Israeli actress Noa Tishbi testified before Congress on Wednesday, calling on the FBI to investigate the funding of pro-Palestinian groups on American college campuses, effectively “brainwashing” and “coaxing” students into alliance with “terrorist sympathizers” amid the country’s war. Judaism against Hamas. .
Speaking before the House Ways and Means Committee, Tishby said violence and harassment against Jewish students “has been planned, engineered and incubated for decades by highly funded and professionally organized groups with close ties to terrorist organizations, such as Hamas, Islamic Jihad and the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine.” “.
“One of the main perpetrators of Jew hatred on campus is Students for Justice in Palestine, or SJP,” she said in her opening statement.
“SJP was created and is supported by groups and individuals with well-documented records of supporting and raising funds for terrorist organizations,” Tishby told lawmakers. “Individuals like Hatem Bazin, who founded SJP and is also the founder of American Muslims for Palestine — or AMP. Terrorist sympathizers discovered decades ago that instead of sending money to jihadist organizations, they would target the hearts and minds of the young and gullible, sometimes… “There are American students with good intentions.”
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Noa Tishbi signs copies of her book “Israel: A Simple Guide” at a launch event held on April 6, 2021 in Los Angeles. She testified before Congress this week about the rise in anti-Semitism on American college campuses. (Rich Fiore/Getty Images for Woolman Wealth Management)
The actress noted how these groups use “progressive buzzwords like ‘justice’ and ‘freedom,’ but their real goal is to destroy the only Jewish state in the world by any means necessary.”
She added: “After October 7, we saw that everything was going well: beheading children and raping women was a good thing. If that happened to the Jews, they would call it resistance.”
“Ladies and gentlemen, SJP is a hate group. It is preparing American college students – preparing your children – to hate Israel, hate Jews, and hate America. For years, universities have stood by and watched this brainwashing and done nothing.”
Students demonstrate at Columbia University on November 15, 2023, in New York City. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
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“With the amount of evidence linking SJP and AMP members to supporting and financing terrorist groups including Hamas, these organizations and networks should be investigated by the state police and the FBI,” Chibi urged lawmakers.
Students protest at Columbia University on November 15, 2023 in New York City. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
“We need to get these hate groups off campus,” Tishby said. “How can college tuition and taxpayer money fund hate groups that chant to burn down Jewish families’ neighborhoods? Every college in this country should ban SJP, never letting them back. We will not fund KKK chapters on our campuses.” Colleges. We shouldn’t be funding SJP classes at our colleges either. If universities fail to remove SJP from campus; If it continues to protect and fund anti-Semitic mob leaders, this committee must withdraw funding for them. We will not allow the mafia to teach business on campus. We should not allow terrorist supporters to teach political activism to our children.
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The actress added at the end of her opening remarks: “Ladies and gentlemen, this is not just a Jewish issue, it is an American issue.” “There is a direct line between the brainwashed extremists who tore down posters of kidnapped Jewish children, and those who tore down the American flag before Veterans Day. I urge this committee to act now, and stop this coordinated attack on Jewish students, on Americans. Values and The future of the American dream.”