University Students Rising Up (continued from Easterissland’s first thread)

[Finallyloggedin]

@easterissland, I hope you don’t mind me starting another thread now that the first is full.

Brave students worldwide are still showing more moral fibre than the political and media classes combined.

https://x.com/amberisms_/status/1792198517479580118?s=61&t=nilGqPeurpC5xVqZAZdZog The Morehouse Class of 2024 Valedictorian, Deangelo Fletcher, called for an immediate and permanent ceasefire in Gaza during his speech today.

So the claim of apartheid within Israel for citizens is purely based on the right to return applying to Jewish people and not Arab people. But otherwise, all citizens of Israel are treated the same.

@YourPinkDog No - you need to read the article.
Inside the 1948 boundaries of Israel, nonJewish citizens have many of the same rights as Jewish citizens ,but not all, and they do not enjoy parity of esteem- Israel is an ethno-state based on Jewish supremacy.

Those living in East Jerusalem, the West Bank and Gaza suffer under an apartheid type regime and are highly discriminated against compared with Jewish settlers.

The Palestinians who live inside the green line that forms the 1948 boundaries of Israel are citizens and have the many of the same rights as Israeli citizens. Non Jewish Palestinians do not have the right to return to the lands taken in 1948 and this is a wider immigration issue in terms of families and spouses not being allowed reunification if they marry someone not living within the 1948 boundaries . Palestinians do not enjoy parity of esteem and this is reflected in some of the laws- the Nakba laws and the admissions committee laws which prevent Palestinians living in a neighbourhood because of “cultural incompatibility “. There is discrimination against Palestinian communities in getting planning permission - it’s almost impossible.
The biggest injustice is the Absentee property Law which allowed Israel to expropriate the lands of people expelled in 1948 without compensation . Palestinians form 17% of the population but only have access to 3% of the land.
An apartheid system is in place in East Jerusalem and the West Bank which systematically discriminates against non Jews.
Movement of people and goods in and out of Gaza is controlled by Israel - it’s effectively a prison with corrupt brutal Hamas running the prison

I think people get upset by the shooting fish in a barrel nature of this.

if you herd everyone into a corner and then bomb them everyone looking at that will get upset.

it is a good thing.

https://x.com/metzgov/status/1802405347967287580?s=61&t=nilGqPeurpC5xVqZAZdZog

“Large procession of pro-Palestinian students just walked out of Stanford University’s graduation”

https://x.com/alex_niven/status/1803782092620267848?s=61&t=nilGqPeurpC5xVqZAZdZog

Newcastle University students are now 50 days into their protest on the war on Gaza. Well done them 🇵🇸❤️🇵🇸❤️

College protests are not changing minds in US:
https://www.thefire.org/sites/default/files/2024/06/Norc%20Ecampments%20Survey-03.png

Full survey results:
https://www.thefire.org/news/poll-americans-oppose-campus-protesters-defacing-property-occupying-buildings

Excellent and many prospective employers and sponsors won't be changing their minds, when avoiding attention seekers. Those, who will bring nothing valuable to their brand.

https://www.oxfordstudent.com/2024/06/23/university-block-access-pitt-rivers-encampment/

Fantastic news.

I hope they get rid of the eyesore outside the Radcliffe Camera as soon as possible.

What a cheek these plonkers have.

The brilliant Miko Peled states his support for the student protests

https://x.com/mikopeled/status/1806695332551504292?s=61&t=nilGqPeurpC5xVqZAZdZog

The Guardian from earlier this week about the funding and mobilisation of entities to oppose/denigrate the protests.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/jun/24/israel-fund-us-university-protest-gaza-antisemitism

@BelleHathor oh my goodness, that article is terrifying. How can it be ok for any one country to wield this much power over another countries’ laws?

Do you not think that there are political agitators, probably from other countries, stirring up the pro Palestinian protests?

There are other nations who would love to see conflict in the UK.

You know the protests aren’t only happening in the UK don’t you?

No, apart from accusations about Open Society (that is always used by antisemitic right wingers crying "Soros").

From the Guardian article, the evidence points clearly to the Israeli government funding groups in order spread propaganda and sow discord, at a rate that begs the question, how much should they be allowed to interfere in British politics/life without registering as foreign agents?

As you said @Finallyloggedin it's shocking and not new. The only consolation is that people are wiser to it and it's becoming less effective.

https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2024/05/16/far-right-uses-antisemitic-george-soros-trope-attack-campus-protests

Yes, the demo antics will be applauded by the enemies of Western democracy and liberalism.

https://x.com/umelb4palestine/status/1810824326507384932?s=61&t=nilGqPeurpC5xVqZAZdZog

Speaker at the University of Melbourne encampment and Dr. Liz Strakosh, lecturer and member of the Jewish Council of Australia.

https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/san-francisco-state-university-divest-weapons-companies-aiding-israel