{"id":5821,"date":"2024-03-20T15:35:57","date_gmt":"2024-03-20T19:35:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brie.hunter.cuny.edu\/hunterathenian\/?p=5821"},"modified":"2024-03-20T22:50:59","modified_gmt":"2024-03-21T02:50:59","slug":"hunter-investigates-pro-palestinian-student-groups-following-recent-on-campus-protest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brie.hunter.cuny.edu\/hunterathenian\/2024\/03\/hunter-investigates-pro-palestinian-student-groups-following-recent-on-campus-protest\/","title":{"rendered":"Hunter Investigates Pro-Palestinian Student Groups Following Recent On-Campus Protest"},"content":{"rendered":"
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College students across New York City gathered in front of Hunter\u2019s West Building on Feb. 28 for a pro-Palestinian protest. (Photo Credit: CUNY NION Jewish Antizionist Collective)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Hunter College said they were conducting an investigation into pro-Palestinian student groups on alleged accounts of physical intimidation and hate speech against Jewish students during a protest held on Feb. 28.<\/span><\/p>\n

In an interview with diasporic magazine <\/span>New York Jewish Weekly<\/span><\/a>, a Hunter spokesperson reprimanded the language used during the protest, which included protestors chanting for Jewish students to \u201cpick a side.\u201d\u00a0 The spokesperson, whose identity was not explicitly named, said it was \u201cneither constructive nor civil,\u201d and that the college opened an investigation regarding the protest and plans to take \u201cappropriate action.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

A Hunter College spokesperson did not reply to requests for comment to the Athenian.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Tensions between Palestinian, Muslim, Israeli and Jewish students on campus have increased following the Oct. 7 Hamas attack, incited by what some say is a <\/span>76-year long apartheid<\/span><\/a> of Palestine. Several protests, mainly organized by the Hunter student group Palestine Solidarity Alliance (PSA), have since demanded CUNY divest from<\/span> companies that manufacture Israeli weaponry and act in solidarity with its Muslim and Arab populations.<\/span><\/p>\n

The protest on Feb. 28, endorsed by PSA, was hosted by a coalition of several NYC Jewish student organizations such as the <\/span>CUNY \u201cNot in Our Name\u201d (NION) Jewish Antizionist Collective and Columbia University’s chapter of the Jewish Voice for Peace, the latter of which is currently suing Columbia for <\/span>suspending<\/span><\/a> them from organizing on their campus.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Keffiyehs and Stars of David either clashed or stood united as protestors called Hillel complicit in the Israel-Hamas war, and urged Jewish students to<\/span> \u201cpick a side\u201d<\/span><\/a> in a video that has spread online.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cFor too long, Hillel International has forced Jewish students to contend with an ultimatum: accept Hillel chapters\u2019 mandatory pro-Israel programming or go without Jewish community,\u201d said PSA in their statement. \u201cHillel International has played a critical role in indoctrinating Jewish youths into Zionism and distorting values of Jewish community\u2014 not only forcing surveillance agencies onto campus, but recruiting students themselves to act as surveillance agents.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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