The Muslim Student Union of UC Irvine recently held a “Holocaust in the Holy Land” week with signs proclaiming Israel as the “Fourth Reich” and horrendous anti-Semitic and anti-Israel declarations, such as “Israelis Love to Kill Innocent Children” and “Exploiting the Holocaust to Justify Genocide.” Floods of misinformation flowed forth in hateful, belligerent speeches, and disagreement was suppressed or shouted down with cries of “Allah Akbar.”

An eye-witness reports that “I understood that day, standing alone, what it felt like to be a Jew in pre-war Germany. I understood how fearful the hostages in Iran must have felt when the U.S. Embassy was taken over. And I understand the double standards that occur when it comes to the UCI administration in taking a position to facilitate peaceful dialogue.”

Asked if this event was a rough event to cover, one of the campus police replied, ”Protecting the MSU [the Muslim Student Union] is easier than the Campus Republicans.”