Meanwhile back at York University...
I'd like to know more...did they shut the Hillel office???
Another anti-Semitic incident took place in a Canadian university Thursday when over 100 anti-Israel activists surrounded a campus building belonging to the Jewish student club 'Hillel' at York University, Toronto. The activists pounded on office doors while yelling out racial slurs.
Campus security was forced to alert police to restore order and the latter demanded that the offices be shut down.
posted by GayandRight @ 6:50 PM
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Here is an eyewitness account:
The following is an eyewitness account of the harassment felt by Jewish members of the DROP YFS team while holding a press conference over
Drop YFS held a press conference in a room that could only comfortably fit 30 people, to announce the success of our petition. After letting about 50 people in, we told people that they couldn't come in, because we were at capacity, and didn't want to break fire code.
Once the conference started, people started banging on the door, yelling "Let us in" and "Zionist Racists".
The conference was canceled, and all the students were asked to leave. The students who left were greeted by a mob chanting slurs against them, chanting "this is OUR campus" and shoving some people.
The Jewish students who felt targeted, as well as some journalists, were invited to go up to Hillel, The Jewish student's lounge, one floor up. They were followed up by about 100 people, who continued to chant, and some of whom approached the people watching the door.
The people watching the door retreated inside the lounge and locked the door once security arrived. Some people shoved past security and banged on the glass of the door.
Some Jewish students went out to confront the people banging on the door, and heard such comments as "leave our campus", "Israelis off campus" and "Let's break the glass and get them out".
When a man with his face covered came to the door and banged on it, many students became terrified, began to cry, and some contacted the police.
When the police arrived, they told students to evacuate the room, and be escorted out. The Jewish students lined up, and walked out with their heads down, not saying anything or making eye contact, as instructed by the staff. They were escorted out of the area by police, as the mob of 100 or so chanted more racial slurs, and yelled "SHAME".
Among the people seen leading the mob were Krishna Saravanamuttu, the York Federation of Students Vice President of Equity. I saw him after the rally shaking people's hands and thanking them for coming
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