{"id":2061012,"date":"2023-10-09T18:30:02","date_gmt":"2023-10-09T22:30:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/columbia-law-school-dean-gives-both-sides-treatment-to-hamass-terrorist-rampage-in-israel\/"},"modified":"2023-10-09T18:31:08","modified_gmt":"2023-10-09T22:31:08","slug":"columbia-law-school-dean-gives-both-sides-treatment-to-hamass-terrorist-rampage-in-israel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/columbia-law-school-dean-gives-both-sides-treatment-to-hamass-terrorist-rampage-in-israel\/","title":{"rendered":"Columbia Law School Dean provides balanced perspective on Hamas&#8217;s attacks in Israel."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fcolumbia-law-school-dean-gives-both-sides-treatment-to-hamass-terrorist-rampage-in-israel%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2061012&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>The Dean of Columbia \u2062Law School Whitewashes Worst Terrorist Attack in \u2063Israeli History<\/h2>\n<blockquote>\n<p>The dean of Columbia Law School, Gillian Lester, released a statement on Monday lamenting the &#8220;violence that erupted in Israel and Gaza&#8221; without acknowledging the massacre\u200c that initiated it.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The statement failed to mention Hamas&#8217;s responsibility for the attack, which resulted in the deaths of over\u200c 900 Israelis, \u2064including the targeting of innocent civilians who were subjected to horrific acts such as \u200bgang rape.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;The violence that\u2063 erupted in Israel and\u2064 Gaza \u200dthis\u2063 past weekend is nothing short of tragic,&#8221; Lester wrote in \u200can \u2064email to students. &#8220;I know\u2062 many in our\u2062 community have been affected,\u200b both directly and indirectly, by the sudden escalation of\u200d conflict and the fear and uncertainty that have followed as the\u200d situation on the ground continues \u200cto evolve.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>However,\u2062 Lester&#8217;s statement noticeably omitted any mention\u200c of anti-Semitism or the \u2062Jewish people, \u200bin stark \u2064contrast to\u200b her \u2063previous response\u200b when a swastika was found in \u200dthe law school\u2064 bathroom. At that time, she strongly \u2063condemned the symbol as being &#8220;starkly antithetical to our core\u200d values.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Jewish\u200d students at Columbia University expressed their concern over this disparity in statements.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;It\u200c reflects an inability to fully support the Jewish people when it&#8217;s hard,&#8221; said Zach Becker, the president\u2062 of Columbia&#8217;s Jewish Law Students Association. Another student remarked that Lester&#8217;s Monday message \u2062&#8221;suggests that she feels\u200d more upset by a \u200dswastika in the law school than the massacre of nearly 1,000 (or more) Jews.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Lester \u2064did not respond to \u200brequests for comment regarding her statement.<\/p>\n<p>This email was sent amidst student groups at\u2062 Columbia University, including the\u2064 Muslim Students Association and Columbia Law \u200dStudents for Palestine, rallying in\u200c support of Hamas. Led\u2064 by Columbia&#8217;s National Lawyers Guild, these groups released a statement blaming Israel for the weekend&#8217;s atrocities and condemning the Jewish state for defending itself.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;Israel does not have the right to defend its occupation, its apartheid state, or its\u2062 siege of\u2062 Gaza,&#8221; the statement read. \u200d&#8221;The weight of responsibility for\u200c the war and \u200bcasualties \u200bundeniably \u2063lies with\u200b the Israeli extremist government and \u200cother Western governments,\u200c including the U.S. government, which fund and staunchly support Israeli aggression, apartheid, and settler-colonization.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The statement was\u2062 endorsed by various groups,\u200d including the Conflict Resolution Collective,\u200b the Restorative Justice Collective, and the Columbia Law Students Human Rights\u200b Association.<\/p>\n<p>Similar sentiments\u2062 have been expressed at other Ivy League schools. At Harvard\u200b University, 33 student groups blamed Israel for the \u2063attacks on its own citizens, while the dean of Harvard&#8217;s\u200b Graduate \u2064School of Education,\u200d Bridget Terry Long, \u200dappeared to equate Hamas with the Jewish state.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;More than\u200c 1,100 people,&#8221; Long <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/latest-news\/harvard-dean-33-student-groups-blame-israel-for-war\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said Sunday<\/a>, &#8220;have \u200bbeen killed\u2064 and hundreds more wounded\u200c by the actions taken by Hamas and the Israeli government.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Meanwhile, at Yale\u2064 University, a group called &#8220;Yalies4Palestine&#8221; hosted an \u2063&#8221;Indigenous Peoples&#8217; Day&#8221; \u2063rally, blaming the &#8220;Zionist regime&#8221; for Hamas&#8217;s massacre. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/columbia-law-school-dean-gives-both-sides-treatment-to-hamass-terrorist-rampage-in-israel\/\" title=\"Columbia Law School Dean provides balanced perspective on Hamas's attacks in Israel.