SWC Denounces 'New Blood Libel' at UC Campuses

SWC Denounces 'New Blood Libel' at UC Campuses

The Simon Wiesenthal Center denounced the Muslim Student Union's 'blood-smeared' apartheid wall and Israeli flag on thecampus of the University of California, Irvine.

"These actions are not about academic freedom but pure hate propaganda", said Rabbi Abraham Cooper, the Center'sassociate dean.

"This new 'Blood Libel' against the Jewish State comes at a time when innocent Israeli civilian communities are specifically targeted by Hamas, forcing the evacuation of hundreds ofchildren from Sderot, and when just last night, a 32 year-old israeli woman was murdered by aKassam rocket," he continued.

"While campus apologists for terrorists demonize Israel, they say nothing of the brutal Arab on Arab blood letting inGaza, Lebanon, Iraq and Sudan.It is time for the leadership of these UC campuses to publicly denounce the unrelenting campaign to demonize Israel while remaining silent and indifferent tothe source of suffering in the Middle East-Arab and Muslim Terrorism, Cooper concluded.

Rabbi Aron Hier, Director, Campus Outreach, has been in touch with students at UC Irvine and Cal Poly Pomona and are working together to coordinate a response.