Exposing pro-Hamas activities in the U.S.
Al Awda, which is also known as the Palestinian Right of Return Coalition, has always been virulently opposed to the existence of Israel as a Jewish state or homeland.
…Their motto at previous conferences was “From the river to the sea,” meaning taking all of Israel.
Jess Ghannam spoke first. “I have never been more optimistic,” he said. “Because we’re beginning to see cracks now we haven’t seen in the last 62 years” (meaning since the founding of Israel). He went on to crow about a new report, just released from the Reut Institute in Israel, an Israeli think tank.
…He then explained with glee how the report detailed that small anti-Israel demonstrations across American campuses, attacks on Israeli athletes abroad and boycotts of Israeli products are now perceived as a long-term threat by the Israeli government. He next praised the “heroic efforts” of students from the Muslim Students Union at UC Irvine nearby who had disrupted a speech by Israeli ambassador Michael Oren by shouting and yelling when he he came to speak. “It got on You Tube now,” he said, and then crowed, “Now, every single Israeli military official and politician will be afraid to speak publicly. It’s huge!”
He mentioned how Tzipi Livni had refused to fly into London for fear of arrest (she maintained she had a scheduling conflict). He continued, “Any time any Israeli politician goes anywhere, not only should they be confronted, but they should be arrested.”
…I recently called the President’s office at Cal State San Bernardino and asked about all this and if indeed that campus was available to Al Awda any time the group wished to be there. The President’s office advised me they would look into what Nassar claimed and get back to me. I’m still waiting three weeks later.
Meanwhile, the CSUSB website says the campus recently received a donation from the Saudis for ten million dollars.