‘It was never meant to describe the focus of the event, only the views and perspectives of that panelist’
A description of an upcoming panel event at UC Berkeley that claimed the assaults and rapes against Israeli women by Hamas terrorists on Oct. 7, 2024 were “debunked” has been removed after it prompted controversy and backlash.
The now-deleted event description had stated it will “look at how Zionism has weaponized feminism, so as to serve Israel’s genocidal intent, by upholding debunked accusations of systematic Hamas mass assault, while ignoring documented reports of Israeli abuses.”
Now, the updated event page for the Feb. 11 Zoom event titled “Feminist and Queer Solidarities with Palestine” has “no description at all, just the names of the participants and attendance details,” the Jewish News of Northern California reported.
UC Berkeley spokesman Dan Mogulof told the outlet that the wording “was an abstract written by a participant in the panel discussion. It was never meant to describe the focus of the event, only the views and perspectives of that panelist.” […]
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