeleZur, the 17-year-old asylum-seeker from Afghanistan also set the crown of the Black Madonna on his head.

The much-venerated image of grace from the 15th century, which is visited annually by hundreds of thousands of pilgrims, suffered light damage."We are thankful that more did not occur, and above all, nobody was injured," said the Einsiedeln Monastery. And further," We are deeply sorry about this incident and are thinking of the many people present whose religious feelings were hurt. Our prayers and thoughts are with them, as with also the person taken into custody." As possible crimes, among others, there is disruption of religious freedom and property damage. 

The motive of the 17-year-old is presently under police investigation. The Schwyzer (canton) police spokesperson Roman Gisler: "The person was taken to a medical institute." The monastery thanks the police officers who quickly arrived on the scene, as well as the monastery stewards for their "courageous and judicious intervention."

Finally, the message from the Monastery leadership said, "In our efforts to make the Einsiedeln Monastery a place of peace and reconciliation, we use this event as an opportunity for prayer. In this sense, the Rosary prayer on Sunday evening, 17 November at 18:15 will be specially designed."

The importance of the Black Madonna

The Black Madonna of Einsiedeln has for centuries, been an important destination for pilgrims from all over the world. She is visited annually by several hundred thousands of pilgrims. In the Chapel of Mercy, the pilgrims bring their diverse concerns. The 117-centimeter-high Madonna with the child in her left arm, came to the chapel in 1466. In accordance with the declaration of the monastery, the Jesus-child is naked. The Mother of God figure wears a strawberry red imitation damast fabric dress held by a belt under the breast and falls down in bright folds. The monastery fire of 1465, which broke out in the Holy Chapel, destroyed the old Madonna. Whether the image of a new image of mercy was commissioned or a statue already in the monastery was used is uncertain.

DOJ Orders DEA to Halt Airport Searches

 This article first appeared in New English Review.

This week, the Department of Justice ordered the head of the Drug Enforcement Administration, Anne Milgram, to discontinue a controversial enforcement program that had come under renewed scrutiny after a video surfaced of DEA agents attempting to obtain a consensual search of a traveler’s luggage at Cincinnati Airport.

As a retired DEA agent, I had some experience with this practice, which has been going on for many years. I retired from DEA in 1995, which gives you an idea how long the practice has been in effect. Some aspects may have changed over the years, but since it has come under scrutiny since the Cincinnati incident, I thought I would share my own personal knowledge.

Since drugs and the cash proceeds from drug trafficking are often transported through airports, train stations, and bus terminals, some DEA agents and task force officers have been trained to interdict the drugs and cash through approaches to certain travelers who raise suspicions.  The agents would approach the person in question, identify themselves, and ask for permission to search their luggage or person.

There are certain indicators that might raise the suspicion of a trained investigator. One that was reported in the Cincinnati case was the fact that the person in question had purchased his ticket shortly before departure. There are others that also pertain to the circumstances of the person’s travel and/or  behavior. Already, the reader might be thinking: ”profile”.  That is a tricky term and can quickly lead to charges of racial profiling, which by law, is not allowed, yet critics of the program have often made that accusation. On the contrary, it is the actions of the person in question that count, not their ethnicity.

Since I was also a US Customs agent prior to joining DEA in 1973, I would also like to point out that Customs agents and inspectors have what we call Customs search authority. That means that Customs personnel have the right to search any and all items entering the US from other countries. That right also extends to items suspected by Customs personnel to have crossed the border. Customs search authority also means that items that have entered the country can be searched at ports of entry or anywhere else. That authority does not extend to other law enforcement agencies.

Returning to the actions of DEA agents at US airports involving domestic flights, that means that DEA agents must obtain consent to search a traveler’s luggage or person. If consent is not granted, the agents only recourse is to obtain a search warrant based on probable cause that the person is carrying drugs or drug money. To develop that probable cause during an encounter requires specialized training that not all DEA agents have-or least had in my day. No consent, no probable cause, it’s “Have a nice day, Sir. Sorry to bother you.” If the agents decide they have probable cause to seek a search warrant, the traveler is free to leave but the luggage stays until the search warrant is signed or denied. As was shown in the Cincinnati video, a positive reaction by a detector dog adds to probable cause.

