Academic left and Islamists joined at the anti-Israel hip
August 27, 2014
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No, they don't come right out and say they support Hamas, but that's the effective message of the petition these historians signed, which condemns Israel for "war crimes," and asks the US to withdraw military aid from the country. And Hamas? It's never even mentioned. It's as though it doesn't exist.
Many of the original signers are members of the hard left. Even I recognized that fact from some of the names, and Ron Radosh---who was once a prominent leftist himself---recognized many more:
As a historian who has studied the American far Left for many years, and decades ago was part of, I immediately noticed that many on the initial list of signers are veterans of the already old New Left and either supporters of or fellow-travelers of the defunct Soviet Union and the Communist movement. Indeed, I know many of them personally, and are aware of their old affiliations and political allegiances.I looked up the first eight or so people on the list, and it was an interesting exercise.