Anti-Israel serial arsonist receives support from Columbia encampment protest groups
The
Columbia University Apartheid Divest coalition that led the encampment at the college has issued a statement of support for an alleged
anti-Israel serial arsonist.
The Jewish Voice for Peace Columbia, Students for Justice in
Palestine Columbia, and CUAD, a coalition of around 100 student groups, published on Instagram a statement of support for Casey Goonan, who was arrested on Monday for involvement in four firebombing and arson attacks at the University of California, Berkeley.
“CUAD stands in full support of Casey Goonan and all of our comrades who have bravely undertaken the call to escalate for Palestine,” said the coalition in the Thursday statement. “Even if Casey G[oonan] is innocent, the entire Palestine solidarity movement must support them as if they truly did take bold and heroic actions to protect millions of lives.”
The series of arson attacks
Goonan’s alleged arson spree of a UC Berkeley Police Department vehicle, a construction site, a brush area near a library, and a building was described by the coalition as a “rational action of targeting state infrastructure” in response to US support for Israel’s military operations in Gaza.
Student anti-Israel protest group issue support for serial arsonist - The Jerusalem Post (jpost.com)