It is also true that money that has been seized can be subject to civil administrative forfeiture. The person from whom the money is seized has the right to petition for its return, but it is his or her own burden to prove the money was not proceeds or instruments of drug traffic. In practice, many of those truly involved in the drug trade choose not to petition for return of the money for obvious reasons. There is also a procedure for criminal forfeiture in cases where people are actually charged with drug trafficking, and in these cases, the standard of proof is greater as opposed to civil procedures. In civil forfeitures, an arrest and/or conviction is not necessary.

To be honest, I was never comfortable on the handful of occasions I participated in this kind of enforcement action although on occasion, I was present when drugs or money were found. While I did not receive the requisite training, I always accompanied an agent or agents who did.

Through the retired agents’ grapevine, I have seen mixed reactions to this decision. Some say it should have been abandoned a long time ago. Others point out that it was Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco, a liberal activist, who issued the order, and predicted that when President Trump returns to office, it will be resumed. After all, the practice has been challenged in the courts and (when conducted properly and with probable cause) has been upheld.

I myself have mixed reactions. Conducted properly, it was legal.  I always felt that this was a program that required the highest degree of professionalism and skill. One bad incident and we risked losing the authority altogether. While I am not judging the Cincinnati incident, it seems to reinforce the knowledge we always possessed that if you abuse a power, you will lose that power.

And let’s be honest: No matter how diplomatically an agent conducts himself/herself, any innocent traveler who experiences this will leave with a bad taste in their mouth. At any rate, considering the publicity this case has caused, I wanted to present as accurate a picture of the practice as I could given the fact that I am now three decades removed from being in drug law enforcement. This enforcement practice has led to countless seizures of drugs and money linked to the drug traffic, but all it takes is one unfortunate encounter to put it at risk of being shut down.

 

 

 

Hamas Takes Over Sarah Lawrence College

Hat tip Eyal Yakoby and College Professors United for Jews and Israel.

Another campus taken over by the Hamas-supporting mob. This time, Sarah Lawrence College in New York, where a building has been occupied by Students for Justice in Palestine brownshirts, pro-Hamas pamphlets are being handed out featuring the image of Yahyah Sinwar, and celebrating the October 7 massacres.

All this while the administrators of Sarah Lawrence wring their hands figuring out what to do next.

It is shameful.

Legal Insurrection has all you need to know with a link to Minding the Campus . From College Professors United for Jews and Israel, there is a Facebook page (Eyal Yakoby) showing the Sinwar pamphlets.

And look what is heading the current issue of the campus newspaper opinion page.

Sarah Lawrence is a private liberal arts college in Yonkers, NYC. Yet, to the extent that the federal or state of New York governments are providing funding or grants to this school, they should be ceased immediately. I would also encourage sensible students and their families who pay the tuition to seek out a more suitable institution to pursue a college education.

Italy: Riots in Milan (Video)

 Yesterday, we reported on rioting in Milan after a 19-year-old Egyptian was killed when the motor scooter he was riding crashed during a police pursuit over the weekend. Riots in the crime-ridden Corvetto quarter of Milan, largely inhabited by immigrants, ensued.  Above is a video from RAI news which we have subtitled into English. Hat tip to Vlad Tepes and Gates of Vienna for the subtitling. Translation by Fousesquawk and HeHa. 

Italy: Riots in Milan

-RAI

On Saturday evening, a young Egyptian man (19) was killed when the scooter he was riding on during a police chase crashed into a wall in Milan. The operator of the scooter, a young Tunisian man (22), was also injured. According to police, the two young men were seen riding the scooter in the wrong direction and refused to stop for the Carabinieri. That's when the fatal chase ensued.

Subsequent to the accident, young residents of the neighborhood of Corvetto took to the streets and have rioted for two nights.

