Hatred of Western Civilization Stokes the Campus Antisemitism Crisis. Campus mobs would destroy Israel first, then America.

James G. Martin Center for Academic Renewal ^ | December 6, 2023 | William A. Jacobson

[karpov]

The unspeakable brutality and depravity of the October 7 Hamas assault on Israel led soon afterward to aggressive protests on many of our college campuses. The protests (and declarations, blog posts, marches, signs, etc.) were overwhelmingly in favor of Hamas, not the victims. Liberal feminist and women’s-rights groups were silent or dismissive of the widespread gross sexual abuse of Israeli women during the attack.

At a large rally near campus, one professor at my school (Cornell) said that the attacks were “exhilarating.” While paying lip service to protecting civilians, his visceral reaction to what was known to be a barbaric attack elicited applause and genocidal chants from the large crowd. A student at Cornell was arrested for making threats against Jewish students. Jewish students have testified in Congress to the poisonous atmosphere at Cornell and the complicity of some faculty.

Jewish students have been vilified as if they were guilty of some heinous crime. Mobs of pro-Hamas students have harassed and taunted them. At Cooper Union, a group of Jewish students had to take refuge in the library when they were harassed by an anti-Israel mob. At George Washington U., slogans like “Glory to Our Martyrs” were projected on buildings. The genocidal chant “From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free” is now commonplace. At Arizona State, Jewish students needed a police escort to escape a howling mob throwing rocks. “By any means necessary” is the frequent phrase used by these student mobs to justify Hamas’s crimes against humanity.

Why did American campuses erupt with expressions of hatred for Israel and Jewish students? What could possibly motivate college students to act in such an inhumane, deplorable way?

In my view, the October 7 assault ignited an antisemitic blaze that has been decades in the making.

[cowboyusa]

There is nonexistent with the left
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[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

Cartoonist Al Capp had them pegged back in 1966. Students Wildly Indignant about Nearly Everything!(S.W.I.N.E.) They have not changed in all these years.

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[wrcase]

I didn’t see a thread about the House Committee hearing. But the mealy-mouthed explanations by the university presidents show why ALL taxpayer monies should be terminated, the tax deduction for donating to a university, and all government grants shall be declared null and void. Yep, no more federal student loans. If your kid goes to college, pay for it yourself.

[cowboyusa]

no coexistence.

[GAgal]

On the contrary, parents saw what was being taught in public schools and started home-schooling. https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/interactive/2023/homeschooling-growth-data-by-district/

[Eva]

DEI is based on relativity and irrational hatred of Western culture, White men and capitalism. It all depends on what the definition of “is” is. Rational thought is anathema to the DEI boards.

This brouhaha at the universities has an interesting timing with the Endgame of the Meghan Markel DEI attack on the Royal Family. Meghan’s plan was to become the DEI Queen of the Royal Family. She failed.