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EXCLUSIVE: The Culmination of Cornell’s Gaza Protests: Sexy Kaffiyeh’s and Watermelons
American Thinker ^ | 19 May, 2025 | Susan D. Harris

Posted on 05/19/2025 4:25:50 AM PDT by MtnClimber

I infiltrated the movement on Cornell’s campus, and the results are exactly what you’d expect...

Cornell University’s pro-Palestinian protests may not have captured the same headlines as places like Columbia University in New York City, but they’ve had their fair share of vandalism, suspensions, and arrests — as well as heated debates over free speech, university policies, and campus safety.

Student protests began just weeks after the October 7, 2023 slaughter of innocents in Israel. That’s when the Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) rallied outside Day Hall, demanding Cornell divest from its partnership with Technion-Israel Institute of Technology and other companies that support Israel’s military. (Note: Cornell continued to partner with Technion-Israel, with that company aiding Cornell Tech in opening a new lab at their state-of-the-art campus on Roosevelt Island just this month.)

Later that same month, Professor Russell Rickford ignited a firestorm when he spoke at a rally saying he was “exhilarated” by Hamas brutality and described the attack as “energizing,” prompting backlash. After sowing the seeds of discord, he apologized and took a leave of absence. (He resumed his position last fall.)

Before October, 2023 ended, Cornell was making news around the world as graphically violent antisemitic threats against Jewish students began to appear online. One student, Patrick Dai, was charged with “posting threats to kill or injure another using interstate communications.” He was sentenced to nearly two years in prison.

Undaunted, the SJP organized a “die-in” the following month, with 200 students honoring Arab Palestinians killed in Gaza. Pro-Israel students attended too, distributing the names of hostages taken by Hamas during the initial invasion. SJP students said this made them feel “intimidated.”

In December, 2023, Cornell Coalition for Mutual Liberation (CML), occupied the administration building, the student union, and the Temple of Zeus Cafe, demanding divestment,

(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...


TOPICS: Education; Society
KEYWORDS: leftism

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1 posted on 05/19/2025 4:25:50 AM PDT by MtnClimber
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To: MtnClimber

Why don’t the left find time to protest the evil of communism? Or is Pol Pot a hero to them?


2 posted on 05/19/2025 4:27:07 AM PDT by MtnClimber (For photos of scenery, wildlife and climbing, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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To: MtnClimber

BTTT


3 posted on 05/19/2025 4:28:17 AM PDT by nopardons
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To: MtnClimber

why blur the faces?? If they are brave enough to wear that crap in public, show their faces.


4 posted on 05/19/2025 4:36:07 AM PDT by God luvs America
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Arthur Wildfire! March; Berosus; Bockscar; BraveMan; cardinal4; ...

5 posted on 05/19/2025 6:05:38 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (Politics do not make strange bedfellows, and the enemy of your enemy may still be your enemy.)
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To: MtnClimber

It would be interesting to see the reaction of muslim men seeing a keffiyah worn in that manner by a woman.


6 posted on 05/19/2025 6:43:56 AM PDT by left that other site (Ask Not What The Left is Doing. Ask What They Are Accusing YOU of Doing.)
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To: MtnClimber
Or is Pol Pot a hero to them?

Of course he is. Same with Mao and good old Uncle Jo. These brain dead punks love mass murders.

7 posted on 05/19/2025 8:05:35 AM PDT by Ditto
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