Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthi militia, which has disrupted global shipping to display its support for Palestinians in the Gaza conflict, is now offering a place for students suspended from U.S. universities after staging anti-Israeli protests.

“We are serious about welcoming students that have been suspended from U.S. universities for supporting Palestinians,” an official at Sanaa University, which is run by the Houthis, told Reuters. “We are fighting this battle with Palestine in every way we can.”

Sanaa University had issued a statement applauding the “humanitarian” position of the students in the United States and said they could continue their studies in Yemen.

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    7 months ago

    Those guys are in a league with Boko Haram and the Taliban. That’s going to be one quality education.

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    7 months ago

    Probably the craziest thing you will read today.

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      7 months ago

      In other news, the Taliban has announced they’re opening a co-ed technical college to help prepare young Afghani women for the modern business world. /s

      I agree. This offer is absolutely batshit.

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    7 months ago

    This is pretty much a handout to the alt right media wanting to frame protestors as radicals

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    The US schools suspending/expelling peaceful protestors/occupiers are not creating the safe spaces they think they are, when it opens up opportunities like this (and makes them sound appealing).

    I seriously hope no one tries to take them up on it because, if they weren’t antisemitic (specifically anti-Jewish), then the Houthis will definitely return them with a hate for Jews, since it’s one of their tenets.

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      7 months ago

      After purging all of the LGBT students on arrival, too.

      The Houthis are just another oppressor.