Toronto Sun

Hate princess’ speech torpedoed

- BRAD HUNTER

University of Southern California valedictor­ian Asna Tabassum seems to want to earn a PHD in hate.

Tabassum’s commenceme­nt speech has been torpedoed after she hit the beach of social media demanding the “complete abolition” of Israel.

Following the emergence of a treasure trove of hate on her social media accounts, the university began questionin­g her suitabilit­y for the honour. Not only did she comment on the Israel-gaza battle, but she added anti-semitic links.

USC didn’t condemn the hate-fest, but instead cited safety in removing Tabassum from the undergradu­ate commenceme­nt roster.

She’s reportedly majoring in biomedical engineerin­g.

She was chosen from nearly 100 student applicants with GPAS of 3.98 or higher.

Zionists are “racist settlers” according to one of her retweets, and Tabassum clicks a lot of “likes” on anti-semitic material.

A letter to the school took issue with Tabassum: “Ms. Tabassum unabashedl­y and openly endorses the link’s calls for ‘the complete abolishmen­t of the state of Israel.’ … Ms. Tabassum’s link reinforces racism with another link, urging readers to ‘reject the hegemonic efforts to demand that Palestinia­ns accept that Israel has a right to exist as a ... Jewish state.”

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