Stanford has fallen: Prestigious college is plagued by anti-Semitism and refuses to discipline teaching assistant wearing ‘Ask me about Jihad poster’ who said he’d welcome Biden’s assassination and Hamas US government
Jewish students at Stanford University say they fear for their lives after the campus was dominated by anti-Semitic protesters.
There have been a number of hostile clashes at the prestigious university since the crisis erupted in the Middle East following the Hamas terrorist attack on October 7.
Officials have come under fire for failing to tackle the discrimination, with shocking images shared by the Free Beacon including a teaching assistant calling for the assassination of Joe Biden over his support for Israel.
Other incidents include a teacher allegedly ordering Jewish students to stand in the corner “like Israel does to the Palestinians,” and extremist students warning people “we will find out where you live.”
Stanford teaching assistant Hamza El Boudali was filmed protesting a pro-Israel display on campus by holding a sign that read ‘Ask Me About Jihad’ – he is also said to have supported the assassination of President Biden because of his support to Israel
Pro-Palestinian protests have swept the campus of Stanford University following the October 7 Hamas terrorist attacks, one of which was pictured on February 12, 2024.
Jewish students at Stanford say they fear for their lives after anti-Semitism swept the campus
In perhaps the most shocking of the exchanges that have rocked the Stanford campus in recent months, teaching assistant Hamza El Boudali reportedly erupted in threats as he protested a pro-Israel demonstration.
Footage showed him standing in front of Stanford’s Blue and White Tent, an Israel education tent staffed by Jewish students, holding a sign that read, “Ask me about Jihad.”
When confronted with the sign, El Boudali reportedly responded that he would welcome Biden’s assassination and would prefer Hamas take over the federal government.
The teaching assistant added that Jews under Hamas-occupied America would “do very well… just like the hostages.”
El Boudali, a computer science teaching assistant, was reported to the university, which refused to discipline him or strip him of his assessment duties, only moving his office hours with students to Zoom.
A university spokesperson told the Free Beacon: “Stanford takes allegations of potential discriminatory behavior by faculty very seriously,” adding that students can have their work re-graded by another teacher if they wish.
He reportedly did not deny the meeting, but defended it because “the Blue and White Tent has presented Islamophobic rhetoric and misinformation to the campus community.”
“As a Muslim student who has been here for over five years, I have taken it upon myself to combat their Islamophobia through education.”
In another unsavory discussion on January 24, a forum on combating anti-Semitism was overrun by pro-Palestinian demonstrators.
The activists were seen harassing and taunting Jewish students after descending on the site and warning staff that they would “find out where you live.”
During the event, Stanford President Richard Saller tried to reassure students that the university had their backs, saying, “We really want to make sure that all communities on campus get the respect they deserve.
‘We are committed to equal treatment and equal protection.’
At an event intended to address anti-Semitism, protesters erupted in ugly scenes as they chanted at Jewish students to “go back to Brooklyn” and declared that “Israel will fall.”
But just outside the event, demonstrators gathered to demonstrate against the war in the Middle East, targeting a rabbi and berating a Jewish student.
The student, David Schuller, 24, approached the group outside the event before footage showed them surrounding and harassing him in response.
While the students shouted at him that ‘IDF killed your hostages’ in the Gaza bombings, the police stood by and did nothing.
At one point, a protester appeared to whisper something in his ear, which Schuller said was a violent threat against him.
“He said to me, ‘Watch man, we’re watching you. You better know what you’re getting into,” Schuller told the newspaper
“I had to take a few steps back and tell the police that he had threatened physical violence.”
Numerous other protests and demonstrations against Jewish students have broken out on campus, including one where Jewish students were warned to “go back to Brooklyn.”
The chant refers to the large Jewish population in the New York City borough, where the most Jews in the world live.
In the video of that moment, the pro-Palestinian protesters labeled white people as “terrorists” and called for the destruction of Israel and America.
“Stanford employees, we know your name and we know where you work,” said another as staff tried to calm tensions. “And we’ll find out where you live soon.”
Further incidents included the apparent targeting of Stanford’s Chabad Rabbi Dov Greenberg, who saw him being followed by a crowd as he led students away from the clashes.
In another instance of anti-Semitism on campus, Stanford’s Chabad Rabbi Dov Greenberg was followed by a crowd chanting at him: “There is only one solution: the intifada revolution.”
Protesters chanted at him: “There is only one solution: the intifada revolution,” and: “Zionist, Zionist, you cannot hide, we accuse you of genocide.”
The chilling encounters are a grim reminder of the scenes that have unfolded on college campuses as a result of the Middle East crisis, with experts reportedly saying they could be grounds for a discrimination lawsuit.
Nadine Strossen, the former president of the American Civil Liberties Union who has advocated for free speech, said the Jan. 24 protests “clearly crossed the line into unprotected intimidation and threats.”
She added that it “makes it impossible for anyone on campus to have true freedom of speech.”
In the case of El Boudali’s antics, Ilya Shapiro, director of constitutional studies at the Manhattan Institute, opined that the “assessment responsibility strengthens the evidence that El Boudali’s comments contributed to a hostile educational climate.”