Prestigious french Institute expels student over anti-Semitism

A Kuwaiti student was expelled from the prestigious Sciences Po University in Paris over anti-Semitic comments made on Facebook.

Published on the Canadian Jewish News January 15, 2016

Amira Jumaa is the first student to be expelled from the institution since it was founded in 1872, according to Haaretz. She was expelled last December in a decision by the university’s disciplinary committee, which is made up of students and professors.

The Facebook posts came to light in October while Jumaa worked as an intern at the French Consulate in New York as part of a school program. She was fired immediately by the consulate and suspended from the university pending an investigation.

She wrote in one of the posts: “Yes you Jews deserve to learn these lessons. What did you expect, taking over people’s lands and killing them? Hugs?”

Jumaa also wrote: “You don’t belong anywhere in this world — that’s why you guys are scums and rats and discriminated against wherever you are. Do not blame it on the poor Palestinians.”

In response to being accused of racism, Jumaa wrote: “First of all you dispersed rat, I am not an immigrant from France. I am from Kuwait so my country can buy you and your parents and put you in ovens.”... Read more.

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