| University of California Santa Barbara - Students for Justice in Palestine hosted Taher Herzallah and Professor William Robinson to discuss the legal implications and indictments of the Irvine 11 ruling, criminalization of palestinian activism, and consequences of student activism in general. Taher Herzallah was one of the Irvine 11 students, who was charged with interruption and conspiracy to interrupt. He spoke about the events that led to the Irvine 11 case, the campaign against him, and how the Irvine 11 are moving forward. Dr. William I. Robinson, professor of Sociology here at UCSB, was the focus of a silencing campaign by national pro-Israeli groups on account of his public statements against the bombing of Gaza in 2008. He will talk about the broader campaign against Palestinian advocacy and its broader impact. |
