Arizona college professor faces backlash for telling ‘MAGA’ and ‘Zionists’ to ‘F–k Off’
An American Sign Language lecturer on the University of Arizona is going through calls to step down after posting “F—k Israel” on social media, and telling his followers to “F—k off” if they’re “MAGA” or “Zionists.”
“If you are MAGA, if you are a Zionist, or you are anti-human rights, this is not your space,” Jason Gervase stated in a video on Dec. 18, 2025 to his greater than 100,000 followers on TikTok.
Liora Rez, the founder and govt director of CeaseAntisemitism — a US primarily based advocacy group — stated jewish members and influencers of the ASL group flagged Gervase’s feedback, prompting her to ship a letter to the college Tuesday morning demanding his termination.
“As a parent myself, I thought to myself, if I had a deaf child, what would happen if he or she was in their classroom with these kind of biases and this hatred and this rhetoric,” Rez instructed The California Post. “I wouldn’t want my child there. “I wouldn’t want to be paying tuition for my child to be in these kinds of situations.”
In separate social media posts, Gervase instructed followers to “F—k Israel,” and appeared to agree with one other remark that claimed the Terror attack on Bondi Beach in December was a “false flag operation” performed by the Mossad.
“I know. This was posted before that information came to light,” Gervase replied.
In the letter despatched to the college and obtained by The Post, Rez referred to as Gervase’s conduct “deeply disturbing and fundamentally incompatible with the responsibilities of a university educator.”
“StopAntisemitism is respectfully calling for the termination of Jason Gervase from his position at the University of Arizona and for a clear public reaffirmation of your institution’s commitment to protecting Jewish students and staff from discrimination and hate,” the letter reads.
Mitch Mieczyslaw, a spokesperson for UofA, instructed The Post that Gervase’s feedback “do not represent the university’s position.”
“As a public university, the University of Arizona recognizes that employees have the right to express personal views, even when those statements fall short of our values of respect and civil discourse,” Mieczyslaw stated. “Messages shared on personal social media do not represent the university’s position.”
Gervase responded to calls for his termination in a publish on Threads, citing the First Amendment and saying “criticism of zionism, a political movement and ideology, is not an attack on a people or a faith.”
“I am a dedicated professor, and I will not allow a coordinated digital mob to litigate my private, protected speech,” Gervase stated. “I am grateful for the principles of academic freedom that protect all of us from the reach of those who wish to silence others.”
The college’s Political Activity Policy states that “employees must not allow their interest in a particular party, candidate, or political issue to affect the objectivity of the performance of their University duties.”
In the letter, Rez argued Gervase “targeted expressions of hostility toward a core component of Jewish identity,” and instructed The Post there’s a distinction between protected speech and hate speech.
“Often individuals like him, who express hateful rhetoric, like to use the First Amendment and freedom of speech as a tool to justify their speech,” she stated. “Individuals who do not agree with them also have those same rights to call him out, and hateful speech often comes with consequences.”
Roz stated every time there are high-profile incidents — just like the assassination of Charlie Kirk or the latest US-Israel joint attack on Iran — antisemitism and hate speech have a tendency to resurface.
“With this join US-Israel attack, we’re now seeing educators, individuals, siding with Ayatollah and the Iranian regime versus a Democratic West trying to put a stop to fanatics screaming death Israel and threatening to nuke us.”
