American colleges and universities have become breeding grounds for antisemitism and a University of Virginia professor is seemingly doing her part to foment hatred against Israel in the aftermath of the sneak attack by Hamas that resulted in the deaths of over 1,000 people.
The professor, an associate professor of global studies and anthropology at UVA, appeared to offer extra credit to students to attend an event put on by a controversial group which said that the savage murders of Jewish citizens of Israel, including babies who were butchered, was a “step towards a free Palestine.”
Tessa Farmer sent a message to students promoting the event hosted by Students for Justice in Palestine which it described as a “[teach-in] and demonstration about the current situation in Gaza, the events and history that led to this moment, and a discussion about how we can [stand] in solidarity with Palestinians resisting occupation,” according to Fox News Digital which obtained a copy of a screenshot offering the bonus points.
The professor told students that they could score the extra credit by attending what she described as “an applicable event” that “relates to class conversations/themes” and writing a 250-word “reflection” tying the event to course material.
The message specifically promoted the anti-Israel group’s event scheduled for Thursday evening, October 20.
“How we can be in solidarity with” Palestinians resisting occupation
Tessa Farmer, UVA prof solidarity with Hamas terror, pogrom, beheading babies
College professor offers extra credit for rally ‘resisting’ Israeli ‘occupation,’ sparking state AG probe https://t.co/xRBb85TwZ9
— Anne Leary (@backyardconserv) October 12, 2023
In another message to students that was provided to Fox News Digital by a University of Virginia spokesperson, the professor clarified that her goal of the extra-credit offer “is for students to attend events around grounds that are applicable to the global studies course topics, recognizing that important issues will have a diversity of perspectives.”
“By posting the information provided by the organizers about the event that is happening today, I did not intend to imply that there is a link between endorsing the viewpoint of the organization and receiving extra credit for the course. In attending any event, I encourage you to critically engage with the content presented and to form your own opinion,” she said.
“In the reflection on any event, the request is that you critically engage with the content of the event using the tools that the class offers,” Farmer added.
The message got the attention of Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares who, according to a spokesperson, is “very concerned” and “looking into it.”
Miyares already had UVA Students for Justice in Palestine on his radar over its statement that, among other things, described the Islamist savages who massacred 260 concertgoers at an outdoor music festival and slaughtered Jews in their own homes as “resistance fighters” who “seized control of Israeli settlements that are illegal under international law.”
I denounce the hateful message of the UVA Students for Justice in Palestine in the strongest terms possible. pic.twitter.com/92xYLtCZMP
— Jason Miyares (@JasonMiyaresVA) October 10, 2023
“I denounce the hateful message of the UVA Students for Justice in Palestine in the strongest terms possible. You cannot ‘mourn the loss of human life’ and ‘hope for long-lasting peace’ and also cheer on the murder, rape, and hostage-taking by Hamas, a terrorist organization that exists for the destruction and murder of Jewish people,” the Republican official said in a statement earlier this week.
Events supporting the Palestinian terrorists are taking place on campuses throughout the country with video and images being shared by users on X, the platform previously known as Twitter.
Hundreds of pro-Hamas protestors at UCLA chanting “INTIFADA! INTIFADA!” pic.twitter.com/qmN0xRkQq8
— Justin Hart (@justin_hart) October 13, 2023
JUST IN: Pro-Palestine rally advocating for “one solution” at the University of Washington.
College campuses are breeding grounds for terrorist sympathizers.
Defund them.
Stop writing them checks.
Don’t give them your kids.pic.twitter.com/zD2BNq2rTe— Charlie Kirk (@charliekirk11) October 12, 2023
NEW: The scene at Columbia University in New York City where the school has been overrun by pro-Palestine protesters.
Just a few days ago, Hamas terrorists murdered innocent Israeli men, women and children.
In response to the barbaric attacks, college campuses have been overrun… pic.twitter.com/X7Y1WroMPn
— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) October 12, 2023
“Students for Justice in Palestine unequivocally supports Palestinian Liberation and the right of colonized people everywhere to resist the occupation of their land by whatever means necessary,” the UVA group said in its statement.
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