An anti-Israel convention recently held in a suburb of Chicago offered advice to students on how to “Palestinian” their campus.
The Free Press reported on the 17th annual convention for Palestine, which took place last week at the Tinley Park Convention Center, calling itself “the largest gathering for Palestine in the U.S.,” according to its website.
There was a game called “Crisis Room,” focused on “inventing strategies” for fighting an Israeli official who shows up on their campus.
“A war criminal is coming to your campus,” Jenin Alharithi, a recent graduate of the University of Illinois at Chicago who moderated the game, told participants: according to the report. “What are you going to do?”
American Muslims for Palestine (AMP) will host its 17th annual Convention for Palestine, advocating for Palestine, on November 30, 2024, in the village of Tinley Park in Illinois, United States. (Jacek Boczarski/Anadolu via Getty Images)
One participant responded by saying that the students should organize a protest and recruit demonstrators through the messaging app Telegram. Another expressed concern about accusations of anti-Semitism and suggested that the anti-Israel group Jewish Voice for Peace join the protest.
“The first complaint will be, ‘Oh, this is anti-Semitic,’” she said. “I think we need a JVP, or something like that, with Jewish people. We want white people there, Jewish students.”
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Hundreds gathered outside the anti-Israel encampment at the University of Chicago last spring. (Joseph A. Wulfsohn/Fox News Digital)
The convention was organized by American Muslims for Palestine (AMP), a nonprofit organization, according to the Free Press currently the subject of a congressional investigation because of his alleged ties to Hamas.
Among the speakers was Nihad Awad, executive director of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, who sparked outrage last year when he said he was.happy to see“The terrorist attack took place on October 7.
Other sessions aimed at college students include “Make Your Campus Palestinian” to “amplify the voices of Palestinian students” and effectively oppose “anti-Palestinianism.” Another called “Before the Lens” trained them how to write press releases and answer “tough questions” from journalists, such as whether they “support terrorism” like Hamas.
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“I would say, ‘No, I don’t support terrorism,’ and then I would discuss the things that Israel is doing – I would say, ‘I don’t support the deportation of innocent Palestinians, I don’t support the shooting of Palestinian refugees.’ children,” one participant responded. ‘You don’t want them to put you on the defensive. You have to put them on the defensive.”
There was also a session called “Bringing Activism to Professionalism,” in which students learned how to “integrate Palestinian activism into their profession.”
Anti-Israel protesters disrupt the 98th Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York City, US, November 28, 2024. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid (Reuters/Brendan McDermid)
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Widespread anti-Israel protests have taken place on college campuses following the events of October 7. Last spring, student activists encampments createdwhich caused tensions with university administrators.
More recently a group of protesters temporarily disrupted the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York City.
