Iowa Democratic Party Condemns U. of Iowa Democrats for ‘Shameless’ Support of Palestinians
“The Iowa Democratic Party was recently made aware of a statement made by the University Democrats at Iowa, which included problematic anti-semitic slogans”
Good for the Iowa Democrats for standing up for what is right.
The College Fix reports:
Democrats want resignation of U. Iowa Democrats over ‘shameless’ support of Palestinians
The Iowa Democratic Party is calling on three members of the University Democrats at Iowa to resign following their statement in support of the Palestinians.
The statement — issued by Vice President Kiana Shevling-Major, Secretary Olivia Martin, and Treasurer Matthew Charles — read “We shamelessly and fully support Palestine. The ongoing violence against millions of innocent people is egregious and the perpetuation of it by the United States of America and other western states is even more so.”
It ended with “May every Palestinian live long and free, from the river to the sea,” The Daily Iowan reports. The second part of that sentence is considered a call for the destruction of Israel.
Shevling-Major claimed the phrase merely expresses her support for the Palestinians “who are currently being held hostage in their own land, from the river of Jordan to the sea of the Mediterranean.”
In a statement to the student paper, Shevling-Major (pictured) said “I refuse to apologize for supporting Palestine. I refuse to stop calling out oppression when I see it. I refuse to be silenced.”
The vice president said that as a result of social media “backlash” and complaints from state politicians, her organization amended the statement to read “May every Palestinian live long and free.”
But this “correction” was removed in “less than an hour.”
The Iowa Democratic Party condemned the University Democrats at Iowa’s statement via its social media channels and in a news release.
“The Iowa Democratic Party was recently made aware of a statement made by the University Democrats at Iowa, which included problematic anti-semitic slogans including ‘from the river to the sea Palestine will be free,’” Iowa Democrats chair Rita Hart said in a statement. “Let’s be very clear. That is a call for Jewish genocide and we wholly condemn that offensive language.”
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Poor student Democrats. Desperately seeking pack acceptance, they are beset by confusingly mixed signals as to what exactly their pack leaders WANT.
Why is this always reported as “is considered”, as if there were some other possible interpretation?
And how is that different from what it said before? How is it not a call for Israel to cease existing? In what way are “Palestinians” in most of the covered area not now free?