-Il Giornale

Center: Ramy Elgaml

-Corriere della Sera

Other Italian news reports say both of the young men had police records and may have been involved in recent robberies in the area though this is not confirmed. Reportedly, a stolen chain and 1,000 euros in cash were recovered.

The below article from RAI News is translated by Fousesquawk. The video in the article is in the process of being translated with English subtitles.

Corvetto

Night of tension in Milan after the death of Ramy: Fires and charges. 21-year-old arrested.

The protests continue for the young man who died on a scooter in a street accident during the night between Saturday and Sunday during a chase by the Carabinieri.

A night of tension in Corvetto, a quarter on the periphery of Milan, where some 100 youths protested the death of Rami Elgaml (who) died on a scooter in a street accident during the night between Saturday and Sunday during a chase by the Carabinieri.

Since 22:30, there have been fires, vandalism, and throwing of bottles and fireworks at police, who responded with charges and tear gas. One of the participants, who were all very young, was a 21-year-old person from Montenegro, who, according to the police headquarters, is accused of "throwing fireworks and objects, and resisting a public official (police)." The young man, who participated in the protests along with dozens of boys, was taken to San Vittore (prison) pending (initial examination).

The protests follow those that occurred over two days in a nearby street artery.

According to the reconstruction of events by police headquarters, around 22:30, some 70 persons (later perhaps over 100), began to protest at the corner of via Cinquecento and via dei Panigarola, hurling insults at law enforcement personnel (who were) present from the afternoon (when some other moments of tension occurred with the emptying of fire extinguishers and throwing of bottles) and then more throwing of bottles and firecrackers.

The demonstrators, (residents) of the quarter, especially the young and very young of the second generation, displayed some banners bearing the phrases, "Truth for Ramy" and "Don't condemn the innocent". On via Omero, around 11:30, the throwing of fireworks continued, and the tension became so high that police threw tear gas, advancing to disperse those present, who, in the meantime, also set small fires on household items on the street. In particular, an ATM shelter and a Line 93 bus stopped on via Omero were vandalized.

For years, the Corvetto quarter has been a problematic area in the city for degradation, illegal construction, and the concentration of poverty, and there have been demonstrations against the police in the past.

Austria: Afghan Convicted of Triple Murder

Ebdullah A. in court

Heute (Austria)

Austrian media is reporting that a 27-year-old Afghan man has been convicted of stabbing three  women to death in Vienna on February 23, 2024 in an Asian "sex studio". The man is (partially) identified as Ebdullah A.. 

The stabber was arrested (video) in a park by police shortly after the act.

The court ruled, however, that the man was mentally ill and sentenced him to an indefinite term in a mental hospital for the criminally insane. He apparently will not be deported back to Afghanistan.

According to earlier reports in the media, the man stabbed the three women a total of 96 times nearly beheading two of them. He reportedly had just come out of a mosque for Friday prayers and also reportedly told police that prostitutes were "under the cloak of Satan," and that he had read in the Koran that he must go on a jihad.

Chalk up three more innocent victims on the altar of a government's misguided-insane actually- immigration and refugee policy.

The below article from Heute (Austria) is translated by Fousesquawk.

Killed three sex workers

Guilty! Triple murderer in Vienna convicted

The Afghan was convicted of murdering three women in a sex studio, however, he doesn't have to go to prison. Here are all the details.

From Newsdesk Heute

November 25, 2024 at 16:01

Caption: Here is the alleged killer being led into court.

The verdict is in! The 27-year-old refugee, Ebdullah A., will be committed to an institution for his brutal knife murder in an Asian (sex) studio in Vienna Brigittenau. The jurors found him guilty by an 8-0 vote of having committed the bloody crime. Seven of the eight found him legally incompetent. So he will be in a (hospital) for the criminally insane for an undetermined amount of time.

They followed the strong recommendation of the court (appointed) psychiatrist. In his 65-page expert report, he drew a dark prognosis for the 27-year-old. For the severely schizophrenic, there is assumed "a significant danger", (and) he remains in a religious delusion.

