University hosts speakers denying Hamas rapes, praising terrorism while under antisemitism probe

(Daily Caller) Anti-Israel professors praised Palestinian terrorists as “resistance” fighters and downplayed the rape of Jewish women at a University of California, Berkeley, panel on Tuesday.

UC Berkeley’s Department of Gender and Women’s Studies hosted the speakers who defended terrorists during a public virtual panel titled, “Feminist and Queer Solidarities for Palestine.” The Department of Education (ED) is currently investigating UC Berkeley over alleged antisemitism, though the school professes a “commitment to” Jewish students’ dignity.

University of Venice, Italy, scholar Walaa Al Qaisiya discussed the importance of “armed resistance” against Israel in the first of three solo presentations.

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