StandWithUs has written to Tufts about Adam Elayan, a Tufts dental student with an alleged long history of violent, antisemitic statements on Twitter . Recently, StandWithUs proudly joined a coalition letter signed by 12 organizations.
The coalition letter pointed out that Tufts’ administration has indicated that “we are following a rigorous process and will take appropriate action,” but has yet to address if this “process” has completed. Mr. Elayan’s purported comments specifically target Jews, Israelis and Zionists , call for violence against Jews, express hatred toward Jews and Zionists, and convey antisemitic conspiracy theories . While Mr. Elayan has since either deleted or made these accounts private, and therefore unaccountable, collectively these reported sentiments are egregious for a student aspiring to provide dental health services to the general public, particularly to Jewish or Israeli patients.
Read our coalition letter to Tufts University
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