To Sex Studio after prayers

In court, Ebdullagh A. defended himself in a disturbing manner. Despite the heavy weight of the evidence, he did not admit his crimes. Instead, he blamed a lack of memory. He insisted that he did not come to Austria to commit these terrible crimes. "But I really can't remember anything," he claimed. He said he bought the knife for his kitchen though the refugee came to Vienna from Carinthia illegally with no fixed abode in the capital city. 

He only went to the sex studio after Friday prayers in a mosque because "voices ordered me to". He reportedly learned a lot through his "traumatic flight", and had "to get through a lot".  We reported that he really remembered nothing more" about the crime of February 23 that he was accused of. Only that afterward, "my hands were injured and my jacket was bloodstained". He surmised to the astonished judge that possibly his memory was erased by the taser when he was arrested.

Caption: Philipp Springer defended the Afghan in court.

"We are glad that the expert and the jurors recognized that this is a sick person. We pointed that out from the beginning," said defense attorney Philipp Springer after the trial. A return to Afghanistan for the convicted man is ruled out.

One Fine Evening in Canada

 

Trudeau fiddles while Montreal burns.

Latest update: Police arrested three rioters.

3!

"Good news, mein Fuehrer. We have arrested three Russians."

Sweden: Iraqi Teacher in Gothenburg Threatens Sweden and its Children (Additional Video)

 

Yesterday, we posted a video of an Iraqi woman in Sweden, a substitute teacher, who was fired from her school after Tiktok videos of herself surfaced in which she was talking about destroying Sweden. We have additional video material of the same woman speaking at a separate demonstration in which she tells Swedes to go to Hell, F-you, and wishes that Swedish children would suffer worse than Palestinian children are suffering. Many thanks to RAIR USA, Vlad Tepes, and Gates of Vienna for the subtitling. The translation is by Fousesquawk. Note that in this video there are two separate video clips we joined together. The first incident runs the first 25 seconds, and the second incident, which is the same incident we posted earlier, runs the second half of the video. You can tell that in the second video, the woman, who is identified as Tara Mohammed Saleh, is wearing a different-colored hijab.

Sweden: Teacher Fired for Threatening Posts on Tiktok

Threats directed at Sweden and the schoolchildren  by a substitute teacher

About two weeks ago, a secondary school in the Gothenburg area of Sweden fired a substitute teacher after one of her Tiktok videos showed her threatening to destroy Swedn including the children at her school.

Apparently, it was school pupils themselves who discovered that the unidentified teacher was making threats against Sweden and the school on her Tiktok account. The video showed the female teacher, wearing a hijab, saying she and others would return to their home country after destroying Sweden. She also said she wished that Swedish children and those Swedes who voted for the Sweden Democrat (SD) and Liberal (L) parties would suffer the same fate as Palestinians.

The below article from Expressen (Sweden) dated November 8 is translated by Fousesquawk. We are also in the process of translating a video clip of some of the teacher's comments that appeared in a Norwegian news source (Dokument.no) on November 18 (with Swedish subtitles).

Investigating threat against school in Gothenburg-Substitute fired after Tiktok posting

Published November 8 2024 at 12:59

Updated at 15:40

When pupils discovered that a substitute teacher posted on Tiktok with "strong threats" she was fired from the private school in Gothenburg.

The substitute was reported to the police, and on Friday, police were on the scene at the school.

"It's awfully nasty," says one parent.

On Monday of last week, a substitute teacher was fired from her job at Ebba Pettersson School in Gothenburg after pupils discovered the teacher's Tiktok account.

"To all of you who voted for the disgusting Swedish government, and especially SD (Sweden Democrat) and L (Liberal), I wish that your children and grandchildren suffer worse than the Palestinians," the substitute wrote among other things in a posting.

"It has come to our attention in the past weeks that the person has a Tiktok account where she expressed very strong views regarding Sweden's democracy and basic law. Even more, it was directed against a certain (ethnic) group of people," says principal Ulrika Kragner.

Threatened school

"After that, this person laid out a direct threat against Ebba Pettersson School," says Principal Ulrika Kragner.

On Friday, the principal considered the situation so threatening that she contacted the police. On  Friday a police patrol was at the scene.

