ZOOM CANCELS JIHAD TERRORIST LEILA KHALED’S WEBINAR AT SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY
BY CHRISTINE DOUGLASS-WILLIAMS
republished below in full unedited for informational, educational & research purposes:
Zoom canceled Leila Khaled, not San Francisco State University. SFSU was ready to host her. SFSU should be held responsible for aiding and abetting jihad terror.
Leila Khaled does much more than simply engage in “offensive” speech. Being “offensive” is very different from inciting to violence and murder, or celebrating those who have participated in the commission of terror attacks.
Zoom’s decision to cancel Leila Khaled’s webinar at San Francisco State University demonstrates that Zoom is not giving preferential treatment to Muslims out of the prevailing political correctness and intimidation, and that violence and jihadist incitement to violence will not be tolerated. Kudos to Zoom.
“Zoom cancels Leila Khaled webinar at San Francisco State University,” Jerusalem Post, September 23, 2020:
Due to the concerted efforts of many lawyers and activists, Zoom has canceled a webinar hosted by San Francisco State University which was slated to feature Palestinian terrorist Leila Khaled as one of its guest speakers.
“Zoom is committed to supporting the open exchange of ideas and conversations, subject to certain limitations contained in our Terms of Service, including those related to user compliance with applicable US export control, sanctions, and anti-terrorism laws,” Zoom said in a statement, according to the Lawfare Project. The newly established #EndJewHatred movement was also involved in pressuring SFSU to prevent Khaled’s talk.
“In light of the speaker’s reported affiliation or membership in a US designated foreign terrorist organization, and SFSU’s inability to confirm otherwise, we determined the meeting is in violation of Zoom’s Terms of Service and told SFSU they may not use Zoom for this particular event,” the statement continued.
After the announcement by Zoom, Strategic Affairs Minister Orit Farkash-Hacohen tweeted: “Glad to see @Zoom_us preventing PFLP terrorist Leila Khaled from abusing its platform to spread her bigotry and calls for Jewish State’s destruction at a @SFSU event today. Tech companies need to uphold policies & protect the safety of all of its [sic] users against such hate-speech.”
Khaled, who as a member of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine hijacked El Al Flight 219 on September 6, 1970, was due to address an event hosted by SFSU’s Arab and Muslim Ethnicities and Diasporas (AMED) study program, titled “Who’s Narratives? Gender, Justice and Resistance: a conversation with Leila Khaled,” on Wednesday, September 23.
SFSU rejected previous requests to withdraw the invitation, including a request made by Rodney Khazzam, a passenger on Flight 219 who almost lost his life when Khaled attempted to detonate a grenade while the plane was aloft. Nitsana Darshan-Leitner, president of Shurat HaDin, a Tel Aviv-based law firm that specializes in defending the right of the State of Israel to exist, has now written to the university on Khazzam’s behalf.
FLIGHT 219 was one of four planes hijacked that day by the PFLP, and the only one where the hijacking failed: Khaled’s coconspirator Patrick Argüello was killed by an air marshal, while Khaled was subdued and handed over to British authorities in London.
Three other planes were successfully diverted to Dawson’s Field, a remote desert airstrip in Jordan, where the 56 Jewish passengers were separated from non-Jews and held hostage.
Three days later a fifth plane was hijacked in an attempt to force authorities to release Khaled and other PFLP prisoners, and a deal was struck on September 30 which saw the hostages released in return for their freedom.
SFSU has come under criticism for antisemitism thanks to on-campus support for the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions campaign against the State of Israel, and other anti-Israel activities….