{"id":2061057,"date":"2023-10-09T18:51:02","date_gmt":"2023-10-09T22:51:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/elite-college-students-blame-israel-for-hamas-terror-attack\/"},"modified":"2023-10-09T18:53:13","modified_gmt":"2023-10-09T22:53:13","slug":"elite-college-students-blame-israel-for-hamas-terror-attack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/elite-college-students-blame-israel-for-hamas-terror-attack\/","title":{"rendered":"Elite college students accuse Israel of being responsible for the recent Hamas terror attack."},"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\">28<\/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%2Felite-college-students-blame-israel-for-hamas-terror-attack%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=2061057&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--><div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<figure>\n<p>\n          <span>Image Credit<\/span>FDRLST \/ Canva<br \/>\n  \u2062    \u200c\n        <\/p>\n<\/figure><\/div>\n<p>      \u200c  \u200b\u200d  Students at prestigious universities \u200cnationwide are \u200crallying\u2064 behind \u200dPalestine following the recent Hamas attack\u2062 on Israel. Over 30 Harvard student organizations joined forces to release a powerful\u2064 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theblaze.com\/news\/31-student-run-organizations-at-harvard-say-israel-entirely-at-fault-for-hamas-attacks?utm_source=dlvr.it&#038;utm_medium=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">statement<\/a> on the day of the assault, placing the blame solely on Israel for the escalating violence.<br \/>\n  \u200d\n    <\/p>\n<p>      \u2062\u200d    \u200b At\u200c Columbia University, students from the groups Students for Justice\u2062 in\u200c Palestine and Jewish Voice \u2062for\u200c Peace \u200d <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/zach_kessel\/status\/1711434301361774633?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">asserted<\/a> \u2064that the Israeli extremist government, along with other\u200c Western \u2063governments, bears the responsibility for the war \u2064and casualties. Similarly, Students for \u2064Justice in Palestine at Northwestern University <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/zach_kessel\/status\/1711448383909433799?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">affirmed<\/a> their\u200d unwavering commitment to shedding light on \u2063the profound \u200dinjustices faced by the Palestinian people.\n    <\/p>\n<p>      These statements all employ\u2064 left-wing, anti-colonial rhetoric. Harvard students describe\u200c Israel \u200bas an\u2064 &#8220;apartheid regime&#8221; that forces Palestinians \u2063into &#8220;colonial retaliation.&#8221; Columbia students characterize\u200c Israelis as &#8220;extremist&#8230; colonial-settlers.&#8221; Northwestern University students argue that it is a &#8220;grievous miscarriage\u200c of\u2063 justice&#8221; to \u2063portray Palestinians as \u2064aggressors \u2062and deem it &#8220;morally untenable&#8221; to view\u200c Israel \u2064as the victim.<br \/>\n \u2062   \u200c\n    <\/p>\n<p>      \u200b   &#8220;From Algeria to Ireland, from South Africa to Vietnam, from \u200bEast \u200cTimur to Tibet, and\u2064 from Native American\u2063 to Black American \u200dcivil rights\u2063 struggles, \u200dthe \u2063human desire \u200cfor autonomy and\u2062 dignity has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/college-students-blame-israel-for-hamas-terror-attack\/\" title=\"College students accuse Israel of being responsible for the Hamas terror attack.\">historically remained powerful<\/a> \u2062and unwavering,&#8221; wrote the Northwestern students. \u200d&#8221;The Palestinian narrative and efforts\u200d are woven from this same\u2062 fabric of endurance\u2062 and\u200d determination.&#8221;\n    <\/p>\n<p>      These statements have faced criticism from \u2062various professors \u200band concerned <a href=\"https:\/\/www.msn.com\/en-us\/news\/world\/top-republican-slams-alma-mater-harvard-after-student-groups-blame-israel-for-hamas-attack\/ar-AA1hW5Z8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">alumni<\/a> of these universities. Former Harvard University president and former National Economic Council member for President Obama, Lawrence Summers, \u200b <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/LHSummers\/status\/1711421307227607255?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">expressed<\/a> \u2063his disillusionment and \u200calienation on Twitter, stating that\u200c he has never felt this way in \u200chis nearly 50 years of affiliation with \u200dHarvard. Summers also criticized the Harvard Administration \u200dfor failing\u2062 to condemn and distance the university from\u200c these student groups&#8217; statement.\n    <\/p>\n<p>      Investigative journalist \u2062Christopher Rufo\u200c <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/realchrisrufo\/status\/1711435236859396448?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">responded<\/a> to \u2062Summers, \u200cpointing out his own responsibility\u2063 in allowing\u200c these cultural \u200cforces to grow on Ivy \u2062League campuses during his\u2063 tenure. Rufo then shared\u2063 a list of current \u200bHarvard courses on &#8220;decolonization.&#8221;<br \/>\n   \u2062\n    <\/p>\n<p>      \u200b    \u200d \u200b &#8220;It&#8217;s amazing to me how many center-left\u200d intellectuals, who \u200bhave spent decades making excuses for\u200c the rhetoric\u2064 of &#8216;decolonization,&#8217; are now shocked to \u2064see what it means: the targeted demonization and murder \u2063of the &#8216;oppressor class,'&#8221; Rufo\u2062 wrote in \u2063a separate\u200c tweet.