As Stanford University officials struggle to quell anti-Israel demonstrators who camped on campus overnight, they saw a person on campus wearing a green headband worn by Hamas terrorist fighters. The photo was submitted to the FBI.
Like other universities across the country, anti-Israel students at Stanford University set up an encampment on the White Plaza portion of the University of Northern California campus to protest Israel’s military offensive in the Gaza Strip.
A photo of a person wearing a green headband, face covering and glasses at the encampment eventually caught the attention of school administrators.
The school said in a statement on Wednesday that it had received “a number of expressions of concern regarding a photo circulating on social media of an individual from White Plaza who appears to be wearing a green headband similar to that worn by members of Hamas.” “I received it,” he said. “Hamas is designated a terrorist organization by the U.S. government, so we find this very concerning. Although we were unable to identify the individuals, we have forwarded the photos to the FBI. ”
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Palestinian Hamas terrorists are seen during a military show in the Bani Suheira neighborhood of Gaza City, Gaza Strip, July 20, 2017. Images submitted to the FBI showed protesters at Stanford University wearing headbands similar to those worn by Hamas members. (Chris McGrath/Getty Images)
A university spokesperson declined to comment on the matter to Fox News Digital.
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Stanford University President Richard Saller and President Jenny Martinez said in a message Monday that the student encampment violates a police ban on overnight camping on campus. The university has submitted the names of students caught violating campus policies to the Office of Community Standards (OCS) for disciplinary proceedings, they said.
Protest organizers criticized the university’s response to student protests.
“Stanford University uses its internal disciplinary procedures to actively discriminate against Palestinian, Arab, Muslim, and anti-Zionist Jewish students,” he wrote on social media.
A letter dated Monday to school administrators called on Stanford University to take a tougher stance against anti-Semitic acts, including following the lead of other schools such as Columbia University in removing protesters. .
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September 14, 2023, Stanford University, Stanford, California. (David Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
“Other universities across the country have begun arresting and disciplining malicious students and non-student agitators, setting an important precedent,” the letter said. “Jews and non-Jews alike call on Stanford University to follow suit.”
The letter, written by Jewish students on campus and signed by more than 28,000 people, was linked to a photo sent to the FBI.
“Individuals who openly dress as members of a terrorist organization are unacceptable and must be dealt with swiftly and harshly,” the authors wrote. “To not do so would be setting a dangerous standard, because it would distinguish between individuals who are merely dressing up as terrorists and true terrorists who seek to cause us serious physical harm. The people don’t have to worry about that.”
Other universities have seen mass arrests as well as clashes between anti-Israel and pro-Israel supporters. The University of California, Los Angeles canceled classes on Wednesday after participants in a dueling rally clashed with each other throughout the night.
