{"id":2073369,"date":"2023-10-19T17:12:01","date_gmt":"2023-10-19T21:12:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/josh-hawley-resolution-condemning-anti-israel-college-groups-blocked-by-senate-democrat\/"},"modified":"2023-10-19T17:15:01","modified_gmt":"2023-10-19T21:15:01","slug":"josh-hawley-resolution-condemning-anti-israel-college-groups-blocked-by-senate-democrat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/josh-hawley-resolution-condemning-anti-israel-college-groups-blocked-by-senate-democrat\/","title":{"rendered":"Senate Democrats block resolution condemning anti-Israel college groups introduced by Josh Hawley."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><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%2Fjosh-hawley-resolution-condemning-anti-israel-college-groups-blocked-by-senate-democrat%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=2073369&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>Resolution Condemning Support for Hamas\u2064 Fails in Senate<\/h2>\n<p>A \u200cresolution introduced by Sen.\u200d Josh Hawley (R-MO) to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/josh-hawley-resolution-condemning-anti-israel-college-groups-blocked-by-senate-democrat\/\" title=\"Senate Democrats block resolution condemning anti-Israel college groups introduced by Josh Hawley.\">condemn student groups\u2063 expressing support<\/a> for the \u200cterrorist group Hamas failed in the Senate Thursday. Hawley had\u200d attempted to \u2062pass the resolution by unanimous consent, but Sen.\u200d Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) rose to block the resolution \u200band said it wrongly smeared\u2063 students who protest on college campuses. The resolution\u200b condemned \u2064student groups that have celebrated Hamas terrorist attacks against \u200bIsrael while blaming the\u200d Jewish state for the attacks. To date, more than \u200b5,000 \u200cpeople have been killed in the attacks and Israel&#8217;s subsequent military response, according to estimates from both sides.<\/p>\n<h3>Ivy League Schools Lose Donors Amid Anti-Israel Student Activism<\/h3>\n<p>&#8220;What you are doing here is\u200c smearing all\u200d of the students who engage in these protests, and \u200bthat is just \u200cwrong,&#8221; Van Hollen told Hawley on the Senate floor. &#8220;There are student groups that may \u2062have legitimate concerns about the\u2064 loss of \u200cinnocent civilian\u2062 life in Gaza.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Hawley, in introducing the resolution, said the \u200c&#8221;response of some people in this \u2063country&#8221;\u2064 was &#8220;almost\u200d as disturbing as the\u2062 facts of these terrible attacks \u200cthemselves.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Calling for the death of Jewish people is\u2062 not just another opinion,&#8221; he said. &#8220;Calling for the genocide, celebrating the genocide of Jewish babies is \u200dnot just another opinion. Celebrating\u200c the assaults\u200c on Jewish people in this country is not\u200d just another opinion, and the Senate \u200cshould be clear and stand with moral clarity and \u200dsay &#8216;this is wrong.'&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The statements Hawley referred to were \u200cmade by pro-Palestinian student groups\u2062 at a\u2063 number of colleges and universities, but a statement that was initially signed by 31 student groups at Harvard has drawn the most attention. That statement said that the Israeli government \u200dwas &#8220;entirely responsible for all unfolding violence.&#8221; Statements by\u200b student groups at\u2062 other\u200d schools have gone so far as to \u2063defend\u2063 the terrorist attacks as &#8220;resistance.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>International\u200d backlash prompted a \u2064number of student groups to \u2063disassociate themselves from the \u2062Harvard statement, but \u200cthe university \u200dleadership has continued \u2063to draw criticism, even as\u2064 Harvard President\u200b Claudine \u200cGay has attempted to quell the firestorm.<\/p>\n<p>Gay released a video statement last week saying the university &#8220;rejects terrorism,&#8221; &#8220;rejects hate,&#8221; and &#8220;rejects the harassment or intimidation of individuals based on their \u200cbeliefs,&#8221; \u2062while asserting \u200dthe university&#8217;s support for free expression.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\">CLICK \u2062HERE TO READ\u200d MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Our university embraces a commitment\u2062 to free\u200d expression,&#8221; Gay \u200bsaid. &#8220;That commitment extends even to views \u2063that many of us find \u2062objectionable, even outrageous. We do not punish or sanction people for expressing such views. But that is a far \u2063cry from endorsing them. It\u2019s in the exercise of\u200b our\u200d freedom to speak that we\u200c reveal our characters, and we reveal the\u200c character of our institution.