Who Is The Bully Here? The Irony Of Omar Shaban

Solidarity for Palestinian Human Rights (SPHR) President Omar Shaban, who spoke at StopWar's George Galloway event in Vanouver this week, has allegedly tried to bully the Alma Mater Society President at his university. The Ubysee reports:

AMS President Bijan Ahmadian had security escort Solidarity for Palestinian Human Rights (SPHR) president Omar Shaban from his office Wednesday, as the controversy surrounding a proposed $700 donation to a Canadian flotilla to Gaza from an AMS club continue to mount.

“Shaken from the physical intimidation by the SPHR President at my office today. Had to call security to remove him!” tweeted Ahmadian after the incident.

Ironically, This comes on the heels of an Op Ed by Shaban just last week in the Canadian Charger entitled "Bullying Palestinian students at Canadian universities should stop".

Was "Bullying" in the title of that Op Ed an adjective or a verb? It seems to make all the difference here.

Shaban first came to national attention when he was still working for the Canadian Arab Federation. On Canada Day in 2009, he chose to post "Fuck Canada Day" on his Facebook page, called Canada a "genocidal state," and said he "couldn't be more ashamed to be Canadian."

Shaban resigned from CAF when caught out by Tarek Fatah and others, but refused to apologize to offended Canadians (though in a classic bit of distraction, he did apologize to Canadian First Nations, even though First Nations spokespeople like Phil Fontaine were fully on board with the celebrations. Weird).

Jonathon Narvey is the Editor of The Propagandist