The attacks on Israel by Hamas have caused thousands of left-wing academics to reveal themselves as supporters of Hamas. This problem in higher education is far worse than most Americans have ever realized.
From the National Association of Scholars:
Higher Education’s Coddling of HamasOn Sunday, October 8, hundreds of supporters of Hamas’s terrorist invasion of southern Israel gathered in Times Square to celebrate the atrocities inflicted the day before. The Times Square celebrants gave substance to the oft-repeated slogan of American anti-Israel and anti-Semitic activists who vow to pursue their agenda “by any means necessary.” Those means clearly include wanton murder, rape, and kidnapping.The scale and viciousness of the atrocities have shocked the civilized world—or at least the civilized part of the civilized world. An exception must be made for the many faculty members and students at American colleges and universities who have gone out of their way to justify and excuse Hamas’s crimes. Chief among these apologists are the campus supporters of the anti-Israel boycott, divest, and sanction (BDS) movement, but they are far from alone. The campus diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) movement also has close ties to Jew-hatred and support for Palestinian terrorists.This does not mean that every activist in BDS and DEI is delighted with Hamas’s surprise attack. It is no doubt awkward for people who have spent so much effort declaring their zeal for “peace” and “justice” and opposition to “oppression” to now see the behavior of one of the factions they have favored. This is plainly a moment in which they ought to reckon with their misconceived enthusiasm.Some indeed will; others will fall silent for a while, waiting for the occasion to denounce Israel’s response to the attacks, which can then be twisted into an ex post facto extenuation for Hamas’s atrocities. Yet others unflinchingly endorse those atrocities. These include not only the celebrants in Times Square but also radicalized student groups across the country.
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