NYC Councilwoman pulls CUNY law school funds over anti-Israel stance
May 29, 2022 — Nerdeen Kiswani speaks out for Palestinian rights while ...
The WOL leader said that there had been a campaign to prevent her from speaking ...
"No, she's under scrutiny because she says really outlandish things and does things like go up to people wearing IDF sweaters and threatens to light them on fire," said Rafaella Gunz, a former classmate of Kiswani's at CUNY Law, who left the institution due to what she described as a "toxic" antisemitic environment.
"It's not because of her Palestinian identity, it's because she interrupts Holocaust memorial ceremonies and says that she hopes the last thing Zionists hear in their life is 'pop pop.' She says crazy, violent things and it's f**king cheered on."
"Not just in this speech, but in other venues, Kiswani has demanded 'Zionism out of CUNY.' In other words, that Zionist Jews should be discriminated against based on their religion, ethnicity, and/or national origin as students, faculty, or staff members and be thrown out of CUNY," SAFE CUNY told The Jerusalem Post.
"Kiswani is unqualified to hold a law license in New York state because she emphatically expresses views that violate the attorney's oath of office and religious liberty for all religious beliefs, including Zionistic ones, under the New York State constitution. It was even more shocking to observe CUNY Law Professors on stage applauding and cheering Kiswani's discriminatory rhetoric."...
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