Move to allow Students for Justice in Palestine event on anniversary of Hamas attacks outrages Jews on campus and beyond
Jewish campus groups and parents are criticizing a reported decision by the University of Maryland allowing a pro-Palestinian, anti-Israel group to hold a rally on campus on Oct. 7, the one-year anniversary of the Hamas attacks in Israel.
The permit was given to Students for Justice in Palestine, according to the campus Hillel and Jewish Student Union, who decried SJP on Instagram without criticizing the university directly.
“October 7 is a day of tragedy for the Jewish and Israeli community around the world. It is alarming to see that SJP has chosen this date, a day of Jewish mourning, to hold an event on campus,” the groups wrote Thursday on Instagram Stories.
They added, “While SJP followed university protocol in making this reservation, it is nevertheless condemnable that they did.” The Jewish groups also said their own Oct. 7 memorial was in the works.
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