{"id":2079905,"date":"2023-10-26T09:15:02","date_gmt":"2023-10-26T13:15:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/after-uc-davis-faculty-blame-israel-for-hamas-attack-students-erupt-in-antisemitic-protest\/"},"modified":"2023-10-26T09:21:00","modified_gmt":"2023-10-26T13:21:00","slug":"after-uc-davis-faculty-blame-israel-for-hamas-attack-students-erupt-in-antisemitic-protest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/after-uc-davis-faculty-blame-israel-for-hamas-attack-students-erupt-in-antisemitic-protest\/","title":{"rendered":"UC Davis students protest with antisemitic sentiment following faculty&#8217;s accusation of Israel&#8217;s responsibility for Hamas 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\">32<\/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%2Fafter-uc-davis-faculty-blame-israel-for-hamas-attack-students-erupt-in-antisemitic-protest%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=2079905&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--><p><!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<div class=\"article-content\">\n<p>Universities and faculty across the country have pledged their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecrimson.com\/article\/2023\/10\/10\/psc-statement-backlash\/\">allegiance<\/a> to Palestine and Hamas, with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/college-scales-back-bias-response-teams-after-legal-challenge\/\" title=\"College Scales Back \u2018Bias Response\u2019 Teams After Legal Challenge\">student groups<\/a>, professors, and\u200d administrators releasing statements in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/ivy-league-school-slammed-professor-calls-israel-attack-exhilarating-much-deeper-problem\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">support<\/a> of Hamas and coordinating \u200canti-Israel <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Just20366402\/status\/1715279348373377383\">protests<\/a>. The University of California, Davis is the latest. <\/p>\n<h2>Support\u200c for Palestine and Hamas at\u2062 UC \u200dDavis<\/h2>\n<p>On Oct. 18, various faculty hosted \u200ban \u201cemergency teach in\u201d at the university,\u200c purportedly in support of \u201cjustice in Palestine.\u201d In other words, the purpose was to prompt students\u200d to filter the Hamas attack through a pro-Palestine lens. \u200dThe tone and results of the teach-in were predictable: Educators and students are blaming Israel. \u200d <\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-2-long d-flex justify-content-center\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center; \" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-1191952219\">\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1379703300879-0\" class=\"mb-30\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-0ba3a2ac415546bf23424fafdcb26e26 fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-2\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-0ba3a2ac415546bf23424fafdcb26e26\"><\/div>\n<p>During the teach-in \u2014 which was sponsored by\u200b various departments at UC Davis, including the UC Davis Students for Justice in Palestine club and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/college-leftists-expand-campaign-to-silence-all-talk-of-israel\/\" title=\"College Leftists Expand Campaign to Silence All Talk of Israel\">student-led organization<\/a> known as Cops off Campus \u2014 speakers endlessly\u200d labeled Israel as racist, genocidal, oppressive,\u2062 and even antisemitic. Mass pro-Palestine, anti-Israel protests broke out on campus the next day.\u200c <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><figcaption>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters body-xs m-0 text-start\">\n<div class=\"col-12 col-md-4\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"col-12 col-md-8\">\n<div class=\"article-thumbnail-caption d-flex align-items-center justify-content-md-end label-xs mt-15\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-camera me-10\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Image Credit<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CyevNB9JRq6\/\">UCD_COC \u200d\/ Instagram<\/a>        <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The\u200b teach-in and protests followed a\u2064 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/charliekirk11\/status\/1715100990737961235\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">post<\/a> on X, formerly Twitter, from UC Davis\u2063 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MrAndyNgo\/status\/1714748048813830551\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">assistant professor<\/a> Jemma Decristo, who threatened \u201czionist journalists,\u201d saying\u200d \u201cthey\u2062 have houses w addresses, kids in school[,] they can fear their bosses, but they \u200ccan fear us more.\u201d The post \u200bended with \u2064a knife emoji, axe emoji, and blood-drop emojis. The tweet has since been deleted. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"> <span class=\"M20aI8ldzBQKibAUok7RuSw5Gs6mEv94NOhqPH1Zng3yrTLVFJCXxfYDtjp\"><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">UC DAVIS Professor\u2064 Jemma Decristo is threatening \u200bto hunt down Jewish journalists in their homes.<\/p>\n<p>Using knife, axe, \u2064and blood \u2063emojis and talking about their addresses being\u2063 public.<\/p>\n<p>Jemma Decristo is a terrorist and should be arrested immediately. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/3QoUdPYCyO\">pic.twitter.com\/3QoUdPYCyO<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Charlie Kirk (@charliekirk11) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/charliekirk11\/status\/1715100990737961235?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 19, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/span> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>UC Davis \u200dChancellor Gary May issued a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ucdavis.edu\/news\/statement-chancellor-may-comments-attributed-faculty-member#:~:text=Chancellor%20Gary%20S.%20May%20issued,I%20disagree%20wholeheartedly%20with%20them.