{"id":2119916,"date":"2023-12-08T15:05:02","date_gmt":"2023-12-08T20:05:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/she-tore-down-posters-of-israeli-hostages-now-she-wants-you-to-pay-for-her-therapy\/"},"modified":"2023-12-08T15:10:12","modified_gmt":"2023-12-08T20:10:12","slug":"she-tore-down-posters-of-israeli-hostages-now-she-wants-you-to-pay-for-her-therapy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/she-tore-down-posters-of-israeli-hostages-now-she-wants-you-to-pay-for-her-therapy\/","title":{"rendered":"She removed Israeli hostage posters and now seeks therapy funding"},"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%2Fshe-tore-down-posters-of-israeli-hostages-now-she-wants-you-to-pay-for-her-therapy%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=2119916&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--><blockquote>\n<h2>&#8216;Any unused funds will be directly given to Palestinian liberation organizers,&#8217; suspended NYU student Hafiza Khalique writes in GoFundMe<\/h2>\n<figure><figcaption>(Support for \u200cHafiza Khalique GoFundMe)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div>\n<p>A New\u2063 York University student suspended from campus and stripped of her scholarships for \u200dtearing down posters of Israeli hostages is now \u200bbegging for \u2064financial\u200d support &#8220;to\u2063 cover costs for therapy.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Hafiza Khalique on Wednesday posted the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gofundme.com\/f\/support-for-hafiza-khalique\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">GoFundMe<\/a>, in which she portrays herself as a victim of &#8220;racist\u200b doxxing, Islamophobia, intimidation, [and] targeted smear campaigns.&#8221; The fundraising effort \u2062comes weeks after NYU <a href=\"https:\/\/nyunews.com\/news\/2023\/12\/07\/nyu-suspends-student\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">quietly suspended<\/a> Khalique for vandalizing &#8220;university \u2064property or the property of others,&#8221; a reference to Khalique&#8217;s decision in October to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/StopAntisemites\/status\/1714073317315887385\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">tear down posters<\/a> of Israeli hostages held by Hamas in Gaza.<\/p>\n<p>Khalique,\u200b who has already raised roughly half of her $10,000 goal, said in her\u200b GoFundMe description that the &#8220;inflammatory&#8221; posters were &#8220;used to normalize Israel&#8217;s genocide against Palestinians.&#8221; She also announced her intention to leave NYU, \u200cciting \u200ca &#8220;hostile environment&#8221; that has driven her to seek therapy.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I received racist, sexist, fatphobic, \u200cIslamophobic,\u200b disturbing and vile messages on\u200b every platform,&#8221; \u2062Khalique wrote. &#8220;My photos\u200d and videos were broadcasted live on right-wing news outlets\u200d \u2026 putting my life in imminent danger.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;As a result, I was forced to drop most of my classes for my physical and mental safety,&#8221;\u2062 Khalique continued. &#8220;Please help me raise funds to cover costs for therapy, application fees, tuition, housing, and all educational\u200c expenses abroad.&#8221; Any unused funds,\u200b Khalique said, &#8220;will be directly given to Palestinian liberation\u2063 organizers and \u2063students.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Khalique, who <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chalkbeat.org\/detroit\/2022\/7\/11\/23203414\/pride-month-lgbtq-detroit-schools-district\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">describes herself<\/a> as a &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/survivor-host-asks-contestants-if-saying-come-on-in-guys-is-still-okay\/\" title=\"\u2018Survivor\u2019 Host Asks Contestants If Saying \u2018Come On In Guys\u2019 Is Still \u2018Okay\u2019\">queer woman<\/a> of color&#8221; and uses &#8220;she\/they&#8221; pronouns,\u2062 is from the Detroit area, where she\u2063 says she&#8217;s been involved in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tulane-university-to-host-event-on-decolonizing-study-abroad\/\" title=\"Tulane University To Host Event On \u2018Decolonizing Study Abroad\u2019\">left-wing activism<\/a> since\u200d high school. Khalique in a July\u2064 2022 op-ed characterized Detroit as &#8220;progressive on issues of race&#8221; but lamented that &#8220;homophobia\u200b and transphobia remain common&#8221; in\u200d the city.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;As a queer\u2063 student, it\u2064 should not be my responsibility to guide my peers and teachers to unlearn homophobia and\u200d transphobia; it is mentally exhausting,&#8221; Khalique wrote, citing &#8220;stares&#8221; she received while wearing a pride flag at school.<\/p>\n<p>Khalique went on to serve\u200b as an &#8220;Anti-Militarist\u200b Organizing Fellow&#8221; at Dissenters, an anti-Israel liberal advocacy group that <a href=\"https:\/\/wearedissenters.org\/our-vision\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">says<\/a> it\u2064 is &#8220;taking back our resources from elites, and their violent wars, prisons, police,\u2063 weapons, \u200dand walls.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>While Khalique was \u200dunapologetic over \u2063her decision to tear down posters of abducted Israelis\u2014she <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@nm5oy\/video\/7309578718882712864?