Seattle Student Group Fundraiser Criticized for Supporting 'Lebanese Resistance'

Students United for Palestinian Equality & Return (SUPER UW), a student group at the University of Washington, is hosting a fundraiser in Seattle to support what it terms the Lebanese resistance. The event, scheduled for April 21 at the Cherry Street Village interfaith community center, includes a screening of the documentary The Last Sky, which explores armed resistance against Israel. Promotional materials explicitly call for material support to deepen understanding of this resistance, a phrase widely interpreted as referencing Hezbollah. The group aims to raise $1,500 through merchandise sales, bake sales, and donations for mutual aid in Lebanon. This initiative follows earlier commitments by SUPER UW to match donations for charities like the Al Naqab Center Fund and Solidarity Network Lebanon, intended to assist those displaced by conflicts between Hezbollah and Israel. The group frames these efforts as necessary direct aid to ameliorate conditions resulting from violence they attribute to US-Zionist imperialism. The Jerusalem Post reports on the controversy surrounding the use of terminology associated with a designated terrorist organization while raising funds for humanitarian purposes in the region.