{"id":2110643,"date":"2023-11-29T05:37:02","date_gmt":"2023-11-29T10:37:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/meet-the-professors-arrested-for-blocking-san-franciscos-bay-bridge-in-anti-israel-demonstration\/"},"modified":"2023-11-29T05:54:03","modified_gmt":"2023-11-29T10:54:03","slug":"meet-the-professors-arrested-for-blocking-san-franciscos-bay-bridge-in-anti-israel-demonstration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/meet-the-professors-arrested-for-blocking-san-franciscos-bay-bridge-in-anti-israel-demonstration\/","title":{"rendered":"Professors arrested for blocking SF&#8217;s Bay Bridge in anti-Israel protest"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmeet-the-professors-arrested-for-blocking-san-franciscos-bay-bridge-in-anti-israel-demonstration%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2110643&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div>\n<h2>San Francisco State University &#8216;social justice\u2062 educator&#8217; Rayan El-Amine\u2064 compares Israel&#8217;s supporters to white supremacists<\/h2>\n<figure><figcaption>Rayan El-Amine\u200b (rrs.sfsu.edu), Sarah Fathallah\u200d (pratt.edu)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Professors at several prestigious California universities, including one who equates Israel&#8217;s supporters with white supremacists, were\u2064 arrested during the\u200c notorious San Francisco protest that resulted \u200din\u200d anti-Israel demonstrators shutting down the Bay Bridge. Documents obtained\u2064 by the <em>Washington Free Beacon<\/em> reveal this information.<\/p>\n<p>On November 16, the police arrested approximately 80 protesters who abandoned\u2063 their vehicles\u200c and blocked westbound traffic on\u2063 the\u200d bridge. This stunt caused significant delays and\u2064 led\u2062 to the cancellation of\u200b at least\u2062 one surgery after three organ transplant couriers were trapped in the chaos. Among those arrested was Rayan El-Amine, a self-proclaimed &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/texas-christian-university-microaggression-workshop-encourages-students-to-target-coworkers-with-politically-incorrect-views\/\" title=\"Texas Christian University \u2018Microaggression Workshop\u2019 Encourages Students To Target Coworkers With Politically Incorrect Views\">social justice educator<\/a>&#8221; who teaches in San Francisco State University&#8217;s &#8220;Race\u2064 and Resistance Studies&#8221; department. El-Amine was \u200barrested alongside Sarah Fathallah, an instructor at the University of California, \u200cBerkeley, who boasts her \u2064involvement in \u200d&#8221;abolitionist\u200b and anarchist organizing.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>These arrests\u200c highlight the increasing number of illegal anti-Israel demonstrations occurring on college \u200bcampuses nationwide, demonstrations \u2062that professors have encouraged and even helped organize. For instance, at\u200c the University of Massachusetts Amherst, \u2064lecturer Rachel Weber,\u200c who specializes in &#8220;abolition theory,&#8221; provided legal support and distributed $1,000 in bail money to student \u200dprotesters who advocated for terrorism\u200c against Israelis and hurled\u200b insults at police officers, \u2063including telling\u200b them to &#8220;kill yourself.&#8221; These protesters trespassed \u200cnear the chancellor&#8217;s office during an October 25 &#8220;sit-in&#8221; demonstration, resulting in\u2062 their arrest.<\/p>\n<p>El-Amine has a similar\u2063 track\u200d record of anti-Israel activism. \u200bPrior to joining San Francisco\u200b State&#8217;s faculty, El-Amine served\u200b as the \u200bdirector\u200d of the Arab Resource\u2063 and Organizing Center in San Francisco, a\u200b group \u2063that expressed support \u200dfor Hamas&#8217;s October 7 terrorist \u2063attack on Israel by applauding the &#8220;revolutionary roots\u200d of Palestinian liberation.&#8221; In a now-deleted Facebook post on October 29, the professor compared supporters of the Jewish state to white supremacists, stating, &#8220;White supremacy in this country is so closely tied to supporting Zionism.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It\u200d will\u200b be consumed like [a] blockbuster \u200dmovie with the &#8216;good guys&#8217; (US\u2063 and Israelis) obliterating the eternally evil Arabs,&#8221; El-Amine \u2064wrote. &#8220;It is this deeply\u200b colonial and racist repertoire that we have had to endure for decades.&#8221; El-Amine\u2064 has also accused both Israel and the\u200b United \u200cStates of genocide and claimed that Gazans \u2064are &#8220;trapped in a concentration camp.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Fathallah delivered a presentation on &#8220;Pro-Palestinian Anarchism&#8221; at \u2064an August 2022\u2062 &#8220;Anarchist Studies\u2062 Conference.&#8221; In her \u2063presentation, Fathallah \u2063argued that anarchists can indeed support the &#8220;struggle \u2063for Palestinian liberation.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This presentation argues that it is indeed possible to hold a pro-Palestinian anarchist political project,&#8221; Fathallah wrote, &#8220;when\u2062 that project is situated in a \u2063plural and solidaristic understanding\u2063 of anarchism; a decolonial \u2062and Indigenous critique of anarchism; and a nuanced commitment to Palestinian resistance and \u200cliberation.&#8221; Fathallah\u200b teaches &#8220;service design \u200band UX research courses&#8221; at Berkeley&#8217;s extension school, according to her LinkedIn and \u200bonline bio.<\/p>\n<p>El-Amine, Fathallah, and San\u2062 Francisco \u200bState did not \u2064respond to requests for comment. Berkeley spokesman Dan Mogulof stated that Fathallah \u2062and other \u2064university employees &#8220;have the same rights\u2064 and responsibilities as \u200dany other member of the public&#8221; and &#8220;do \u2064not speak for\u2064 or represent the values, perspectives, or positions of the university.