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Anthony Kandah
Anthony Kandah supported a terrorist as an activist with Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) at Eastern Michigan University (EMU SJP). He has also demonized Israel.
Kandah is a supporter of the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) movement and, on November 17, 2017, shared an Instagram video of a divestment resolution passing at the University of Michigan.
In July 2017, Kandah claimed credit on Instagram for getting SJP EMU official organizational status at EMU. He also attended the 2017 National SJP Conference (NSJP).
NSJP 2017 was held October 27-29, 2017 at the University of Houston (UH). The conference was themed “A Reimagined World: Dismantling Walls from Palestine to the Rio Grande.” Per the 2017 National SJP Conference website, the conference aimed to strengthen “collaborative efforts within all regions to pass BDS” and envision “pathways to achieving sanctions in the future.”
On August 18, 2017, Kandah called terrorist Rasmea Odeh a “true Palestinian icon” on Instagram. He added: “Thank you Rasmea for all that you done for Palestinians. It was an honor to be in your presence.” His post included a photo himself and other anti-Israel activists demonstrating for Odeh.
Rasmea Odeh was a key military operative [00:02:08] with the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) terrorist organization. In 1969, she masterminded a PFLP supermarket bombing that killed two college students. She also attempted to bomb the British consulate in Jerusalem. Odeh later moved to the United States but was deported to Jordan in 2017 for immigration fraud.
On September 22, 2017, Kandah shared an Instagram photo of himself and other EMU SJP activists in front a display reading “RESPECT EXISTENCE OR EXPECT RESISTANCE.” One activist held a sign accusing Israel of “apartheid” and the display showed the cartoon known as “Handala.”
Handala is a cartoon representing a demand known as the Palestinian “right of return” to Israel. The “right of return” is a demand discredited as a means to eliminate Israel.
SJP is the leading student organization engaged in anti-Israel activity on North American college and university campuses. The first chapter of SJP was founded in 2001 at the University of California at Berkeley by Professor Hatem Bazian, who has spread anti-Semitism and defended the Hamas terror group.
SJP organizes anti-Israel campus campaigns, including running annual Israel Apartheid Weeks and pushing the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) movement. SJP activists have reportedly physically assaulted, intimidated and harassed Jewish students, and SJP chapters have often endorsed and campaigned for terrorists.
The Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) movement was founded by pro-terror activist Omar Barghouti in 2005 to turn “Israel into a pariah state, as South Africa once was.” Barghouti has also called for Israel's destruction and the BDS movement demands would result in that same goal.
BDS initiatives include calling on institutions and individuals to divest from Israeli-affiliated companies, promoting academic and cultural boycotts of Israel, and organizing anti-Israel rallies, protests and campaigns.
The movement’s most notable achievement has been infiltrating university campuses through lobbying for “BDS resolutions.” In these cases, student governments propose resolutions to boycott or divestment from Israel or Israeli-affiliated entities. BDS activity is often aggressive and disruptive. It has been noted that universities that pass BDS resolutions see a marked increase in anti-Semitic incidents and pro-terror activism on campus.