\">group expressed\u2062 unwavering support<\/a> for the Palestinian people&#8217;s right\u200d to resist colonial oppression.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;Breaking out of a prison requires force, not \u2063desperate appeals to the colonizer,&#8221; the group stated, referring to the weekend attacks, which reportedly included acts of rape alongside the \u200cbodies of victims.\u200b &#8220;Yalies4Palestine\u200b stands in unwavering \u200dsupport of the Palestinian \u2064people&#8217;s\u200d right to resist colonial oppression.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Yalies4Palestine did not respond to requests for comment.<\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> How\u200d does \u200cthe dean&#8217;s statement \u200ddemonstrate a\u200d lack of support for the Jewish community at Columbia Law School?<\/h2>\n<p><span>  Mning what they called &#8220;Israeli aggression.&#8221; The statement accused Israel \u2064of committing war \u2064crimes and called for solidarity with the Palestinian people.<\/p>\n<p>It is \u2064deeply troubling that the dean of Columbia Law School would\u2063 release \u200ba \u200dstatement that not only whitewashes the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-oj-simpson-torched-for-making-9-11-joke-after-aaron-rodgers-injury\/\" title=\"OJ Simpson faces backlash for making 9\/11 joke following Aaron Rodgers' injury.\">worst terrorist\u2063 attack<\/a> in\u2063 Israeli history but also fails to address the rise of anti-Semitism on campus. Lester&#8217;s omission of any mention of the Jewish people in\u2062 her\u2064 statement is a \u2064clear indication of a lack \u200bof support for the Jewish community.<\/p>\n<p>At a time when Jewish\u200b students are feeling vulnerable and \u2062targeted, it \u200cis\u200b essential for \u2063the dean to \u2064stand up against acts of violence and discrimination. The massacre of over 900 Israelis, including innocent civilians, cannot simply be brushed aside\u200b or ignored. By neglecting to mention Hamas&#8217;s responsibility for the attack, Lester is perpetuating a dangerous narrative that demonizes Israel and\u200d undermines its\u200c right to self-defense.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, the fact that Lester was quick to \u200dcondemn a swastika found\u200d in the law school bathroom, but fails to condemn \u2064a horrific terrorist attack, raises questions about her priorities and values. The Jewish students\u200d at Columbia University\u200d are understandably concerned and feel neglected by their own dean. This disparity in responses suggests a lack \u2062of empathy and understanding for the pain \u200cand fear experienced by the Jewish community.<\/p>\n<p>Lester&#8217;s silence\u200b and failure to respond to requests for\u2064 comment regarding\u2062 her \u200bstatement is deeply disappointing. As the dean of Columbia Law School, she \u2062has \u2064the responsibility to address the \u200bconcerns \u200band voices of all students, regardless of\u2064 their background\u2062 or beliefs.\u200d Her\u200d silence only amplifies\u2062 the feeling of marginalization and exclusion felt by Jewish students on campus.<\/p>\n<p>It \u200bis also troubling to see\u2064 student groups at Columbia University, including the Muslim Students Association and Columbia Law Students for Palestine, rallying in\u2062 support of Hamas. \u200bIt is important to distinguish between supporting the\u2064 Palestinian \u200ccause and condoning acts of terrorism. By\u200d blaming Israel for the weekend&#8217;s atrocities without acknowledging the terrorist attack that initiated the\u200c violence, these groups are perpetuating a biased and distorted narrative.<\/p>\n<p>The dean of Columbia Law\u200c School should serve as a \u2062symbol of inclusivity, fairness, and\u200d respect \u2064for all students. It is crucial \u200bfor \u200dher to address \u200cthe concerns\u2063 raised by the Jewish community and\u200c to revise her statement to acknowledge\u2063 the \u200dtruth and condemn the terrorist attack. By doing so,\u200c she can rebuild trust and foster \u200can environment in which all students feel valued and safe.<\/p>\n<p>In conclusion, the dean\u2062 of Columbia Law School&#8217;s statement regarding the recent\u2063 violence\u2064 in Israel and Gaza is deeply concerning. By failing to acknowledge the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/leftists-claimed-capitol-riot-was-worse-than-9-11-victims-families-say-otherwise\/\" title=\"Leftists Claimed Capitol Riot Was Worse Than 9\/11. Victims\u2019 Families Say Otherwise.\">worst terrorist attack<\/a> \u2063in Israeli history and neglecting to mention the Jewish \u200cpeople, she\u200b has demonstrated a lack of support for the Jewish community on campus. It is \u200bcrucial \u2062for her to address these concerns and revise her statement to condemn the terrorist attack and stand \u2064against anti-Semitism. Only then can she begin to \u2063rebuild trust and create an inclusive and supportive environment for all students at Columbia Law School.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The dean of Columbia Law School, Gillian Lester, issued a statement on Monday addressing the recent violence in Israel and Gaza. However, the statement failed to acknowledge the tragic event that initiated the conflict, omitting any mention of Hamas&#8217;s involvement. 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