Jewish and pro-Israel students at Penn State University were targeted by a mass doxxing campaign from the X/Twitter account @StopArabHate.
Over the last few days, the group Stop Arab Hate, which has 62,000 followers, took to X to post screenshots of the photos, names, and social media profiles of various Jewish or pro-Israel students at Penn State.
Stop Arab Hate appeared to have singled out students who had demonstrated hostility towards the Palestinian memorial on campus. The memorial featured 18,600 white flags and Palestinian flags, a memorial for children, and several posters attesting to Israel’s “genocide” and murder of Palestinians.
One female student doxxed by Stop Arab Hate had commented, “So glad I’m graduating because this is disgusting,” beneath a picture of the memorial.
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Stop Arab Hate then shared her picture, name, and a post on a Facebook group, which included the female student’s phone number.
Responding to the same Palestine memorial, a different Jewish student said, “This is shameful.” Stop Arab Hate then posted her picture, her LinkedIn, and her degree subject, and went so far as to encourage people to reach out to her head of department and complain.
In total, fourteen students were targeted.
Intimidation and attacks on Jewish students
The CEO of the ADL, Jonathan Greenblatt, said the doxxing was “a malicious, premeditated attack on their safety and privacy.”
In a public statement, Penn State Hillel said they were aware of the incident, saying that “there must be no place at Penn State for antisemitism, doxxing, or hate of any kind.”
While Hillel said that criticism of the actions or policies of any country or government is protected as free speech, “these critiques cannot veer into intimidation or attacks on Jewish students that create a hostile environment on campus.”