Israel's War Against Hamas - Updates

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To those cheering on Hamas as they cut off the heads of infants, cut unborn babies from their mothers as they are still alive, gang rape and mutilate women, burn people alive, execute defenseless families after torturing them in front of one another would be wise to remember that many of them would be the first to be slaughtered under the rule of radical Islamicists.


To those arguing or issuing statements of moral equivalency or justification for such acts, I suggest those statements indicate a moral bankruptcy and a depravity of the soul. To the commentators on news channels doing just that, politicians doing just that, community groups doing just that, college professors and students doing just that, those marching in support of Hamas doing just that, I would remind you of an oft-cited phrase used amongst Jihadist groups in which they make their intentions extremely clear - they put it on flags and leave in written on walls in their wake. It translates as: “First we kill the Saturday people and then the Sunday people.” “On Saturday we kill the Jews. On Sunday we kill the Christians.”“On Saturday we massacre the Jews. On Sunday we massacre the Christians.”


Think of the families burned alive, the decapitated babies, raped women and executed children before nodding your head in agreement with someone citing a moral equivalence or justification argument regardless of their position or influence.


To my friend Doron who posted this photo, and to those in harm’s way and those about to enter the breach, my thoughts and prayers are with you and your loved ones.


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Hamas has issued a statement calling for what translates as “a day of general mobilization” this Friday, October 13. You can find the statement online. To those justifying the attacks publicly, thank you for showing your true colors. To those public figures who refuse to condemn the attacks when asked, your silence is deafening.

 

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Several nonprofit organizations are imploring higher education officials to “exercise moral leadership,” unambiguously condemn Hamas’s terrorist campaign in Israel and honor their legal obligation to protect the civil rights of Jewish students, urging them as well to use Thursday’s national “Day of Resistance” called for by the national Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) organization as the springboard.

“SJP chapters on campuses across the country are sharing marketing materials for this campaign which shamefully depicts a cartoon drawing of a Hamas terrorist paragliding into Israel — an image that celebrates the murder of more than 260 young people at a desert rave,” AEN, which promotes academic freedom in higher education, wrote in an open letter. “This hateful speech and activities on our campuses cannot be ignored.”

AEN added, “At a time like this we urge university leaders to provide moral leadership for their campuses.”

The Israel on Campus Coalition (ICC), a nonprofit that promotes education about Israel, released its own missive, signed by 59 lawmakers, as well. It noted that SJP has issued a “Day of Resistance toolkit” that includes counsel on how to describe Israel’s existence as “settler colonialism” and “imperialism” and contains images celebrating the Hamas terrorists who paraglided into a music festival and murdered 260 young people attending a peace event.

The group said, “These actions and statements cannot be ignored and must condemned — by all members of the university community.”

The Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law joined the chorus of groups calling on universities to oppose Hamas and antisemitism. Their letter— signed by the Anti-Defamation League, American Jewish Committee, Combat Antisemitism Movement, Jewish on Campus, and others — entreated universities to abide by the US Department of Education’s Office of Civil Rights (OCR) guidance on Title VI of the Civil Rights Act which mandates that universities preempt or disrupt behavior that “is subjectively and objectively offensive” and prevents students benefiting from educational programming and activity. The Brandeis Center argued that “Day of Resistance” meets the standard set by OCR.

“Events that celebrate Hamas’s cold-blooded murder of Jews are ‘subjectively and objectively offensive,” the letter said. “Given the likelihood of harassment during these events, you may not simply look aside. You must take action now, including ‘prompt and effective steps reasonably calculated to end’ any hostile environment that may form on your campus.”

The Brandeis Center made five recommendations of action colleges can take right now, including condemning Hamas, ensuring that no events cheering their terrorism are affiliated with the university, protecting spaces used by Jewish and Israeli students, and denouncing any antisemitic remarks that are uttered during pro-Hamas events.

