{"id":2221481,"date":"2024-04-15T15:42:02","date_gmt":"2024-04-15T19:42:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/iran-wasnt-attacking-israel-berkeley-student-group-rallies-behind-iran-after-missile-attack\/"},"modified":"2024-04-15T15:43:59","modified_gmt":"2024-04-15T19:43:59","slug":"iran-wasnt-attacking-israel-berkeley-student-group-rallies-behind-iran-after-missile-attack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/iran-wasnt-attacking-israel-berkeley-student-group-rallies-behind-iran-after-missile-attack\/","title":{"rendered":"Berkeley Student Group Supports Iran Amid Missile Attack on 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\">20<\/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%2Firan-wasnt-attacking-israel-berkeley-student-group-rallies-behind-iran-after-missile-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=2221481&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>Several anti-Israel campus \u200cgroups, including Bears \u2063for Palestine at\u200b UC Berkeley, have expressed support for Iran&#8217;s\u2063 recent attack on Israel. They argue that Israel, not Iran,\u200b is to blame \u2064for the escalating tensions. \u200dThis \u200cstance has sparked controversy, with the university clarifying that these <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ccps-infiltration-in-us-colleges-puts-students-crucial-tech-at-risk-researchers\/\" title=\"CCP's infiltration in US colleges jeopardizes students and vital tech: Researchers.\">student \u200bgroups<\/a> do not represent\u200b its official views. Similar sentiments have been echoed by \u200bother <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/antifa-leftists-get-censored-by-social-media-platforms\/\" title=\"Antifa, leftists get censored by social media platforms\">student organizations<\/a> across the \u200dcountry.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<h2>Anti-Israel campus groups across country defend Iranian attack on Israel<\/h2>\n<figure><figcaption> \t\t\t\t \t\t\t\tA pro-Palestinian protest at UC Berkeley, Oct. 25, 2023 (Kevin Fagan\/Twitter)\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/student-group-pledges-to-re-up-yale-lawsuit-tossed-by-biden-doj\/\" title=\"Student Group Pledges to Re-Up Yale Lawsuit Tossed by Biden DOJ\">student group<\/a> at the University of California, Berkeley, rallied behind Iran\u2019s unprecedented attack on Israel over the weekend, arguing that the Jewish state bears responsibility for the Iranian attack.<\/p>\n<p>As Iran launched an attack involving hundreds of drones, ballistic missiles, and cruise missiles on Sunday, Berkeley\u2019s Bears for Palestine declined to condemn the unprecedented attack and opted instead to place the blame on Israel. The student group shared a graphic on Instagram with the caption, &#8220;Iran wasn\u2019t attacking Israel. It was responding.&#8221; That post was accompanied by a second claiming that Iran attacked Israel because it refused a Gaza ceasefire, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/why-this-average-american-is-voting-for-donald-trump\/\" title=\"Why This Average American Is Voting for Donald Trump\">social media posts<\/a> reviewed by the <em>Washington Free Beacon<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Iran\u2019s condition for refraining from retaliation was for a Gaza ceasefire. Israel refused, preferring to destabilize the lives of millions in order to continue the genocide in Gaza,&#8221; said the post.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Berkeley\u2019s vice chancellor of communications Dan Mogulof told the <em>Free Beacon<\/em> on Monday that while students have the right to express their views, even if they are &#8220;without factual basis,&#8221; they do not speak for the university.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;University students have the same rights and responsibilities as any other member of the public, including freedom of speech, as guaranteed by the Constitution, even if the viewpoints expressed are deeply offensive or without factual basis,&#8221; said Mogulof. &#8220;At the same time, students most certainly do not speak for or represent the values, perspectives, or positions of the University, its colleges, or departments.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The social media posts come as numerous anti-Israel student groups across the country signaled their support for Iran\u2019s drone attack on the Jewish state. Bears for Palestine did not respond to requests for comment.<\/p>\n<p>Students for Justice in Palestine chapters at Columbia University and George Washington University shared similar graphics backing Iran. The latter also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/instagram-changes-algorithm-after-being-accused-of-censoring-pro-palestinian-stories\/\" title=\"Instagram Changes Algorithm After Being Accused Of Censoring Pro-Palestinian Stories\">shared posts<\/a> to its Instagram story claiming Iran was simply retaliating against &#8220;Israel\u2019s provocative actions&#8221; as well as a video that claimed &#8220;Iran\u2019s attack on Israel wasn\u2019t unprovoked. It\u2019s Israel that wants a wider war.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Iran is retaliating, not instigating a conflict,&#8221; said a post.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>While Columbia\u2019s Students for Justice in Palestine chapter shared the post claiming that Israel was attacked because it refused to agree to a ceasefire, the student group also shared a post over the weekend calling Israelis &#8220;barbarians.&#8221; The school\u2019s president, Minouche Shafik, is set to appear on Wednesday for a congressional hearing on campus anti-Semitism.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;You don\u2019t get to bomb everyone and cry victim. You are the killer, the butchers, the brutalizers, the barbarians, everything you pretend we are to justify your genocide and mass graves. The world is turning against you. There is no coming back from this. This will not be forever,&#8221; the Columbia student group\u2019s post read.<\/p>\n<p>Over the weekend another Students for Justice in Palestine chapter, at the University of California, Irvine, shared their disapproval of Jordan and Egypt, who helped Israel repel Iranian drones and missiles, calling it &#8220;betrayal.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;UK, US, Jordan and Egypt are helping \u2018Israel\u2019 in tracking and shooting down the Iranian drones and missiles,&#8221; the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/asabes10\/status\/1779618095239152011\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">post said<\/a>. &#8220;Never forget the betrayal of Jordan and Egypt.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Tulane University\u2019s Students for Palestine group took its support for Iran further, by sharing details for an upcoming &#8220;emergency&#8221; rally in New Orleans\u2014titled &#8220;Hands off Iran!&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>In response to heightened activism praising Iran for its actions, Jonathan Greenblatt, the Jewish leader of the Anti-Defamation League, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/JGreenblattADL\/status\/1779458494350913536\">compared<\/a> it to activism seen after Hamas\u2019s Oct. 7 terrorist attack.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We saw it after Hamas\u2019s 10\/7 massacre and we\u2019re seeing it now after Iran\u2019s unprecedented attack on the Jewish state: antizionists rejoice, glorifying and justifying violence against Israeli civilians. The cruelty knows no bounds, the hatred has no limits,&#8221; said Greenblatt.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Campus groups defend Iran&#8217;s attack on Israel. At UC Berkeley, a student group supported Iran&#8217;s unprecedented strike on Israel, blaming the Jewish state. Amid the escalating tensions, the University of California, Berkeley, witnessed pro-Palestinian protests challenging the narrative around the recent events<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2360,"featured_media":2221482,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/F9UBQ2fakAAINGl_736x515.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[544],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2221481","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-free-beacon"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/F9UBQ2fakAAINGl_736x515.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2221481","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\/2360"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2221481"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2221481\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2221482"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2221481"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2221481"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2221481"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}