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CANARY MISSION STATEMENT ON UCLA

SJP'S INCENDIARY LOGO
In promoting their 2018 National Conference on November 16-18 at UCLA, SJP used a logo featuring a kite with the Palestinian flag. The logo pays homage to the work of the Hamas’ “Kite Unit”. These kites are weapons of terrorism, often marked with swastikas and armed with incendiary devices or IEDs (improvised explosive devices), meant to inflict maximum damage.

WATCH OUR LATEST ON NATIONAL SJP'S LOGO AND UCLA'S MEDIOCRE RESPONSE

So far “terror kites” have caused over 1000 fires across southern Israel, burning up more than 7000 acres of forest and emitting tons of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere.

After review by UCLA, a cease and desist letter was sent to the group, asking SJP to stop “unauthorized use of the “UCLA” name and mascot to imply endorsement.” SJP removed the word UCLA, still utilized the bear and kept the kite.
 

NATIONAL SJP CONFERENCE CLOSED TO THE PUBLIC
The 2018 National SJP conference is strictly closed to the public.

It goes without saying that the UCLA administration has a duty to safeguard against private parlor meetings antithetical to the university’s principles. As UCLA is a public university, it should even the more so ensure that an open forum for public debate is upheld for contentious issues.

As of now, there will be no open debate, no chance for non-SJP members to engage in speech with members of National SJP. There will, however, be the exchange of ideas between individuals intent on making campus life uncomfortable for Jewish students.

UCLA CHANCELLOR RELEASES STATEMENT
Despite the controversy over SJP’s new logo and UCLA’s Cease and Desist letter, on November 12, 2018, UCLA Chancellor, Gene D. Block, published an explanation of his decision to allow the National SJP conference to go ahead as planned.

In his statement, Chancellor Block invoked UC’s Principles Against Intolerance to defend the decision. Upon closer analysis, his use of the principles proves exactly why the the National SJP conference should at least be open to the public:

"Those values underpin the University of California’s “Principles Against Intolerance,” adopted in 2016. Even though our nation’s laws protect speech tainted by bias, stereotypes, prejudice and intolerance, the principles stress the need for mutual respect during debate in order to advance UC’s mission. The principles also warn about the dangers of anti-Semitic forms of anti-Zionism, in which criticism of Israel morphs into hostility against Jewish people."

Since the National SJP conference will be closed to the public, rather than being a space for “mutual respect during debate,” the completely private event will instead be a two-day safe space on the UCLA campus for “anti-Semitic forms of anti-Zionism” and criticism of Israel that “morphs into hostility against Jewish people;” exactly what the principles warn against.

Chancellor Block’s conclusion does no better, ending off with the claim that the conference should be allowed under constitutional principles of free speech:

"It remains an awkward reality that our constitutional system, and democracy’s commitment to open debate, demand that Americans allow speech we may oppose."

THE WHITE SUPREMACY TEST

Now imagine Chancellor Block was not faced with SJP, but by a closed event led by David Duke, Richard Spencer or White Nationalist campus group Identity Evropa. How would UCLA have responded? We likely know the answer...

UCLA has in the past displayed scrutiny of far-right hate groups. So why the lack of that scrutiny with SJP? They spread similar hatred of Jews on campus. There is a clear double standard.

Don’t believe that SJP spreads the same hatred? See for yourself, in the words of SJP activists:

VIDEO: SJP Activists Deny and Mock the Holocaust
VIDEO: SJP Activists Call for Terrorism and Violence Against Jews
VIDEO: Beyond Charlottesville

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CHECK OUT OUR LATEST REPORT ON UCLA

Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) is a malicious student group who target Jewish and pro-Israel students on campus.  SJP at UCLA was involved in two major incidents during 2018:

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