Metadata

• When: 2024-02-15

• Where: Columbia University

• Who: Mohamed Abdou - Former, Catherine Elias / Catherine Curran-Groome - Former

• Organizations: FSJP-CBT, CUAD, Pwgatsipa

• Tags: tagFaculty
  

Description

• An event at Columbia SIPA IAB 413 was titled “Propaganda and Genocide: Israel’s War on the Truth.” (flier) This event was publicized by Pwgatsipa - School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA) Organization, FSJP-CBT - Faculty and Staff for Justice in Palestine Columbia Barnard Teachers College and CUAD - Columbia University Apartheid Divest . 

• On instagram, pgwatsipa posted a video of short parts of the events. (video)

• Speakers’ bios in the advertisement of the event:

  • Zachary Foster

  • Rula Jebreal

  • Mohamed Abdou

  • Catherine Elias / Catherine Curran-Groome

• The recording of the entire event can be found here (part1, part2). Below are just a few noteworthy points that were mentioned.

• One speaker refers to sexual violence that occurred on October 7th in Israel as “unsubstantiated claims”. Several of the speakers question if the sexual violence really occurred. 

• Hamas militants are referred to as “palestinian fighters”

• One speaker very clearly discriminates against Israelis, criticizing Columbia for “actively recruiting” Israeli soldiers and mentions that there are currently 200 Israeli soldiers studying at the school of general studies. 

• In the first question of the Q&A section, someone says, “Who owns the media? Zionists!” and continues to rhetorically ask “Who owns the dollar? The federal bank?”

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