_r=1&#038;_t=8i19Mgkx8cF\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">blamed<\/a> &#8220;powerful, wealthy families \u2062 [and] institutions&#8221;\u2064 for sparking outrage over her actions\u2014Khalique&#8217;s accomplice in the ordeal did attempt to distance herself from the move. That NYU student, Yazmeen Deyhimi, <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2023\/10\/17\/nyu-student-that-ripped-down-israeli-hostage-posters-is-former-adl-intern\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a> she tore \u200ddown the posters after finding it &#8220;increasingly difficult to know my place as a biracial brown woman.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I have felt more and more frustrated about the time we \u2062currently \u2063find \u2064ourselves in,&#8221; Deyhimi wrote in a now-deleted Instagram\u200c post, &#8220;and that misplaced\u200b anger into actions that are not an accurate \u2064representation of who I am as a person.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> How do supporters argue that Hafiza Khalique&#8217;s actions\u2064 were driven by a desire to raise\u2062 awareness\u2063 about \u2064the Palestinian cause?<\/h2>\n<p><span>  \/09\/08\/dcl-suspends-ex-michigan-teacher-hafiza-khalique-license-urges-investigation-of-hijab-pull\/&#8221; target=&#8221;_blank&#8221; rel=&#8221;noopener&#8221;>previously worked as a teacher<\/a> in Michigan, has faced backlash and\u2063 calls\u2063 for\u2063 further investigations after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/makhia-bryants-life-mattered-black-lives-matter-release-statement-say-another-black-life-stolen\/\" title=\"\u2018Ma\u2019Khia Bryant\u2019s Life Mattered\u2019: Black Lives Matter Release Statement, Say \u2018Another Black Life Stolen\u2019\">video footage emerged<\/a>\u200b of \u2062her forcefully removing posters from a bulletin board on campus. The \u2063posters, which depicted \u200bimages of Israeli hostages held by Hamas, \u200dwere \u2063put up as part\u200d of a campaign to \u200craise\u2063 awareness about the plight of these individuals.<\/p>\n<p>In her\u2062 GoFundMe post, Khalique alleges\u2062 that her \u2062actions were motivated by her \u200cbelief that the \u2064posters were being used to \u2062normalize what she referred\u200d to as \u200dIsrael&#8217;s \u200c&#8221;genocide against Palestinians.&#8221; She claims\u2062 that\u2064 she was subjected to a\u200b wave of hate\u200c messages and threats as a result of her actions, which forced her to drop several \u2063of her classes for her own safety. Khalique argues that the suspension and\u2063 loss of scholarships only add to the\u2064 financial burden she now \u200cfaces and\u2062 hopes that\u200c supporters will contribute to covering her \u2063therapy, application \u200dfees, tuition, housing, and\u200c other educational expenses abroad.<\/p>\n<p>While Khalique has managed to \u2063raise a \u2062significant amount \u200dtowards her goal, her plea for financial assistance has been\u200c met with mixed responses. Supporters argue \u200bthat her actions were driven by a desire to raise awareness about\u2064 the Palestinian cause and that she should not be financially penalized for expressing her views. \u200cOthers, however, \u200csee her actions as a violation of \u200cfree speech and an\u2062 act of vandalism that warranted the disciplinary actions taken against her.<\/p>\n<p>The\u200c controversy \u2062surrounding\u200b Khalique&#8217;s case extends beyond the \u200cimmediate circumstances \u2062and strikes at the heart of \u200blarger\u200c debates \u2063concerning the\u200c Israeli-Palestinian conflict, freedom of expression, and the role of universities in maintaining\u2063 a safe and inclusive environment. Critics argue that her actions crossed a\u2064 line and constituted \u2063harassment towards those who put\u2063 up the\u2064 posters, while Khalique\u2064 and her supporters maintain that her\u2062 actions were\u2064 an act of\u200c protest against \u200dperceived injustices.<\/p>\n<p>Given the sensitive and complex nature of\u2063 the\u200b Israeli-Palestinian conflict, it is likely that \u200copinions on\u2063 Khalique&#8217;s case\u2062 will remain\u200d deeply divided. The \u200duniversity has yet to release a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-jason-aldean-runs-off-stage-after-suffering-heat-stroke\/\" title=\"VIDEO: Jason Aldean Rushes Off Stage Due to 'Heat Stroke'\">statement \u200caddressing<\/a> her fundraising efforts, \u200band it remains to\u2064 be seen how the funds will be used if her goal is reached. Regardless, the incident has sparked important\u2063 conversations\u200d surrounding the responsibilities and \u200bboundaries of activism on college campuses and the\u2062 need for respectful dialogue and\u200d understanding in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/furious-residents-attempt-to-block-bus-of-illegal-immigrants-but-nypd-clears-the-way-with-multiple-arrests\/\" title=\"Angry locals try to stop bus of undocumented immigrants, but NYPD intervenes with arrests.\">addressing contentious issues<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Suspended NYU student Hafiza Khalique, who tore down posters of Israeli hostages, seeks financial aid for therapy. In her GoFundMe campaign, she pledges to donate any surplus funds to Palestinian liberation organizers. NYU suspended her and revoked scholarships. 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