MESA Opposes Israel Arresting Student Terrorists at Birzeit University

The Middle East Studies Association (MESA) is expressing “grave concern” over Israeli forces arresting a member of Hamas’s student faction at Birzeit University (BZU) for suspected involvement in terror activity, despite the fact that Palestinian students routinely partake in and glorify terrorism. In this clip, “innocent” BZU students can be seen holding a military parade and shouting, “Blow up the head of the settler!”

Cinnamon Stillwell analyzes Middle East studies academia in West Coast colleges and universities for Campus Watch. A San Francisco Bay Area native and graduate of San Francisco State University, she is a columnist, blogger, and social media analyst. Ms. Stillwell, a former contributing political columnist for the San Francisco Chronicle, has written on a wide variety of topics, including the political atmosphere in American higher education, and has appeared as a guest on television and talk radio.
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