Students at Columbia University’s School of Social Work were planning an event on December 6th on the significance of the October 7th Palestinian “counteroffensive.”
October 7th was many things, but it certainly wasn’t a counteroffensive.
The university has shut down the event.
From FOX News:
Columbia shuts down planned discussion justifying Hamas’ October 7 massacre as ‘Palestinian counteroffensive’Columbia University’s administration has shut down a pro-Palestinian student group’s planned discussion that aimed to justify Hamas’ Oct. 7 massacre of Israeli civilians, Fox News Digital learned Monday.A group that calls themselves the “Columbia Social Workers 4 Palestine” was advertising an event to discuss the “Significance of the October 7th Palestinian Counteroffensive.”What would have been the group’s second so-called “teach-in and discussion” had been advertised to be taking place in a room of the Columbia School of Social Work on Wednesday between 12-1:50 p.m., according to a flier that circulated on social media.”We will discuss the significance of the Palestinian counteroffensive on October 7th and the centrality of revolutionary violence to anti-imperialism. See y’all there!” Columbia Social Workers 4 Palestine wrote on X, sharing the flier with imagery of a dove and a red Palestinian poppy placed in the barrel of a rifle aimed at broken chains. “In advocating for Palestinian liberation, Palestinians have engaged in nonviolent resistance tactics for years. These peaceful actions have been met with tear gas and armed opposition by the Israeli government.”X’s community notes added context, writing, “October 7 was not a ‘counteroffensive.’ There was a ceasefire in place that Hamas broke on Oct. 7., when it launched thousands of rockets, invading Israel, and committing hundreds of war crimes. The term ‘counteroffensive’ applies to Israel’s response, not the Hamas attack.”
It’s insane that this was even a possibility.
The reaction to October 7th has been dreadful at all of the Ivy League schools, but Columbia University is in a class of its own.
Donors are deserting them. Protesters overran the law school. Professors even signed a letter defending the pro-Hamas students.
An absolute disgrace.
Featured image via Twitter.
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