SFSU's Deafening Silence on Partnership with Palestinian University

Rabab Abdulhadi

Described by Hamas as “greenhouse for martyrs,” An-Najah University in the West Bank city of Nablus may very well be San Francisco State University (SFSU)'s first academic partner in the Arab and Muslim world, thanks to SFSU prof and BDS advocate Rabab Abdulhadi. During a recent panel discussion, Abdulhadi trumpeted her achievement, yet SFSU President Leslie Wong refuses to respond to Campus Watch’s requests for confirmation. CW West Coast representative Cinnamon Stillwell provides the details at FrontPage Magazine:

Under the leadership of Rabab Abdulhadi, director of SFSU’s Arab and Muslim Ethnicities and Diasporas Initiative (AMED) and a founding member of the US Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel, SFSU reportedly established a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with An-Najah in 2014. . . . At a November, 2015 AMED panel discussion on “Palestine, Iran, and Syria” for which Campus Watch obtained a recording, Abdulhadi—in introducing notorious Israel-bashers Hatem Bazian of UC Berkeley and As’ad Abu Khalil of Cal State Stanislaus—spoke proudly of the partnership.

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Cinnamon Stillwell

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.

SFSU’s Deafening Silence on Partnership with Palestinian University