Anti-Israel rally in Chicago suburb instructs students on ‘how to make your campus Palestinian’: Report

A recent anti-Israel rally in a Chicago suburb offered advice to college students on how to make their campus “Palestinian.”

The Free Press reported on the 17th Annual Palestine Convention, which was held last week at the Tinley Park Convention Center, calling itself “the largest gathering of Palestine in the US” according to its website.

There was a game called “Crisis Room” aimed at “figur[ing] come up with strategies” on how to fight an Israeli officer who appeared on their campus.

“A war criminal is coming to your campus,” Jenin Alharithi, a recent graduate of the University of Illinois at Chicago who led the play, told the participants, according to the report. “What are you going to do?”

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The participant responded that the students should organize a protest and lobby the protesters through the messaging app Telegram. Another voiced concern over alleged anti-Semitism, and suggested that the anti-Israel group Jewish Voice for Peace join the protest.

“The first complaint will be ‘Oh, this is antisemitic,'” he said. “I think we need like JVP, or something like that, with Jewish people. We want White people, Jewish students there.”

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Hundreds gathered for an anti-Israel camp at the University of Chicago last spring. (Joseph A. Wulfsohn/Fox News Digital)

The meeting was hosted by the American Muslims in Palestine (AMP), a non-profit organization that the Free Press noted is currently under congressional investigation for its alleged ties to Hamas.

Among its speakers was the director of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, Nihad Awad, who caused a stir last year when he said he was “happy to see” the terrorist attack on October 7.

Other sessions aimed at college students include “Make Your Campus Palestine” to “amplify the voices of Palestinian students” and effectively counter “anti-Palestinianism.” One called “In Front of the Lens” trained them on how to write press releases and answer “tricky questions” from journalists such as “do they support terrorism” such as Hamas.

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“I can say, ‘No, I don’t support terrorism,’ and I look at what Israel is doing—I can say, ‘I don’t support the deportation of innocent Palestinians, I don’t support the shooting of Palestinians. children,’” one participant responded. “You don’t want them to put you on the defensive. You have to put them on the defensive.”

There was also a session called “Bringing Activism to Professionalism” that taught students how to incorporate “Palestinian activism into their craft.”

Anti-Israel protesters disrupt the 98th Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York City, US, November 28, 2024. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid (Reuters/Brendan McDermid)

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College campuses saw widespread anti-Israel protests following the events of October 7. Last spring, student activists set up camps, creating tension with college administrators.

Recently, a group of protesters temporarily disrupted the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York City.