Shocking Anti-‘Students For Justice In Palestine’ Posters Plastered Around Brooklyn College Campus
Posters that appeared to be recruiting supporters of the terrorist organization, Hamas, were plastered on the Brooklyn College campus Monday morning. The poster shows what looks to be a terrorist fighter holding an assault rifle, and wearing a keffiyeh, a head garment. He is standing in front of the Palestinian flag and has what seems to be bombs strapped to his waist.
Below him the poster names the Students for Justice in Palestine at Brooklyn College (SJP), a student organization, as well as a Brooklyn College professor, Corey Robin, and student members of the SJP. There are blood splatters across the poster, and the hashtag, #JewHatred.
Without further interpretation as to what the point of the poster is, it could be assumed that it’s naming the SJP as the group to join if you want to support Hamas, and eliminate Jewish people and the Jewish state.
They were put up around the outside Brooklyn College campus, and campuses throughout the country, by the David Horowitz Freedom Center, according to David Horowitz himself.
According to the website of the David Horowitz Freedom Center, their organization “combats the efforts of the radical left and its Islamist allies to destroy American values and disarm this country.”
Horowitz said he believes that the SJP is a front for Hamas and a conduit of hate speech in college campuses.
“This is an organization, SJP, that is funded by taxpayers,” said Horowitz. “I guarantee you that if you look at rules of the community at Brooklyn College at the guideline they laid down it will include respect for the other, and not conducting hate speech, which SJP does.”
The SJP at Brooklyn College is completely funded by the school, according to Brooklyn College sources.
Horowitz was surprised to hear that the poster could be confused as terrorist propaganda on behalf of the SJP, and said its function was to call out the SJP for their “lies.”
“I think I’ll discontinue that particular poster if it’s up for that kind of interpretation. We are a very anti-SJP group,” said Horowitz. “The Palestinians are terrorists. One hundred percent of Palestinians vote for one of two terrorist parties. There is no peace movement among Palestinian Arabs. In Israel, you can find peace movements.”
Although he is firmly against the Palestinians and the SJP, Horowitz pulled no punches for Jewish people who fail to see the ironic intent of the poster.
“The Jews have their heads up their assholes. They should be condemning SJP. Why do I have to do it?” asked Horowitz.
Brooklyn College took down the posters — 20 or 30 in total, according to Horowitz’s estimation — as quick as they could.
Here is a statement, given yesterday from Brooklyn College:
Yesterday morning, we became aware of posters illegally affixed to Brooklyn College and New York City property. The Horowitz Freedom Center has claimed responsibility for the posters, which were mounted at approximately 5:15 am yesterday morning. The posters have been removed. We support free speech, and we seek to maintain a safe and tolerant campus for our students, faculty, and staff. We also do not permit public defacement or illegal postings on our property.
We reached out to the SJP at Brooklyn College, but they did not respond.
[Update October 19 5:45pm]: A reader brought to our attention the fact that Brooklyn College has a history of this conflict causing contention among the school community. On February 16, a group of students protested a faculty council meeting. The protesters demanded things like free tuition, and a faculty contract, but also “directed hateful anti-Zionist and anti-Jewish comments to members of our community,” according to the then-President of Brooklyn College Karen Gould.
“We find this disruptive behavior unacceptable and the hateful comments especially abhorrent,” said Gould in a letter sent to the Brooklyn College community after the incident. “We will be vigilant in our efforts to promote a safe and respectful learning environment.”