By Guy Page
Columbia University Apartheid Divest (CUAD), an anti-Israel organization co-founded by Vermont resident Mohsen Mahdawi, issued the statement “Death to America!” following the U.S. attack on Iran Saturday.
According to the Daily Mail, Saturday Feb. 28 CUAD wrote on X: ‘Marg bar Amrika.’ In Persian, the statement means ‘Death to America.’
The post was deleted, apparently under duress. A follow-up post said ‘X forced us to delete our “marg bar amrika” tweet in order to gain back access to our account but the sentiment still stands.’
Mahdawi is a Windsor County resident who moved from the West Bank of Israel more than 10 years ago. Shortly after moving to the U.S., he posted on social media photos of family members slain in conflict with Israeli military forces.
Federal court documents in connection with his arrest for crossing from Canada into Vermont in possession of illegal drugs show a Vermont businessman said Mahdawi told him he wanted to buy a machine gun.
Subsequently Mahdawi was involved in anti-Israel campus activism, reportedly becoming a Buddhist and seeking peaceful solutions to conflict. He was detained for deportation by ICE last year, but a Vermont federal judge soon released him and this February terminated his deportation case on the grounds that federal documentation was inadequate.
The State Department pledged to continue efforts to deport Mahdawi.
CUAD photo credit- Reddit
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Deport him tonite, absolutely disgusting to bite the hand that feeds. Assimilate, or go back, you are not welcome. I hope he does something stupid so ICE picks him up, and he is out of the country he hates.
This person looks like he has a problem with Israel, so why use the words, Death to America?????
He does have a problem with Israel. He held family members that died from Israeli bullets. Yet he came to Vermont saying – he decided that Peace Fellowships dictated his heart and that was the only way to move forward instead of spreading hate. Pray for peace. Even if it can’t be with all the hatred spilling out in the world.
Everyone can know an eternal peace with God if they will call upon Jesus to forgive their selfish motivations and seek God’s ways of bringing hope, love and joy into your circles. Lenten season is a good time to learn about Jesus – visit vthope.club/jesus.html
We are at war…the jihad is here.
Keep your head on a swivel.
He goes to Columbia? Isn’t that enough to deport him?
The bigger concern in my eyes is that Becca Balint supports him and his stance. SHE is the one that needs to be gone from representing the people of Vermont and the United Sates.
Becca Balint is a hazard to the United States and the people of Vermont by not only trying to undermine federal authority, but OPENLY supporting jihad.