6-16-2017 Israeli soldiers harass students on US campus – Charlotte Silver Electronic Intifada

https://electronicintifada.net/tags/uc-irvine

…University of California, Irvine is once again investigating the school's Students for Justice in Palestine group after a protest of an event featuring Israeli soldiers last month.  But members of Students for Justice in Palestine say they are the ones who endured days of harassment and intimidation by Israeli soldiers invited to campus to give a panel discussion about the Israeli army.  The SJP students say they were subjected to days of racial and sexual slurs in what they believe was an attempt to provoke a reaction.  UC Irvine has been a focal point for Israel advocacy groups seeking to categorize support for Palestinian rights as anti-Semitic…The investigation is taking place after a year of heavy pressure from Israel advocacy groups, including the Amcha Initiative, the Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights, Hillel, StandWithUs and the Israeli consulate, to crack down on Palestine activism on campus…

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