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>At least\u2063 one major donor, the Wexner \u200bFoundation, has closed \u2064its checkbook to the Ivy League school \u2064because\u200c of the institution&#8217;s response to antisemitism.<\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> What was the aim of the\u2063 resolution \u200cand why did \u200bit fail\u2063 to pass in the \u2064Senate?<\/h2>\n<p><span>  Le and celebrating terrorist attacks is not <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/israel-war-josh-hawley-urges-doj-investigation-into-pro-palestinian-student-groups\/\" title=\"Josh Hawley calls for DOJ probe into pro-Palestinian student groups amid Israel conflict.\">legitimate political activism<\/a>,&#8221; Hawley said. &#8220;It\u200c is hate speech and it is\u200c abhorrent. We cannot tolerate this kind of extremism on\u2064 our college campuses.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The resolution aimed to \u200ccall out and \u2063condemn \u2062student \u200dgroups that have expressed support for Hamas, a designated terrorist organization responsible for \u2064numerous attacks against \u2064Israel. These groups have been accused of blaming Israel for the\u2062 attacks while ignoring the loss of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/reporter-holds-back-tears-after-witnessing-1-10-of-residents-killed-in-hamas-attack\/\" title=\"Reporter fights back tears after witnessing 10% of residents killed in Hamas attack.\">innocent\u200c civilian lives<\/a> in Gaza. The resolution sought to shed light \u200con the\u2064 dangerous rhetoric and \u2062actions of these student groups and garner support for\u200d taking a firm stance against such support.<\/p>\n<p>However, the resolution failed to pass in \u2064the Senate due to the objection raised by \u2063Sen. Chris Van Hollen.\u2063 Van Hollen \u200bargued that the resolution unfairly smeared all students who engage\u200d in protests\u2064 and \u200dvoiced concerns about the loss\u2064 of innocent civilian lives \u200bin Gaza. He believed that there are legitimate concerns that some student groups\u2062 have regarding the Israeli military response and did not want them \u200cto \u200cbe \u2064disregarded\u200d or condemned as a\u2064 whole.<\/p>\n<p>Hawley,\u200b on the other hand, emphasized the importance of distinguishing between legitimate concerns and the celebration \u2062of terrorist attacks.\u200d He highlighted the dangerous underlying \u2064message \u200bbehind supporting \u200cand celebrating Hamas, which involves \u200dcalling for the death of Jewish people\u200b and promoting hate speech. He argued that this kind of extremism should not be tolerated on college campuses and\u200c needed to be addressed.<\/p>\n<p>The \u2062resolution sparked \u200ca heated debate about the limits of free \u2062speech and the responsibility of\u2064 universities in addressing extremist ideologies. While some contended that the \u2064resolution aimed to suppress legitimate activism\u200b and dissent, \u200dothers argued\u2063 that it was necessary to\u2063 condemn and reject support for terrorist organizations.<\/p>\n<p>Apart from the Senate debate, the issue\u2063 of anti-Israel student activism has \u200calso had repercussions \u2063in the form of donor \u200dwithdrawals from\u2062 Ivy League schools. Several major donors have expressed concern over the growing anti-Israel sentiment on campuses \u200dand have \u2062decided to withhold funding. This highlights the broader impact and consequences \u200cof such student activism, \u2062not only in terms\u2064 of political discussions but also in terms \u200dof financial \u2064implications for universities.<\/p>\n<p>The \u200dfailure of the resolution \u200dunderscores\u2063 the complexities and controversies surrounding the issue.\u2063 Balancing the right to free speech and the need to condemn extremism is a delicate task.\u2062 It remains to be seen how universities and \u200blegislators will continue to\u2064 navigate these\u2064 challenges and ensure an inclusive and\u200b respectful environment while addressing legitimate \u2062concerns and \u2063rejecting support for\u2063 terrorist organizations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sen. Josh Hawley&#8217;s resolution to denounce student groups backing Hamas was unsuccessful in the Senate. He sought unanimous consent, but Sen. Chris Van Hollen objected, arguing it unfairly tarnished protesting college students.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2073370,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2073369","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2073369","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2073369"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2073369\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2073370"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2073369"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2073369"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2073369"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}