The Chicanery of the "Solidarity with Palestinian Human Rights" thugs at the UBC, Vancouver

Canada's becoming Canadistan right before your eyes. David Frum writes about the arm-twisting tactics which come as second nature to these Hamas loving thugs.... and it's happening right here on our very own soil.

Vancouver is about as far as you can get from the Middle East without bumping into penguins.

Yet this month, students at the University of British Columbia are getting a little taste of Hamas thuggery right on their own campus.

All UBC students pay a small fee to support student activities. One of the groups receiving the money has proposed donating $700 to a new Gaza flotilla: an attempt to deliver aid directly to Hamas (widely recognized as a terrorist group), bypassing Israeli inspections.

The UBC student group that oversees student funds did the responsible thing, and put a temporary stop to the Hamas donation, pending a vote by the full student council.

The pro-Hamas students have reacted with a campaign of abuse and intimidation against the student who made the responsible decision, UBC Alma Mater Society president Bijan Ahmadian. Ahmadian tweeted on Thursday: “Shaken from the physical intimidation by the SPHR President at my office today. Had to call security to remove him.” SPHR is the acronym for “Solidarity with Palestinian Human Rights, a UBC student group.

It might seem upside down that people who purport to speak for “human rights” should engage in physical intimidation. Or that they should try to use student-activity money to subsidize acts of terrorism half a world away.

But this is all part of what British writer Melanie Phillips calls “the world turned upside down” of Middle East politics......


There's more here from the AMS Student Society of UBC

h/t: Dean