On October 7, 2023, Hamas slaughtered 1,200 Israelis in cold blood: burning families alive, raping women until their bodies became unrecognizable, and taking eight Americans hostage. Before American Jews knew whether their loved ones were dead or alive, Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) chapters across the country had already begun glorifying Hamas, harassing American Jews and demanding that Israel acquiesce to the terrorists’ demands.
In the months since, SJP chapters have seized every opportunity to embrace anti-Semitic tropes and rewrite history along ideological lines in their call for the elimination of the State of Israel. It is no surprise, then, that on the first anniversary of Hamas’ rape, murder, and abduction of Israeli civilians, SJP’s national headquarters has called for a “Week of Rage.” Not rage against Hamas. Not rage against Yahya Sinwar or any other actor who could be reasonably blamed for the massive suffering following October 7. No: SJP is raging against any Israeli claim to legitimate self-defense.
Let’s be clear, October 7 marks the deadliest day for the Jewish people since the Holocaust. Israel’s stated aims in the ongoing conflict are to return its hostages and to eliminate Hamas’ military capacities. SJP views Israel’s sole aim as the genocide of the population of Gaza.
However, the Israel-Gaza war has amassed one of the lowest ratios of civilian-to-militant casualty ratios in modern history. As the IDF supplies Gazan civilians with humanitarian aid, opts for precision strikes to minimize civilian casualties, and even warns civilians in areas they intend to bomb to allow them time to evacuate — the term “genocide” simply doesn’t apply.
……..During on-campus protests at UCLA, SJP affiliated agitators chanted ‘Itbah El Yahud‘ (‘slaughter the Jews’ in Arabic) and beat a piñata effigy of Israel’s Prime Minister, accompanied by shouts of ‘beat that f***ing Jew.’” SJP is also responsible for the illegal encampments that spread across university campuses last year, along with the vandalism and destruction they caused.
In addition to broad-brush antisemitism and lawlessness, individuals affiliated with campus SJP chapters have taken it upon themselves to harass individual Jewish students. A Jewish student was stabbed in the eye by an SJP-affiliated individual at Yale. At Princeton, a student at an SJP protest assaulted a student reporter. Even when punished, these incidents contribute to a culture that causes Jewish students to think twice about openly expressing their identity. Indeed, a Brandeis study found the presence of an active SJP chapter to be one of the strongest predictors of campus anti-Semitism.
Despite SJP’s clear calls for violence, university responses have been largely tepid or nonexistent, focusing on condemning individual incidents that garner media attention rather than addressing the quacking duck in front of them. While swift action is warranted, most campuses have stood by, either out of fear of backlash or a reluctance to confront the increasingly hostile climate for Jewish students.
On 7 Oct 2023, Hamas terrorists slaughtered innocent men, women, and children then took dozens of hostages. They raped and murdered women before parading their bodies in the streets. Israel will show them no mercy.
Israel should flatten every fucking square inch of Gaza and all the muzzies in it.
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In re your final line, AMEN – starting with Tehran . . .