Zionists attack Palestinian students at UCB!
On the evening of November 13, 2008 around 6:00PM, three organizers for the Zionist Freedom Alliance attacked one male and two female Arab students who stood nearby the event holding a Palestinian flag.
The assailants were identified by the Daily Californian to include current ASUC student senator John Moghtader, Cal alumnus Gabe Weiner, and performer Yehuda De sa. Students on the scene report that the men were yelling racist comments directed at Arabs and Palestinians such as "I will kick your Arab ass," "Arab pigs," "we're about to take care of some fucking Palestinians," and "you Arab dogs, we will kill you."
Two of the attackers, John Moghtader and Gabe Weiner, were involved in another outburst at a campus lecture last month.
Student For Justice in Palestine Statement
SJP have called for UC Berkeley police to handle the matter and a peaceful dialogue.
(thanx Pranjal)
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PART 2:
As expected, it didn't take long for folks to find this blog entry. I have probably already been alerted to the JDL.
I removed a photo of one of the assailants and toned down my rhetoric. I did so only because I want no blame or harm to fall on SJP or Palestinian students at UC Berkeley.
I still harbor no love for these Zionists and wish them the worst.
The assailants were identified by the Daily Californian to include current ASUC student senator John Moghtader, Cal alumnus Gabe Weiner, and performer Yehuda De sa. Students on the scene report that the men were yelling racist comments directed at Arabs and Palestinians such as "I will kick your Arab ass," "Arab pigs," "we're about to take care of some fucking Palestinians," and "you Arab dogs, we will kill you."
Two of the attackers, John Moghtader and Gabe Weiner, were involved in another outburst at a campus lecture last month.
Student For Justice in Palestine Statement
SJP have called for UC Berkeley police to handle the matter and a peaceful dialogue.
(thanx Pranjal)
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PART 2:
As expected, it didn't take long for folks to find this blog entry. I have probably already been alerted to the JDL.
I removed a photo of one of the assailants and toned down my rhetoric. I did so only because I want no blame or harm to fall on SJP or Palestinian students at UC Berkeley.
I still harbor no love for these Zionists and wish them the worst.
posted by shane at 9:09 AM
3 Comments:
"I call on everyone to find those 3 Zionist fuckers and teach them a lesson"
as you mentioned, SJP is completely against any sort of violent resolution of this problem. What you are calling for is extremely dangerous and will inevitably lead to more retaliation and more people getting hurt. We are as offended as you are, but we call on people to restrain themselves before something worse happens.
Please remove the photograph of John Moghtader immediately. Though there were many witnesses, he is entitled as much as everyone else to the rights of an accused person and is innocent of crimes until proven guilty. The police should handle the matter and not anybody else. Do not encourage physical action against anybody.
Nice one, Shane. While I have no love or sympathy in my heart for the scumbags who perpetrated this attack, I think we have to be aware that any action people take will have a wider effect on the Palestinian student movement here.
Whatever our outrage, we should leave it up to SJP and other groups to decide on the proper actions to take. Let's not give the Zionists any more ammo.
My best wishes are with the people who were attacked, and my hopes are for a just community response to this outrage.
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