Tabassum was criticized by some on social media for a website linked on her social media profile that calls Zionism a 'racist settler-colonial ideology that advocates for a Jewish ethnostate built on Palestinian land.'
ByABC7 Chicago 24/7 StreamThe University of Southern California has canceled a student valedictorian's commencement speech out of safety concerns concerning her pro-Palestinian views.
"And due to widespread fear, I was hoping to use my commencement speech to inspire my classmates with a message of hope," Tabassum said. She added that by canceling her speech, "USC is only caving to fear and rewarding hatred." Tensions have been high on college campuses since the start of the Israel-Hamas war, in which Hamas terrorists invaded Israel on Oct. 7, after which the Israeli military began its bombardment of the Gaza Strip in what Israeli forces say was to address the Hamas threat.
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