“We are happy this harassing complaint is dismissed, but it was incredibly disingenuous of SSI to accuse us of incitement in the first place,” said one member of SJP. “We held this vigil to commemorate 70 years of the dispossession of our family members. At the same time as our vigil, the Israeli military was killing unarmed protesters in Gaza.”
Read MoreCity College of New York announced late Friday that it would allow a book event organized by Students for Justice in Palestine to go forward.
Read MoreDayan referred to critical questions by SJP members and supporters as “terrorism,” and SJP members faced racist harassment and physical attack by at least one member of SSI immediately after the event. The university has taken no action to support SJP members, the vast majority of whom are Muslim and Arab or South Asian.
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