Chicago suburb hosts anti-Israel convention for students to learn how to make their campuses Palestinian: Report

A convention in a Chicago suburb provided guidance to college students on how to turn their campuses "Palestinian."

The 17th Annual Convention for Palestine, held last week at the Tinley Park Convention Center, claims to be the largest gathering for Palestine in the US, as stated on its website.

The game "Crisis Room" aimed at devising strategies to counter an Israeli official's appearance on their campus.

"A war criminal is arriving on your campus," Jenin Alharithi, a recent graduate of University of Illinois in Chicago who led the game, informed the participants, as per the report. "How will you respond?"

The anti-Israel group Jewish Voice for Peace was suggested to join the protest organized by the students, who planned to recruit demonstrators through the messaging app Telegram.

"The first complaint is likely to be 'This is antisemitic,' she said. 'We need something like JVP with Jewish people,' she added, emphasizing the need for White and Jewish students in the group."

The congressional investigation into American Muslims for Palestine (AMP) is ongoing, as the Free Press reported.

The Council on American-Islamic Relations executive director Nihad Awad, who caused controversy last year by expressing happiness over the terrorist attack on October 7, was among the speakers.

Other sessions aimed at college students included "Amplify Palestinian Voices" to effectively challenge "anti-Palestinianism" and "In Front of the Lens" to help them write press releases and handle difficult questions from journalists, such as whether they supported "terrorism" like Hamas.

"To avoid being put on the defensive, it's important to put the other person on the defensive."

The session "Bringing Activism to Professionalism" instructed students on how to incorporate "Palestinian activism into their work."

Anti-Israel protests have been widespread on college campuses since Oct. 7, with student activists creating encampments that led to tension with administrators last spring.

In recent years, a gathering of demonstrators momentarily halted the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York City.