An assortment of pro-Israel groups has issued a joint statement deploring the attack on a Jewish student at Temple University. It also criticized a pro-Palestinian campus organization, and urged universities to monitor it and other likeminded groups.
In a statement released Friday, 12 organizations, including StandWithUs, the Zionist Organization of America and the Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting (CAMERA), condemned the incident in which a Temple student was struck. The student, a fellow with CAMERA, was hit in the face by a person at an informational booth for the group Students for Justice in Palestine.
Students at the booth, set up at a campus fair Wednesday, also allegedly shouted anti-Semitic slurs at him.
SJP issued a statement condemning the attack and denying that the assailant was a member of SJP. The statement also denied that any anti-Semitic slurs were used.
In their statement, the pro-Israel groups alleged that SJP “has a proven track record of intimidation, harassment, and incitement merging into anti-Semitism against Israel and its supporters on campus.” The organizations urged that SJP and groups like it be closely monitored.
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They also called on Temple University to condemn the attack. Temple issued such a statement yesterday.
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