Arizona State University (ASU) canceled a pro-Palestine event on campus that was to be held Friday. The cancellation came Thursday night and surprised organizers with the last-minute notice.
Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) was scheduled to be a featured speaker at the “Palestine as an American Issue” event. Event organizers said they have been working with the university for months while planning the event. An ASU spokesperson wrote in an email that the event was canceled due to procedural issues.
Tlaib was censured by her colleagues in the House of Representatives last week. The resolution declared she was “calling for the destruction of the state of Israel” and “promoting false narratives” about the ongoing war between Israel and Hamas. She continues to unapologetically support those who chant, “From the river to the sea…”, which is universally accepted as a call for the annihilation of Israel and the elimination of Jews. Tlaib is a Palestinian American with a long history of antisemitism.
If the campus group is telling the truth that it had been working with the university “for months”, then that would be before the October 7 massacre in Israel by Hamas….
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