Anti-Israel Beat Poet Serves Up Misinformation at Portland State

Student groups on campuses across the country are organizing anti-Israel protests and events. At one such event on Friday, Students United for Palestinian Equal Rights (SUPER) at Portland State University (PSU) hosted anti-Israel rapper/beat poet Remi Kanazi, Victoria Taft reports.

In a video of the event originally recorded by Daylight Disinfectant and referenced by Taft, Kanazi performs a rap titled "Normalize This!" during which he states that "Zionism is a real demographic threat," and calls for a "right of return."

Friday's event comes as no surprise to those who have closely followed PSU. While appalling in its disregard for facts, Taft notes that the state university has a long history tolerating anti-Israel activism and anti-Semitism on campus.

"This is a school which stood by and did nothing when swastikas were scrawled on posters for a pro Jewish event on campus...[and] stood by as one of the most notorious anti Jewish speakers, Jamal Badawi, came to campus in the guise of a "family event," Taft writes.

Read more about PSU and Friday's SUPER event here.

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