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The Times of Israel (TOI) reported that, according to Channel 12, Diaa Hamarsheh, 27, “switched out the license plates on the car and brought the M-16 used in the attack with him.”

“As a matter of principle, Brandeis University opposes academic boycotts of universities in any country. In light of this vote and the boycott, Brandeis dissociates from MESA and reaffirms our support for academic freedom.”

“Our members have cast a clear vote to answer the call for solidarity from Palestinian scholars and students experiencing violations of their right to education and other human rights,” MESA President Eve Troutt Powell said in a statement. 

The joint statement called the IRGC “a terrorist organization that has murdered thousands of people, including Americans.” “The Iranian Revolutionary Guards are Hezbollah in Lebanon, they are Islamic Jihad in Gaza, they are the Houthis in Yemen, they are the militias in Iraq. The IRGC are responsible for attacks on American civilians and American forces throughout the Middle East, including in the past year.

“Recently, the Sierra Club hastily made a decision, without consulting a robust set of stakeholders, to postpone two planned outings to Israel,” he said. “The process that led to this was done in ways that created confusion, anger, and frustration.