Offensive posters found on campus accuse SJP of supporting terror groups

Students reported finding several offensive posters on campus early Thursday that describe the group Students for Justice in Palestine as supporting terror groups, less than two months after posters with similar messages were reported across campus.

The posters, found near the De Neve area, read “Stop SJP” and claimed the organization supports groups that oppress women, kill gay individuals and persecute Christians.

Students for Justice in Palestine could not immediately be reached for comment for this article.

The posters included information about the website titled “Jew Hatred on Campus,” which is run by conservative writer David Horowitz. The site alleges that UCLA is one of the nation’s most anti-Semitic schools.

Horowitz said in a Jewish Journal interview in February he put up other posters criticizing Students for Justice in Palestine. The February posters depicted men with assault rifles standing over a masked man and named the student group with “#JewHaters” written below it.

In an interview with The Bruin soon after the February posters were discovered, Horowitz said he had no connection with them.

University officials started investigating the February posters soon after they were posted, but Horowitz was never arrested in connection with them.

The student group released a statement in response to the previous posters, saying it saw them as hate speech and as damaging to the campus environment.

Students for Justice in Palestine has sponsored two controversial resolutions over the past two years urging the Undergraduate Students Association Council to encourage the University of California to divest from companies that some say profit from human rights violations in the West Bank and Gaza Strip.

Compiled by Sam Hoff, Bruin senior staff.

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