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Stanford University administrators say they were 'deeply disturbed' to see a picture of someone on the California campus wearing the same green headband sported by Hamas terror fighters in Gaza.
The elite university says it has passed on the photo to the FBI as it continues to struggle with reigning in the anti-Israel activity taking place on its campus.
As is the case on many US campuses, anti-Israel students at Stanford have erected a Gaza Solidarity encampment to protest the school's involvement with Israel and the Jewish state's ongoing war with Hamas, the terror group that opened the war on October 7.
A photo of someone at the encampment wearing a green headband, face covering, and glasses recently came to the attention of those running the school. The individual in the photo also has a keffiyeh draped around their shoulders and is looking down at a phone, averting their gaze from the camera.
This picture of an unidentified pro-Palestinian individual on Stanford's campus. The photo has, according to the elite university, been sent the FBI
As is the case with many of its peer institutions, Stanford is battling the establishment of a Gaza Solidarity encampment
On Wednesday, representatives of the institution delivered the following statement: 'We have received many expressions of concern about a photo circulating on social media of an individual on White Plaza who appeared to be wearing a green headband similar to those worn by members of Hamas.
'We find this deeply disturbing, as Hamas is designated a terrorist organization by the United States government. We have not been able to identify the individual but have forwarded the photo to the FBI.'
On Monday, the president and provost of the university said that encampment violates the campus policies that prohibit overnight camping on campus.
Stanford says it has submitted the names of students identified as having violated the campus policy by being part of the encampment to the Office of Community Standards for whatever disciplinary proceedings may follow.
In response, the protestors have strongly condemned the university's behavior, calling it racist.
'Stanford is actively discriminating against Palestinian, Arab, Muslim, and anti-Zionist Jewish students using their internal disciplinary process,' wrote the protest organizers on social media.
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