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Stanford submits ‘deeply disturbing’ photo of campus anti-Israel protester wearing Hamas headband to FBI
By Patrick Reilly,
2024-05-02
Stanford University officials have sent the FBI a viral photo of a protester donning a green headband known to be worn by Hamas terrorists during a demonstration on campus.
The prestigious northern California college has, like other universities across the country , seen an anti-Israel encampment erected on its White Plaza with students demanding the school divest its finances from companies associated with Israel.
A photograph from the demonstrations has circulated online that showed an unidentified man who “appeared to be wearing a green headband similar to those worn by members of Hamas,” the school said in a statement .
“We find this deeply disturbing, as Hamas is designated a terrorist organization by the United States government. We have not been able to identify the individual but have forwarded the photo to the FBI,” officials added.
A anti-Israel protester was seen wearing a Hamas headband on Stanford’s campus. Stanford University
A Stanford spokesperson told The Post the university had nothing to add to the statement on Thursday.
A photo released by Jewish student activists shows the spectacled protester using his phone wearing a black mask over his face and a green headband with white Arabic writing on it.
Stanford President Richard Saller and Provost Jenny Martinez said Monday the student encampment violates policies that prohibit overnight camping on campus.
The university has submitted the names of students caught in violation to the Office of Community Standards (OCS) for disciplinary proceedings, the school leaders said.
The green headband has been a symbol for Hamas for decades. Getty Images Anti-Israel protesters at Stanford believe that the university is discriminating against them. JOHN G MABANGLO/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock
Student protesters from Stanford Students for Justice in Palestine claimed in an Instagram post that the university “is actively discriminating against Palestinian, Arab, Muslim, and anti-Zionist Jewish students using their internal disciplinary process.”
In an open letter to school administrators Monday, a group called Jews for Stanford demanded the university take great legal and disciplinary action against the protesters, following the example of other schools like Columbia and clearing out the camp.
“Other colleges across the country have begun arresting and disciplining malicious student and non-student agitators, setting an important precedent. We, Jews and non-Jews alike, call on Stanford to follow suit,” the letter states.
The letter, which has been co-signed by more than 30,000 people, included a link to the photo of the protester in the headband.
“Individuals dressed openly as members of a terrorist organization is unacceptable and must be dealt with swiftly and harshly,” the authors wrote.
“Not doing so sets a dangerous standard, as no citizen should have to worry about distinguishing between individuals merely dressed as terrorists and true terrorists who seek to deal us serious bodily harm.”
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