McGill Islamic studies prof allegedly seen giving speech at anti-Israel tent city protest
'We have academic and economic associations with the genocidal state of Israel. They are complicit and our students are saying this complicitness [sic] has to stop. We have to boycott and divest,' she can be heard saying on video.
McGill's downtown campus was flooded with anti-Israel student protesters who set up tents following a trend of similar protests across the US over the weekend.
One of the protesters was allegedly McGill professor Rula Abisaab, who appears to have given a speech to the tent city protesters on Monday.
Video allegedly featuring McGill professor of Islamic Studies, Rula Abisaab, appears to show her giving a speech in support of the protesters at the anti-Israel encampment on campus.
— Rebel News (@RebelNewsOnline) April 29, 2024
"We are behind you, we are honoured by your encampment." https://t.co/iAWKHLzEBZ pic.twitter.com/KPHTRrGYcy
"We have academic and economic associations with the genocidal state of Israel. They are complicit and our students are saying this complicitness [sic] has to stop. We have to boycott and divest," she can be heard saying on video.
Abisaab is a Professor of Islamic History at the Institute of Islamic Studies at the university. In 2022, the Jerusalem Post profiled her and shined a light on her work with Samah Idress, a Lebanese anti-Zionist activist.
Immigration Minister @MarcMillerVM tries to walk the line between supporting and denouncing the anti-Israel tent city protest at McGill University.
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The right to protest should be respected, "any form of violence or hate speech" shouldn't be tolerated, he says. pic.twitter.com/JGCZADJvPu
Idriss is described as an "extremist" who aided in undermining the peace process in the region over the decades, having founded the Campaign to Boycott Supporters of Israel in Lebanon "to intimidate anyone who disagreed with him."
Abisaab praised Idriss for “fighting against institutionalized Zionism” and “attacking peace discourse with Israel."
Abisaab also stated on Monday that there was a "scholasticide" ongoing in Gaza.
One woman claiming to be a spokesperson for the protest told Global News that they are calling for the school to divest from all holdings that finance the Israeli military.
Anti-Israel protesters at the Fashion Institute of Technology don't seem to know what's going on
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Ezra spoke with a group of pro-Hamas supporters who stormed into the lobby of the Fashion Institute of Technology and set up a camp similar to the one at Columbia. The group is… pic.twitter.com/GcfZHAxaNi
McGill has stated that the encampment goes against their protest policies and violates the law as the demonstration persists.
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