Students for Justice in Palestine UC Irvine — Out of Control

How long before someone gets hurt?

The group has incited against and disrupted Jewish speakers on campus since 2010.

In February 2010, eleven UCI students, including SJP UCI members, disrupted Israeli Ambassador Michael Oren’s speech. These students, dubbed the “Irvine 11,” were arrested and prosecuted.

On May 18, 2016, SJP UCI members disrupted a pro-Israel film screening. SJP UCI student leader, Celine Qussiny led a crowd of fifty who tried to force their way into the venue. They called for “Intifada” (violent uprising) and to “Fight the police.” Pro-Israel attendees were escorted out by police, for their own protection.

The university administration put SJP UCI on probation, effective until March 2017.

When the probation period expired, Celine Qussiny and SJP UCI were back. On May 10, 2017, they stormed a pro-Israel panel discussion event, with Qussiny leading a crowd in various chants including, “When people are occupied, resistance is justified!”

Again, attendees needed a police escort out of the venue.

The next day, Celine Qussiny bragged how SJP UCI had gone “to disrupt the event” in order “to let them (the panelists) know that we refuse to allow the normalization of their presence here.”

She admitted that SJP UCI knew full-well that “the administration told us not to disrupt, that we have to be civil.”

It’s hard to understate the seriousness of this. But it gets worse.

Our 2017 Report on the University of California, Irvine unearthed the shocking discovery that a number of protesters from the May 10th incident were members of the UCI student government.

SEE THE FULL REPORT

When student senators join disruptions that flout university rules and jeopardize student safety, is it not time to say enough is enough?

Contact UCI Chancellor Howard Gillman at chancellor@uci.edu and tell him that you have had enough of SJP UCI disrupting Jewish life on UCI’s campus. SJP should be banned from the UCI campus and the student government members who participated in their disruptions, impeached.

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5 replies
  1. Nesim Weissberg
    Nesim Weissberg says:

    You Muslims, all you know is slaughter Americans or Jews. Maybe it’s about time for you as a people, to change your attitude and try to become a little human. Do you really believe that Almighty God orders you to sacrifice the “Non-believers as you call the righteous people, by mistake?” That ‘s certainly not true! G-d wants us to love each other. The Jews all through the Human History have proven their love and understanding for THE OTHER. And your Muslim History is full of atrocities. As I already said IT’S ABOUT TIME FOR YOU TO BECOME HUMAN!

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    • Hala
      Hala says:

      You mention the Muslim community as if it’s one person making actions that every Muslim agrees to. I do hope that I’m wrong and that’s not how you see all muslims. Islam, like Christianity or Judaism or Hinduism, is a religion of love for the other. I believe accusing an entire religion that constitutes approximately 1.6 billion people on this planet of being inhumane, is in itself inhumane.

      Nesim, I challenge you to read the Islamic Holy Book and do some research on “Muslim History” before you you make atrocious assumptions yourself.

      Have a good day!

      -your local other-loving human Muslim

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      • Hala
        Hala says:

        What’s funny is that my comment has to be approved before it gets posted. Nesim will probably never get to see my response because Dr. Swier himself seems to have a case of islamaphobia. Please correct me if I am wrong.

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        • Dr. Rich Swier
          Dr. Rich Swier says:

          Hala,

          Thanks for reading and commenting on this column. As a Muslim you know that the ummah (the Muslim community) is in fact one. However, there are observant Muslims and others who are not.

          The great concern is that the ummah has not forcefully stood against those who do violence against non-Muslims and Muslims alike.

          Christianity has gone through a reformation and the enlightenment. A very few Muslims believe this must happen with Islam. Do you agree?

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        • Dr. Rich Swier
          Dr. Rich Swier says:

          Hala,

          The definition of an Islamophobe is a non-Muslim who knows more about Islam than he or she should.

          You are waging jihad by naming those who point out that Islam, by its actions, is causing death and destruction to non-Muslims and Muslim alike.

          If my pointing that out is Islamophobic, then so be it.

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