\n    <\/p>\n<figure>\n<p>\n        <span><\/p>\n<blockquote data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<div lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\n<p>Here are some of the current Harvard courses \u2062on \u2064&#8221;decolonization,&#8221; promoting theories of &#8220;anticolonial struggle&#8221; \u200cand &#8220;how BIPOC communities\u200d forged [intersectional] solidarities to rebel against\u2064 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/left-wing-org-combines-k-12-radical-gender-theory-with-anti-cop-anti-capitalist-rhetoric\/\" title=\"Left-Wing Org Combines K-12 Radical Gender Theory With Anti-Cop, Anti-Capitalist Rhetoric\">global white supremacy<\/a>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In practice, decolonization means Gaza-style \u200cviolence. \u2062 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/jygas8Pqox\">pic.twitter.com\/jygas8Pqox<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>            \u2064 \u2063    \u2062\u200d   \u200d   \u2064 \u2014 \u2064Christopher F. Rufo\u200c \u2694\ufe0f \u200b(@realchrisrufo) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realchrisrufo\/status\/1711452998570774872?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 9, \u20642023<\/a>\n          <\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>        <\/span>\n      <\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>      \u200c   &#8220;Boomer\u2064 hippies thought K-12 progressive indoctrination would turn kids into sensitive, \u200b<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/elite-college-students-blame-israel-for-hamas-terror-attack\/\" title=\"Elite college students accuse Israel of being responsible for the recent Hamas terror attack.\">feminized pro-choice climate change activists<\/a>. But oops, \u200dthey turned them \u2063into\u2062 vicious little fanatics thirsty for \u200dblood instead,&#8221; added Federalist Senior Contributor Peachy Keenan.<br \/>\n    \u2062\n    <\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>      Evita Duffy-Alfonso is a staff writer for The Federalist and co-founder of the \u2064Chicago Thinker.\u200d She has a deep love for the Midwest, \u200blumberjack sports, writing, and \u200bher family. Follow her on Twitter at @evitaduffy_1 or\u200c contact her at evita@thefederalist.com.\n    <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div data-image data-amount=\"5\">\n<h2>Popular<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thefederalist.com\/#\"><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thefederalist.com\/#\"><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thefederalist.com\/#\"><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thefederalist.com\/#\"><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thefederalist.com\/#\"><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> What are the \u2062consequences and potential \u200coutcomes\u200d of the growing influence of left-wing, anti-colonial \u200brhetoric on university campuses, and how are universities addressing the concerns raised by their\u2063 critics<\/h2>\n<p><span>  This article discusses the recent \u200bshow of support \u200bfor Palestine by \u200cstudent organizations at prestigious universities across the United States. It focuses on the \u200dstatements \u2063released by student groups at Harvard, Columbia, and\u200d Northwestern universities, which\u200c place the blame for the escalating\u2062 violence solely on Israel.<\/p>\n<p>At Harvard, over 30 student organizations joined forces to release a powerful statement on \u200bthe day of the Hamas attack, condemning Israel for the \u200dviolence. Similarly, students from Students \u200cfor Justice in Palestine and Jewish Voice\u2062 for Peace at Columbia University \u2062asserted\u200b that the Israeli extremist government, \u2064along with\u200c other Western governments, bears responsibility for the war and casualties. Northwestern University&#8217;s Students for\u200b Justice in Palestine affirmed their unwavering \u2063commitment to shedding light\u2063 on the \u2064injustices faced\u2062 by the Palestinian people.<\/p>\n<p>The statements released by these student groups all employ left-wing, anti-colonial rhetoric. They\u200c describe Israel as an &#8220;apartheid regime&#8221; and characterize Israelis\u200c as &#8220;extremist colonial-settlers.&#8221; These statements have \u2064faced criticism from\u2063 various professors and concerned alumni of these universities, including Lawrence Summers, former president of Harvard University.<\/p>\n<p>Lawrence Summers expressed his disillusionment and alienation on\u200c Twitter, stating that\u200d he has never \u200cfelt this way in his nearly 50 years of\u2062 affiliation\u2062 with Harvard. Summers also \u2063criticized the Harvard Administration for failing to\u200b condemn and distance\u2063 the university from these student groups&#8217; statements. Investigative journalist Christopher Rufo\u2064 responded to \u2063Summers, pointing out his own responsibility \u2064in allowing these cultural forces\u200d to grow on Ivy League \u2062campuses \u200bduring his tenure.<\/p>\n<p>The article raises questions about the growing influence of left-wing, anti-colonial rhetoric on university \u2064campuses and the potential consequences of such influence. \u2064It highlights the divided opinions among the academic community and\u2064 concerned\u200b alumni regarding the stance taken by these student groups. The discussion surrounding this issue is \u2063ongoing, and it remains to be seen how\u2062 these universities will\u200c address the concerns raised by their critics.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Students at prestigious universities nationwide are expressing solidarity with Palestine following the recent Hamas attack on Israel. Harvard witnessed over 30 student organizations issuing a collective statement, blaming Israel entirely for the ongoing violence. 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