The National Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) organization issued its call for a “Day of Resistance” on college campuses across earlier this week and distributed propaganda aimed at re-framing the conversation surrounding Hamas’ crimes against humanity.

The group’s “Day of Resistance toolkit” contains a document, titled “What Is Zionism: A Short Introduction on the Colonization of Palestine,” which equates the migration of Jews to their ancestral homeland after World War II to the Nazi’s invasion of Poland in 1939.

‘Exercise Moral Leadership’: Nonprofits Call on Universities to Monitor Pro-Hamas Rallies on Campus and Denounce Terrorism - Algemeiner.com

Several nonprofit organizations are imploring higher education officials to "exercise moral leadership," unambiguously condemn Hamas's terrorist campaign in Israel and honor their legal obligation to protect the civil rights of Jewish students, urging them as well to use Thursday's national "Day...

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Hundreds of George Washington University students gathered at the campus’ Kogan Plaza on Oct. 9, 2023 to mourn those who died during Hamas’ terrorist attacks against Israeli civilians. Photo: Dion J. Pierre/Algemeiner Campus Bureau.


President Ellen Granberg on Wednesday censured in strong terms any support on campus for the war crimes committed Hamas terrorists during their infiltration of southern Israel last Saturday.

“I not only condemn terrorism, but I also abhor the celebration of terrorism and attempts to perpetuate rhetoric or imagery that glorifies acts of violence,” Granberg wrote in an open letter. “Such messages do not speak on behalf of me, our administrators, or GW.” Granberg also expressed concern for all affected by the week’s events in the Middle East, calling on the campus community to “reach out to a friend, colleague, or classmate and show your support.”

The statement, representatives for GWU for Israel told The Algemeiner on Wednesday, resulted from conversations Granberg had with Jewish students as well as concerns raised by parents and alumni.

The statement followed days of demonstrations by pro-Israel and pro-Palestinian students on and around the George Washington University campus.

On Monday, hundreds of Jewish students gathered at Kogan Plaza to mourn the over 1,000 lives that have been lost since Hamas executed the most deadly massacre of Jewish people since the Holocaust. During the vigil, pro-Palestinian students walked by periodically and shouted, “F*** Israel” and “Palestine will be free!”

The next day, George Washington University’s Student for Justice in Palestine (SJP) chapter published a statement that some social media users have described as a call for the murder of Jews.

“Over the past few days, Palestinians in Gaza and across occupied Palestine have mobilized against the Zionist entity, seizing settlements imposed on our land,” the group said in a statement posted to its Instagram page. “This past weekend we witnessed them breaking free, tearing down the prison walls, and making it known to the world: We will be caged no longer.”

Such support for terrorism is a sign that radical movements on college campuses are out of control, experts told The Algemeiner this week.

“Cheering mass murder in the name of de-colonialism should be the final red line exemplified by the latest student groups who ‘hold the Israeli regime responsible for all unfolding violence,’” said Asaf Romirowsky, executive director of two professional associations for Middle East scholars. “Endorsing horrific mass murder is reprehensible on every level, and if we do not isolate these actions and comments, Islamic antisemitic terrorism in the academy will proliferate and rot our institutions of higher education.”

With Wednesday’s statement, GWU joined the University of Florida in condemning Hamas, both of which are among few universities who have elected to do so. Critics have argued that too many statements equated Israel’s self defense with Hamas terrorism and failed to censure students who expressed support for it.

More pro-Hamas demonstrations on college campuses are forthcoming. On Oct. 12, SJP campuses across the country will stage a “Day of Resistance” to discuss and share methods for assisting the terrorist group’s activities.

George Washington University President Censures Pro-Hamas Support on Campus - Algemeiner.com

George Washington University (GWU) President Ellen Granberg on Wednesday censured in strong terms any support on campus for the war crimes Hamas terrorists committed during their infiltration of southern Israel last Saturday. "I not only condemn terrorism, but I also abhor the celebration of...

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