Posted on 05/04/2024 9:49:19 AM PDT by Twotone
Anti-Israel protesters at the University of California, Los Angeles, secured endorsements from the terrorist organizations Hamas and the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine last week with their genocidal rhetoric, violent outbursts, and denunciations of Israel.
Counterprotesters have since helped the anti-Israel radicals understand precisely who they have gotten into bed with.
An anonymous group installed a large screen outside UCLA's Kaplan Hall over the weekend, where multitudes of pro-Hamas radicals have been encamped since Thursday. The screen — which is gated off and flanked by signs that read, "Hamas, free the hostages" — has apparently been playing footage of the Oct. 7 Hamas terror attacks on loop, confronting protesters with the reality of the atrocities they might otherwise continue to downplay, deny, or celebrate.
The individuals who erected the screen would not give their names on account of safety concerns, according to TheWrap.
"Israel is an ally to America. How dare you live in America and stand with a known terrorist organization?" one of the anti-terrorism protesters near the screen said in a declaration captured by TheWrap. "UCLA has prioritized a political agenda over the safety of their students. I'm concerned for my safety and everyone here on campus, both sides. We're trying to educate people on what actually happened."
The filmic reminder of the need to eliminate Hamas coincided with a pro-Israel counterprotest at UCLA, which the Los Angeles Times confirmed was organized by the nonprofit Israeli-American Council.
The IAC said in a statement, "The recent escalating antisemitic events at US universities, have hit close to home for many of us. It is painful and troubling to see our collective history repeat itself, as it puts both our Jewish community and our nation's security at risk. From the burning of flags, to calls for violence against Jews and the undermining of Israel's existence, these incidents must not occur at any university, and no student should fear for their safety because of their identity."
A GoFundMe campaign allegedly raised nearly $90,000 for the counterprotest, but Elan Carr, head of the IAC, indicated that it was not affiliated with his organization.
Nathan Mo wrote on the crowdfunding page, "Thank you to everyone that donated! Today was a monumental success! The energy today was electric and we danced and celebrated Israel in the faces of those that call for our demise and that is the best type of resistance that we can possibly show."
According to the Daily Bruin, the counterprotest originally received a permit to use the screen and loudspeakers; however, it continued playing the videos through the night Sunday and into Monday morning.
"The big screen on the east lawn of Royce Quad is not permitted, and there are no current plans to remove it," said UCLA spokesman Ricardo Vazquez.
A graduate student named Kai, from the pro-Hamas camp, told TheWrap, "A bunch of Zionist counter-protesters — most of which are not students — had a big fundraiser and brought this screen and set it up. They're trying to basically blast us with noise and disrupt us."
The "noise" Kai was referencing included the sounds of Hamas terrorists gunning down unarmed civilians and their subsequent boasting over body counts. The visuals Kai apparently found disruptive included footage of Israeli children shot up and scattered across bloody floors by the very group that student protesters now want shielded with a ceasefire.
Kai added, "They set up a whole scene and there were a bunch of agitators trying to come and harass students here and stir things up."
The pro-Hamas encampment in the quad reportedly does not have a permit for the protest.
The anti-terrorism protesters across the quad expressed outrage that the radicals were being permitted to ruin the remainder of the spring semester without consequence. They suggested further that the administration has been playing favorites, asking them to turn the volume down on the massacre footage but letting off the radicals for various violent outbursts.
Footage shared to X appears to show a pro-Hamas protester viciously assaulting an anti-terrorism protester and threatening him with a taser while another radical swoops in to steal his sign.
According to the campus paper, faculty members at the university, led by Faculty for Justice in Palestine, have rallied in solidarity with the pro-Hamas protesters. However, not all have fully jumped on board.
Dov Waxman, a UCLA professor and the director of the university's Nazarian Center sympathetic to the protesters but unwilling to join them, noted on X, "Students and faculty demonstrating in support of Palestinians shouldn't ignore the fact that the organizers of these demonstrations are, in many cases, ideologically committed to eradicating Israel and expelling Israeli Jews, supportive of violence against Israeli civilians, and willing to ignore or even justify Hamas' strategy of sacrificing Palestinian civilians for their political ends."
oct 7... the repeated lines I keep running across is “This is israel’s 9-11... How could they not know a plane flew in and dropped off the terrorists...” I just shake my head...
Massacred? Hardly. Lots of video and pictures of Gaza terrorists individually killing and maiming children and babies. There are no videos and pictures of Israelis individually killing and maiming children and babies, because it doesn't happen. Gaza residents are baby killers, often of their own kind. No comparison to compassionate Israelis.
Exactly, run giant screens of the massacre in every college with jew hating neo-nazi protesting
Rub it in all their faces
Here is some possible additional information that could be shared. It may help explain some of the background to the sexual violence committed by Hamas.
It is actually Islamic Law to rape captured women. Here is Ali Sina with a quote from the Hadith of Bukhari.
From Ali Sina’s book “Understanding Muhammad”.
p. 39 Rape
Muhammad allowed his men to rape the women captured in raids. However Muslims faced a dilemma. They wanted to have sex with their female captives, but also wanted to return them for ransom and therefore did not want to make them pregnant. Some of these women were already married whose husbands had escaped when taken by surprise and were still alive. The raiders considered the possibility of “coitus interruptus” (withdrawing from intercourse before ejaculation). Unsure of the best course of action, they sought the counsel of their Prophet. Buhkari reports:
Abu Saeed said “We went out with Allah’s Apostle for the Ghazwa of Banu Al-Mustaliq and we received captives from among the Arab captives and we desired women and celibacy became hard on us and we loved to do coitus interruptus. So when we intended to do coitus interruptus, we said “How can we do coitus interruptus before asking Allah’s Apostle who is present among us?” We asked (him) about it and he said “It is better for you not to do so, for if any soul (till the Day of Resurrection) is predestined to exists, it will exist.
Bukhari, Volume 5, Book 59, Number 459.
Muhammed did not forbid raping the captive women. Instead he made an asinine claim that when Allah intends to create someone, nothing can prevent it. He told his men that coitus interruptus is ill-advised because it would be an attempt to thwart the will of Allah. He did not say a word against the rape of the captives, and by discouraging coitus interruptus, he supported forced insemination.
He made even his god legitimize intercourse with women captured in wars, the so-called “right hand possessions,” even if they were married before their capture.
Is there any sign that the videos had any signs shown of the desired effects?
One might hope that it will affect the inlookers.
That’s what I’m talking about!
Great move by Israel supporters. Wish they had one at every college where these protests are going on.
” Biden’s got us in two wars, supplying weapons to Israel and Ukraine.”
Your illogic is astounding. The wars are happening, whether the US supplies weapons to anyone or not. If not, there are consequences. If yes, there are different consequences. But neutrality is not an option for the US, like it or not. Israel was neutral as to Ukraine, and Putin helped Hamas do October 7. Is Iran involved in Ukraine because it supplies weapons to Russia? Is China and North Korea?
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2024/05/03/us/ucla-protests-encampment-violence.html
The “Kai” person is below scum IMHO.
I didn’t ask your opinion. I’ve heard that dribble before.
I don’t need your permission to state my opinion. You want to inject your opinion unsolicited into an unrelated conversation, fine. It’s a two-way street, though. Deal with it.
Here’s the deal. Buzz off.
No deal. You don’t own this forum.
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I would kick in $$ for a screen at the other campuses, too.
Though personally i like the guy blasting “Good Morning Vietnam” and the Star Spangled Banner at 4am. None of the Hamas-niks should sleep well.
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