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">statement<\/a> condemning the tweets, calling them \u201crevolting in every way,\u201d and\u200b \u201c[disagreeing] wholeheartedly with \u2063them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUC Davis rejects all forms of violence\u2062 and discrimination, as they are antithetical to the values of our university,\u201d May said. \u201cWe strive to foster a climate of equity and\u200c justice built on mutual understanding and respect for all members of the community.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-4cc38d5ab5fe5ba03ff220e6a9a899af fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-6\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-4cc38d5ab5fe5ba03ff220e6a9a899af\"><\/div>\n<p>This Oct. 10\u2062 post was not addressed\u2064 nor condemned by faculty or attendees at the teach-in, which featured professors Joshua Clover, Natalia Deeb-Sossa, Mjriam Abu Samara, and Sunaina Maira. The event was moderated by Ph.D. candidate\u2062 Beshara Kehdi. <\/p>\n<p>The pro-Palestine professors did address Hamas, but not \u200dto \u2063condemn the terrorist group. Kehdi called the attack on Oct. 7\u200b \u201can action taken by Hamas to, sort of, capture Israelis, \u2064with the idea of freeing \u200cthe land.\u201d These comments are reminiscent of Rep.\u200c Ilhan Omar\u2019s characterization of the 9\/11 terrorist attacks as \u201csome people did something.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kehdi also upheld the\u2064 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gab-ceo-goes-on-record-we-know-100-for-a-fact-that-jared-kushner-is-actively-trying-to-keep-trump-off-gab-video\/\" title=\"GAB CEO Goes On Record: \u201cWe know 100% for a fact that Jared Kushner is actively trying to keep Trump off Gab\u201d [VIDEO]\">fake news story<\/a> that Israel carried out an airstrike on a\u200b Gaza hospital and killed more than 500 civilians. At the time of the teach-in, the false <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/live\/israel-hamas-war-live-updates\">story<\/a> had already been <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2023\/10\/18\/the-gaza-hospital-fiasco-offers-a-vivid-example-of-journalisms-rot\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">debunked<\/a>. In parroting terrorist propaganda, the corporate media got every detail wrong. In reality, Hamas\u2019 own misfired rocket landed in a parking lot outside the hospital, causing \u2064far fewer casualties than originally reported.<\/p>\n<p>Kehdi\u2019s anti-Israel \u200dand pro-Palestine views aren\u2019t new. \u200dLast November, Kehdi made a post on his public Instagram saying that \u201cany UAW leader who \u200btakes a stand against Palestinian\u2062 freedom needs to be publicly and privately shamed.\u201d <\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-ceabf5ad33610baa707ff9f458db5eb9 fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-10\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-ceabf5ad33610baa707ff9f458db5eb9\"><\/div>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><figcaption>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters body-xs m-0 text-start\">\n<div class=\"col-12 col-md-4\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"col-12 col-md-8\">\n<div class=\"article-thumbnail-caption d-flex align-items-center justify-content-md-end label-xs mt-15\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-camera me-10\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Image Credit<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CWEsUDfv5zq\/\">Beshara Kehdi \/ \u2064Instagram<\/a>        <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In a \u200d2021\u2063 post, Kehdi addressed \u201cevery authority figure who abuses their power\u201d as \u201cinconsiderate, mean, elitist, conservative, half-wits with reactionary politics.\u201d The \u200bpost excused \u201cshutting down racists, sexists, homophobes, zionists, imperialists, etc.\u201d \u200b <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><figcaption>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters body-xs m-0 text-start\">\n<div class=\"col-12 col-md-4\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"col-12 col-md-8\">\n<div class=\"article-thumbnail-caption d-flex align-items-center justify-content-md-end label-xs mt-15\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-camera me-10\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Image Credit<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CWEsUDfv5zq\/\">Beshara Kehdi \/ Instagram<\/a>        <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/english.ucdavis.edu\/people\/jclover\">Clover<\/a>, another panelist and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marxistinstitute.org\/people\/\">director<\/a> at the \u200bMarxist Institute of Research, addressed the attendees as \u201ccomrades.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHalf of my family is Central\u200b European Jews, some of whom escaped the holocaust, and some of whom did not,\u201d Clover\u2062 said. \u201cAnd because of this, I wish to begin by affirming that we must \u200dcondemn antisemitism.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>In the \u2064same breath, however, Clover called accusations of antisemitism a \u201cdelegitim[iz]ation strategy\u201d and \u200dattacked Israel and its supporters.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Zionist enterprise was by far the most powerful and insistent force for antisemitism on the planet. From the Israeli state to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.adl.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ADL<\/a> to<a href=\"https:\/\/canarymission.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> Canary\u200c Mission<\/a>, \u200bone vitriolic and massive antisemitic project after another, each of which \u2064must be condemned.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is historical and \u2063political asymmetry that we are ethically obligated not to efface. But you may ask, \u2018Joshua, are you therefore condoning Hamas?