"During the morning, there was a school in West Frölunda that notified us as to a possible unlawful threat. So we went there, and after talking with school administrators, we filed a report on unlawful threats. At this time there is no suspect in the case," says Jens Andersson, spokesperson for Police Region West.

School: "Serious threat directed at (ethnic) groups".

On Friday, guardians at the school received several messages from school administrators.

"Last week, a substitute teacher at the junior high school was terminated. The reason was that the teacher expressed several strong views on Tiktok. The teacher also directed serious threats against (ethnic) groups of people. This means that we have an increased security risk against our school with threats now also directed to the school," they write in one of these (messages) and add that they are (implementing) all security measures recommended by police.

One parent at the school says that there is great concern.

"This is disgusting, and we are in panic as parents. What kind of consequences are there for the school and how safe are our children? These are the questions I ask myself," says the parent.

The pupils and guardians who wanted were able to leave school earlier on Friday.

"There were many pupils who chose to do so. 80-90% had already gone home for lunch," says Ultika Kragner.

*Update: Here is the above referenced video clip. Translation by Fousesquawk. Thanks to Gates of Vienna and Vlad Tepes for subtitling.

*Update: There is more video to come. Samnytt has a video containing the above clip and a separate clip filmed at a different demonstration. We are presently working on adding English subtitles to that video as well. Samnytt identifies the woman as Tara Mohammed Saleh, a Kurd from Iraq.

Four Students Charged in Univ. of Rochester "Wanted Poster" Case

-CNN

Earlier this month, the University of Rochester awoke to find wanted posters all over campus walls referring to Jewish faculty who, according to the poster children, were guilty of supporting Israeli war crimes- or some such rot. The university condemned the action and launched an investigation. 

It appears the investigation is bearing fruit. Four persons are now facing felony charges, and a 5th is still considered a person of interest. The four students have pled not guilty.

Legal Insurrection has the report here. The names of the four students are included in a link from Rochester First.

It appears the campus newspaper, Campus Times, has yet to report this update. That is understandable if it is published weekly. I'll check for updates.

Standing up to Faculty for Justice in Palestine (FJP)

Subsequent to the horrific attacks by Hamas upon Jewish civilians in Israel on October 7, 2023, US campuses exploded in support, not of Israel, which has suffered the most hideous and catastrophic attack upon the Jewish people since the Holocaust, but in support of Hamas. Naturally, Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP), a despicable, anti-Semitic organization, which for years, has engaged in tactics of disruption, bullying, and intimidation on college campuses in the name of  attacking the Jewish state of  Israel.

As SJP took the lead in setting up obnoxious encampments on university campuses across the nation this year, at last, several university administrators got up off their duffs and called in the police to break them up and restore order and safety, especially for Jewish students. 

During all this mess that we observed here in the US earlier this year, a bunch of university professors across the nation established campus chapters of Faculty for Justice in Palestine (FJP) to support SJP and pressure their schools to join the BDS movement against Israel (Boycott, Divest, and Sanction) including boycotts of Israel universities and the cutting off of joint projects and exchanges with Israeli universities. This would also shut down student exchange programs with Israeli universities.

Let me be clear: Like SJP, FJP is made up of Jew-haters and misfits (including misfit Jews) who detest not only Israel but America and Western civilization in general. In a way, they are worse than SJP in that they are older than SJP members and supposedly wiser. Yet they are the very ones egging on the SJP brownshirts. They and their leftist brethren in academia have literally corrupted the culture of American universities.

The AMCHA Initiative is a California-based organization dedicated to exposing and combatting campus anti-Semitism. I am proud to call them my friends and colleagues. I highly recommend you visit their website and follow what they do. For example, they have an extensive database of anti-Semitic incidents on university campuses over the past several years. They also collaborate with other organizations to put pressure on universities to protect their Jewish students. This week, they have put out a press release announcing their program to stand up to FJP. I am cross-posting it here. It includes two videos which I encourage you to watch. (They are both under 3 minutes in length.)

The press release can be accessed here.