PUBLIC TESTIMONY
Testimony by David Wapner on Foreign Funding and Extremist Rhetoric at Universities
4:21:31
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120 sec
David Wapner testifies about foreign funding of universities and the presence of extremist rhetoric at counter-protests. He expresses concern over the influence of foreign entities on higher education institutions and the display of potentially violent messaging at demonstrations.
- Wapner cites $13 billion in documented foreign contributions to universities over the past decade
- He quotes Hamza Bin Laden to illustrate extremist threats
- Wapner describes personal observations of concerning signs and attire at counter-protests, including references to violence and extremist groups
David Wapner
4:21:31
My name is David Wapner, And, I just for the record, I just, earlier when you had said if if, no one can be in the room, respectfully of, the white appearing person wearing a kefir earlier.
4:21:52
They were making their statements.
Eric Dinowitz
4:21:53
So I just wanna be clear.
4:21:54
We're not here to talk about other panelists.
4:21:56
Yes.
4:21:56
Just any statements that I've made is fine.
David Wapner
4:21:58
My behavior was I got up and walked out.
4:22:00
And, I did it silently, but I wanted to make sure that it was on the record that I walked out when you said that.
Eric Dinowitz
4:22:05
Thank you so much.
4:22:06
Thank you.
David Wapner
4:22:07
On the record.
4:22:07
I walked right out.
4:22:09
Okay.
4:22:09
My what what I'd like to say is, over the past decade, we know that over 13,000,000,000 dollars in contributions from foreign entities have been made to, universities, and that's not even including the undocumented, foreign, funds which come, which are contributions from gas and oil.
4:22:35
So so that's established.
4:22:37
I wanted to read a quote.
4:22:40
I'm trying to fit in too much in.
4:22:42
Alright.
4:22:42
The quote is what America and its allies fear the most is that we take the battlefield from Kabul, Baghdad, and Gaza to Washington, London, Paris, and Tel Aviv and take it to all the American, Jewish, and western interests in the world.
4:23:00
That's a quote from Hamza Bin Laden, Bin Laden's son.
4:23:05
And from my experience being at the counter protests, I've seen signs saying bring the war home with a machine gun on it.
4:23:14
Kids wearing not just kefirs, but PFLP.
4:23:18
I have the pictures.
4:23:19
I didn't submit them.
4:23:21
I have the pictures.
4:23:22
Follow me on Instagram.
4:23:24
And there was, there was also signs that said long live the Antifada.
4:23:28
Let the Antifada pave the way for people's war.