&#8217;\u201d\u200b said Clover, \u200cfollowed by murmurs and laughs in the room. \u201cStrange to say, no one requires of this \u2062of me. \u2026 I will condemn Hamas when Zionists condemn the entire Israeli state. Until \u2064then, I\u2063 have\u2064 only solidarity for the oppressed, and that is what is \u2063pressing before us today.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to \u2064 <a href=\"https:\/\/theaggie.org\/2019\/02\/25\/a-uc-davis-professor-thinks-cops-need-to-be-killed\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The California Aggie<\/a>, Clover once tweeted that he was \u201cthankful that every living cop will one day be dead, some by their own\u200d hand, some by \u200cothers,\u200c too many of old age,\u201d\u2063 and said\u2064 in an interview, \u201cPeople think that cops need to be reformed. They need to be killed.\u201d <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"> <span class=\"Kr6pJhdNwAjW3RZk7L9CPfqOlt51GDbE\"><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">UC Davis Professor Joshua\u2064 Clover has\u200d openly called for killing cops. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/HebqpbB5we\">https:\/\/t.co\/HebqpbB5we<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Charlie Kirk (@charliekirk11) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/charliekirk11\/status\/1634248384608616449?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 10, \u20622023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/span> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>The UC Davis administration released a statement <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ucdavis.edu\/news\/statements-regarding-public-comments-made-by-tenured-member-faculty\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">condemning<\/a> Clover\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/president-of-new-york-police-union-resigns-following-fbi-raid-on-home-union-headquarters\/\" title=\"President Of New York Police Union Resigns Following FBI Raid On Home, Union Headquarters\">anti-police statements<\/a> but said the comments \u201calthough offensive and abhorrent, do not meet the legal \u200brequirement for \u2018true threats\u2019 that might exempt them from First Amendment protection.\u201d In March 2019, California State Rep.\u00a0James Gallagher obtained at least 10,000 \u2062signatures on a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/sacramento\/news\/petition-fire-uc-davis-professor\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">petition<\/a> calling for Clover to be \u2064fired. Clover remains an outspoken professor at UC \u200dDavis. <\/p>\n<p>Maira, after engaging in a performative land acknowledgment,\u200d read\u200d a letter from the \u200bAida Refugee Camp, which addressed the question: \u201cDo you condemn Palestinian terrorism? Do you condemn Hamas?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo\u2063 let\u2019s deal with that,\u201d Maira said. \u201cI do condemn myself. I condemn my existence.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Rhetoric from these professors and panelists empowered hundreds \u200dof students to protest the\u200d following day,\u200b with many concealing their\u200b identities. Their chants\u200b included,\u2063 \u201cWe don\u2019t want no two \u200cstate, we want all of 48,\u201d \u201cThe people \u2063are occupied, resistance is justified,\u201d \u200dand \u201cFrom the\u200c river \u2064to the sea, Palestine will be\u2062 free,\u201d insinuating Israel deserved the attacks coordinated \u2062by Hamas terrorists. <\/p>\n<p>Other chants included, \u201cIsrael, Israel, you can\u2019t hide, we charge you with genocide,\u201d \u201cAllahu Akbar,\u201d and \u201cIntifada, intifada, long live \u200dthe intifada,\u201d \u2064referring to \u2063the violence Palestinians inflicted on Israel in 1987. <\/p>\n<p>The anti-Israel campus culture at UC Davis blames \u2064Jewish victims for genocide and racism, and \u2064the message to Jewish students is loud and clear: \u200dYou are not\u2062 welcome here. <\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-4a9836966b5f248a7bcf631e0c17e2aa fdrlst__b89e9-after-post-content\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-4a9836966b5f248a7bcf631e0c17e2aa\"><\/div>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\">    \t\t\t\t\t   \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> rnrn  <\/p>\n<h2> How are universities and faculty across the country \u200cshowing support \u2062for Palestine and \u2064Hamas?<\/h2>\n<p><span>  Universities and faculty across the \u200ccountry \u200care showing support for Palestine and Hamas, with student groups, professors, and administrators releasing statements and \u2062coordinating anti-Israel protests. The latest institution to\u200c demonstrate support \u2062for Palestine and Hamas \u2064is the University of \u200dCalifornia, Davis.<\/p>\n<p>On October 18, various faculty members hosted an &#8220;emergency teach-in&#8221; at UC\u200c Davis, supposedly\u2063 in support of &#8220;justice in Palestine.&#8221; The purpose of \u2064this event\u200c was to encourage students \u200bto view the Hamas attack\u2062 through a pro-Palestine \u200dlens. As \u200dexpected, the tone and\u200d outcome of the teach-in were biased,\u2063 with educators and students blaming Israel for the conflict.<\/p>\n<p>During\u2064 the teach-in, sponsored \u2063by\u2064 various departments at\u2062 UC Davis,\u200c including the\u2062 UC Davis Students for Justice in Palestine club and the student-led \u2063organization called Cops \u2062off Campus, speakers repeatedly labeled Israel as racist, genocidal, oppressive, and\u2063 even antisemitic. \u200cThe following day, mass \u200cpro-Palestine, anti-Israel protests erupted on campus, further\u2064 propagating one-sided narratives.<\/p>\n<p>These events came after a \u2064controversial post\u2063 on Twitter \u2064from UC Davis<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Palestine and Hamas. UC Davis joined other universities in expressing solidarity, as student groups, professors, and administrators issued statements and organized anti-Israel demonstrations. 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