Rabab Abdulhadi Promotes Alliances with Hamas-dominated Palestinian Universities

Rabab Abdulhadi

Palestinian universities, as extensions of anti-Israel "resistance" culture--not to mention one of the few avenues for electoral participation--reflect the radical politics of the wider society, both in the West Bank and Gaza. As such, supporters of Gaza's Islamist ruler, Hamas, have been making gains in recent student council elections, including at Bir Zeit University, where an April win assures that an imprisoned terrorist will hold the title of "honorary chairman."

In light of this development, Campus Watch West Coast representative Cinnamon Stillwell examines the quest of San Francisco State University's Rabab Abdulhadi to form an alliance between SFSU and two Palestinian universities, Bir Zeit and An-Najah. Her article appears today at American Thinker:

Rabab Abdulhadi, director of San Francisco State University (SFSU)'s Arab and Muslim Ethnicities and Diasporas Initiative (AMED) and a committed anti-Israel activist, has long sought an alliance between SFSU and two Palestinian universities. . . . Abdulhadi's efforts to forge ties with Bir Zeit and An-Najah . . . dates back at least to January, 2014. At the time, she organized and participated in a controversial, university-funded "Academic and Labor Delegation to Palestine," during which she met with individuals affiliated with U.S. State Department-designated terrorist organizations.

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