"Facing possible legal action, the director of George Washington University's Hillel this week distanced himself from an e-mail accusing a third-year law student at the District school of being a terrorist. Robert Fishman's letter in Monday's GW Hatchet, the school paper, comes after a March 29 e-mail to GWU Hillel's listserv urging Jewish students to attend a rally that was to take place on campus the following day and focus on divestment from Israel. Law student Fadi Kiblawi was the rally's leader. The e-mail stated that Kiblawi is "considered a terrorist by the state of Israel, and has been convicted of crimes in both Israel and the United States. He advocates for the destruction of Israel, and in its place, the creation of a Palestinian state. He has also openly admitted to associating with suicide bombers and has made comments in the past about his desire to become a suicide bomber." According to news reports, Kiblawi was detained in Israel in July 2004 for entering a closed military zone, but was not convicted of a crime. WJW could find no independent reports that he has called for the destruction of Israel or expressed a desire to become a suicide bomber. In his letter on Monday, Fishman stated, "Regrettably, that correspondence included an unfortunate characterization of one of the lead activists [in the G.W. divestment campaign], Fadi Kiblawi, and has overshadowed the issue. As Kiblawi pointed out, the issue at hand should not be one of personality, but one of substance."" (thanks Zeina)