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;When laws are broken, we trust that \u2062the appropriate law enforcement agencies and the judicial system\u2063 will \u200drespond accordingly,&#8221; Mogulof said. &#8220;I am precluded by California state law from providing any \u2062information about personnel actions \u2062involving specific employees.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In addition to\u200c El-Amine and Fathallah, Stanford University physics professor Lauren Tompkins was also arrested at the Bay Bridge protest but claimed she was on her way \u200bto\u2062 work and should not have been detained. The California Highway \u2062Patrol \u2064confirmed the identities of the arrestees, who were booked for crimes such as unlawful assembly,\u200c failure to disperse, \u2063and illegal solicitation.<\/p>\n<p>During the morning commute, protest participants descended on the bridge, stopped their cars, and formed a human chain between vehicles.\u2063 After halting traffic, \u2063some protesters lay down on the bridge under white\u2062 sheets and displayed a banner calling for an Israeli ceasefire. Another\u200d banner accused\u2063 Israel of genocide.<\/p>\n<p>California Highway \u2064Patrol division chief Ezery Beauchamp condemned the demonstration, describing it \u200cas &#8220;100 percent wrong,&#8221; &#8220;unacceptable,&#8221; and &#8220;illegal.&#8221; The \u200bstunt\u2064 prevented \u200bemergency vehicles from\u200b crossing \u2063the bridge for hours, and at least three couriers delivering organs for transplant surgeries were stuck in the traffic, resulting in the cancellation of at least one surgery, according to San Francisco&#8217;s ABC affiliate.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This is the wrong way \u200cto do it,&#8221; Beauchamp said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> What are the consequences \u2064of comparing Israel&#8217;s\u200d supporters to white supremacists in terms of delegitimizing the Jewish state and undermining its right to\u2063 self-defense?<\/h2>\n<p><span>  Ce learning&#8221; at UC Berkeley and often incorporates radical \u200cpolitics into her courses.<\/p>\n<p>These professors&#8217; involvement in illegal and extremist demonstrations raises concerns \u200babout the\u2064 politicization of academia and the erosion of intellectual diversity on college campuses. Instead of fostering\u200c open dialogue and\u2062 critical\u200d thinking, these educators are\u2063 using their \u2063positions of authority to promote a one-sided narrative and extremist ideologies.<\/p>\n<p>The\u2062 comparison of Israel&#8217;s supporters to white supremacists\u200b is not only inflammatory but \u200dalso baseless. It is a reckless attempt to delegitimize the Jewish state and undermine its right\u2063 to self-defense. Such \u200brhetoric \u2062demonizes and ostracizes individuals who legitimately support\u2062 Israel&#8217;s right to exist and defend itself\u2063 against terrorism.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, the participation of these professors in acts of civil disobedience, including blocking traffic and\u2062 causing disruptions, is deeply concerning. It demonstrates a \u2063disregard for the rule of law and \u2063a lack of respect for the rights and safety of others. Instead of\u200d engaging \u2063in productive and constructive activism, they are resorting\u2063 to disruptive tactics that harm innocent\u200d bystanders and result \u2064in unnecessary chaos.<\/p>\n<p>The role of professors should \u200bbe to educate, inspire \u200ccritical thinking, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-impeachment-inquiry\/\" title=\"Biden faces impeachment inquiry.\">encourage respectful dialogue<\/a>. However,\u2063 these \u200bindividuals are using their positions\u2062 to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/desantis-slams-claim-that-climate-change-is-responsible-for-idalia\/\" title=\"DeSantis rejects climate change blame for Idalia.\">advance personal agendas<\/a>\u2062 and indoctrinate students\u2064 with their own radical beliefs. This undermines the integrity of the educational system\u200c and creates an environment \u200dwhere diverse perspectives are suppressed.<\/p>\n<p>It is essential for universities\u200d and academic \u2064institutions to address this \u2063issue seriously. \u2063They\u2064 must ensure\u200d that professors uphold the principles of\u200d intellectual diversity,\u200c respect for different viewpoints, and adherence\u2063 to the law.\u2062 Failure to do so not only damages the reputation of the institution but also deprives students of \u200ba \u2062truly balanced and \u2062enriching \u2064educational experience.<\/p>\n<p>In \u200dconclusion, the arrest of these professors during the San Francisco protest reflects a \u200btroubling \u200dtrend of radicalism and extremism on college campuses. The\u200c politicization of academia and the suppression of intellectual diversity \u2062are detrimental \u2064to the pursuit of knowledge and the development\u2064 of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mtg-says-democrats-climate-cult-agenda-on-electric-vehicles-traitorous-to-auto-unions\/\" title=\"MTG criticizes Democrats' EV agenda as 'betrayal' to auto unions.\">critical\u2062 thinking skills<\/a>. It\u200b is crucial for \u2063universities to\u2062 take appropriate action to promote an inclusive and respectful learning environment, \u2064where all \u200bstudents are\u200c exposed \u2063to \u2063a wide range\u2062 of perspectives and \u2062can engage in meaningful dialogue.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rayan El-Amine, a &#8216;social justice educator&#8217; at San Francisco State University, compared Israel&#8217;s supporters to white supremacists. 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