The newly elected National Union of Students’ president, Shaima Dallali, has backed armed violence against Israelis.
At the height of the clashes between Israel and Hamas in May last year, Ms Dallali tweeted: “Palestinians have a right to resist by all means possible — even with weapons — this right is acknowledged in international law — Hamas did not start the aggression, what would you like them to do for example?”
Ms Dallali’s incendiary post came just two days after three Israelis were killed when a barrage of rockets were fired at Tel Aviv from Gaza.
The Arabic language post, translated for the JC by researchers at CAMERA, a media monitoring group, continued: “Does this serve the Palestinian Cause? An important question. To my point of view the answer is according to your opinion regarding the solution of the cause — but armed resistance is a right and we should accept this.”
