UCF’s Palestinian Student Association, which has in the past used antisemitic and genocidal rhetoric online, may hold a protest on UCF’s campus this coming Wednesday at noon, exactly one week from publication.
Further details will be reported as they are made known. For now, UCF Jews should plan to avoid campus on November 1st. If you can’t avoid campus due to exams or other conflicts, remain vigiliant and immediately evacuate any area where protestors appear.
We recommend you follow this advice, given in a previous article:
If you are confronted by a pro-Hamas individual or group, you should attempt to quickly move to a populated area and de-escalate the situation by refusing to discuss it. Place as much physical distance between yourself and the individual/group as possible. Do not, under any circumstances, engage with or confront pro-Hamas individuals or groups. The best case scenario is that you will be filmed and your words used as agitprop, increasing the risk of violence against Jews at UCF and potentially around the world. The worst case scenario is too grim to discuss. Call 9-1-1 immediately if you believe the situation is escalating dangerously, or if you believe your life is in danger.