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[[Abdullah Akl]] is a graduate student at [[Harvard University]] and a prominent member of [[Within Our Lifetime]], "a virulent antisemitic and anti-[[Israel]] group and offshoot of [[Students for Justice in Palestine]] ([[Students for Justice in Palestine|SJP]]) in [[New York City]]."<ref>[https://www.jns.org/new-york-city-man-pleads-guilty-to-assaulting-jews/ New York City man pleads guilty to assaulting Jews (accessed May 18, 2024)]</ref> | [[Abdullah Akl]] is a graduate student at [[Harvard University]] and a prominent member of [[Within Our Lifetime]], "a virulent antisemitic and anti-[[Israel]] group and offshoot of [[Students for Justice in Palestine]] ([[Students for Justice in Palestine|SJP]]) in [[New York City]]."<ref>[https://www.jns.org/new-york-city-man-pleads-guilty-to-assaulting-jews/ New York City man pleads guilty to assaulting Jews (accessed May 18, 2024)]</ref> | ||
Revision as of 20:06, 18 May 2024
Abdullah Akl is a graduate student at Harvard University and a prominent member of Within Our Lifetime, "a virulent antisemitic and anti-Israel group and offshoot of Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) in New York City."[1]
Addressing anti-Israel Activists at Columbia
Antisemitic Social Media Posts
Abdullah Akl is profiled in an article at the Washington Free Beacon titled "Anti-Semitic Social Media Posts Roil Harvard Amid Federal Civil Rights Investigation" dated January 9, 2024. Excerpt:[2]
- "Harvard University is facing a federal investigation into campus anti-Semitism. But social media posts reviewed by the Washington Free Beacon show anti-Semitism on campus is not abating, and the school does not appear eager to address it.
- A Harvard student seeking a master's degree in government, for example, has drawn the attention and concern of pro-Israel students on campus. That student, Abdullah Akl, is using his social media accounts to call for "Intifada" against Jews, contend "that there is no state called Israel," and encourage his followers to "teach your children that the Zionist entity is an enemy," according to posts reviewed by the Free Beacon.
- "Zionist are indigenous to hell," Akl told his followers in another Instagram post.
- Akl announced he would continue his "academic journey" at Harvard in May 2023, when he graduated from Long Island University-Brooklyn. Months later, Akl published an academic article under the Harvard name. MPower Change, the anti-Israel group cofounded by Linda Sarsour that employs Akl as a field organizer, lists Akl as a Harvard graduate student, as does Akl's LinkedIn. The Staten Island Advance wrote in October that Akl "is currently pursuing a master's degree in government from Harvard University..."