University students rising up against ties with Israel (title edited by MNHQ at request of OP)

[EasterIssland]

Many university students are raising up against the ties their universities have with Israel. Students are asking for this agreements to stop
I can see this is happening in USA which has been in the news quite a lot but I can also read news about Paris as well as UK.

I really doubt much will change but I’m glad people are against these agreements. We can’t change what Israel / Hamas do. But we should be able to change what our governments / universities do.

Now the Israeli government views the students as a threat.
Knesset committee warned: US campus riots ‘direct threat to Israel’ - JNS.org

Yes. They are a threat to the success of Israeli propaganda.

Of course.

Israel need to look at themselves and the threat to life they bring daily to the people of Gaza and the West Bank. They need to seriously stfu.

Another successful student protest.

Encampment in Trinity to conclude after students accept college's terms of divestment from Israel https://jrnl.ie/6374085

Israel are protecting their state from another Holocaust. They are not going to STFU. Not now. Not ever. Let people protest all they want as long as they stop with the anti-Semitism and breaking the law. They will soon move on to something else.

Israel is killing innocent people who do not need to die. Israel is occupying and oppressing people.

This is not self-defence. This is the destruction of Palestinian society. Which Netanyahu and others have worked towards for a long time.

Israel are protecting their state from another Holocaust
By killing thousands of innocent civilians? That is not protection.

Let people protest all they want as long as they stop with the anti-Semitism and breaking the law
Netanyahu is fast making the accusation of antisemitism meaningless because he uses it whenever anyone including the UN, ICJ, ICC, EU and so on disagree with them. He is the real threat to Israeli and Jewish safety

But that poster wasn't talking about lobbying on general. They were talking about how AIPAC were spending too much money compared to the "Jewish connected" population. E.g. The Jews are throwing around money to get undue influence.

Thanks for sharing this, I found it very interesting.

Spanish students started protesting end of last week. Glad to see some unis are changing their protocols already

UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA PASSES MOTION TO CUT TIES WITH ISRAEL

https://twitter.com/UniperPalestina/status/1788219726834917862

The IDF are dismantling Hamas battalions and unfortunately Hamas are using civilians as human shields. My heart breaks for those caught up in this in this way.

https://x.com/missymarxist/status/1787927283237347597?s=61&t=nilGqPeurpC5xVqZAZdZog

Really good interview with a lovely young man. I’d be so proud of him if he was my son.

@EasterIssland thats great news, well done to Barcelona.

@TheKeenAmberHedgehog its the other way around actually, I saw a video yesterday of the idf making a family of 7 Palestinians shield them for hours. They (the idf) really are the scum of the earth.

https://x.com/oxact4pal/status/1788233501558399103?s=61&t=nilGqPeurpC5xVqZAZdZog

Oxford University

Bear in mind there are about 27,000 Oxford University students, about 17,000 staff and other staff employed by the colleges. That is a very small number of people at these demos! I wonder how representative it really is of "Oxford"

Every person who stands in peaceful protest against what is happening is welcome, and one more person than was standing previously. Whether there are 100 people standing together or one person standing alone, it is valid and it is appreciated.

As representative as how the majority in the country think?

“The poll shows that among all voters in the UK a majority of 56% to 17% are in favour of a ban on the export of arms and spare parts. By a majority of 59% to 12% voters say Israel is violating human rights in Gaza.”

https://amp.theguardian.com/world/2024/apr/03/majority-of-voters-in-uk-back-banning-arm-sales-to-israel-poll-finds

Actually- as Oxford MP is a Liberal Democrat- the stats are 70% support ban of export of arms or spare parts to Israel, and 79% believe Israel is violating human rights. Perhaps the students have support for non-violent protest?

https://d3nkl3psvxxpe9.cloudfront.net/documents/ActionForHumanity_Israel_WithVI_240327_W.pdf

Nothing would ever change if people thought “it’s only me” or “it’s only a few of us”. As @Scirocco said, every person who protests is helping.

Also this is an interesting witness account from someone at the UCLA protest. https://x.com/shaykhsulaiman/status/1788146574649970998?s=61&t=nilGqPeurpC5xVqZAZdZog

Thank you @Polka83 , these statistics are important. Also, imagine if the newspapers and channels were actually showing the true horror of the situation and the sheer volume of disgusting war crimes, I’m sure the numbers wanting a ban on arms sales would be even higher.

Well done Cambridge students:

https://www.instagram.com/reel/C6uFruPBn1K/?igsh=aWEzMmt1czRrNGZ0

Hope they won’t be labelled as antisemitic

@DomPom47 thank you, i just watched the Cambridge video. The students come across as so thoughtful and genuine don’t they? They have so much more humanity than many of our current politicians.

I clicked on that guy's twitter account and his first post is him praising the Taliban for their treatment of women.

Whose ? Sulaiman Ahmed
? I don’t get the same. The first video are settlers attacking a Palestinian woman for me

It would be difficult not to admire them, especially that spokesperson whose hope, idealism, and whole hearted stance is both moving and humbling.

They have made such a good job of organising their camp in the practical sense, and in how they have included talks and the sharing of cultures too.