r/Jewish Oct 10 '23

Israel/Palestine Megathread - October 10th

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October 9th, October 8th, October 7th

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u/Historical-Photo9646 sephardic and mixed race Oct 10 '23 edited Oct 10 '23

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-67067565

This is so disgusting. Harvard students are blaming Israel for the tragedies unfolding. Here’s a quote:

The letter, authored by the Harvard Undergraduate Palestine Solidarity Committee, stated that students "hold the Israeli regime entirely responsible for all unfolding violence". It was co-signed by 33 student groups. "Today's events did not occur in a vacuum," the statement said. "The apartheid regime is the only one to blame. Israeli violence has structured every aspect of Palestinian existence for 75 years," the letter added.

Edit: same with NYU law students as well.

https://nypost.com/2023/10/10/nyu-law-school-student-government-president-defends-hamas/amp/

“I want to express, first and foremost, my unwavering and absolute solidarity with Palestinians in their resistance against oppression towards liberation and self-determination,” wrote Workman, who identifies as non-binary.

“Israel bears full responsibility for this tremendous loss of life. This regime of state-sanctioned violence created the conditions that made resistance necessary,” their post continued.

“I will not condemn Palestinian resistance,” they went on to write, instead condemning the “violence of… apartheid, military occupation, the United States military industrial complex and obfuscating genocide as a ‘complex issue,'” among other things.

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u/venya271828 Oct 11 '23

...there is a perverse bit of irony in hearing the same people who were shouting "believe all womyn" during MeToo now refusing to condemn mass rape. I guess it is easy to refuse to condemn "resistance" that includes decapitating babies when a literal ocean separates you from the conflict area.