Confronting Anti-Israel Prejudice
A fellow named Jordan Holmer has the courage (or perhaps merely the chutzpah) to challenge the Palestinian lobby on campus. On Twitter, he has taken exception to a fake wall (called an “Apartheid Wall”) erected on campus by Students for Justice in Palestine. His tweets are included below:
Palestinians don’t like the wall Israel has built because it has ended suicide bomber attacks. Again, they won’t admit that.
The Palestinian lobby on campus has been pandered to and petted by campus bureaucrats and leftist faculty. Firmly on their side have been the Center for Gender and Sexualities Studies and the organizations that sponsored “Israeli Apartheid Week,” including the Office of International Studies, Campus Ministry, and the Office of Intercultural Engagement. So it is good to see some opposition.
This is not to say we agree with Holmer on everything. He believes the wall should not have been allowed by Marquette. We think that if Students for Justice in Palestine got the proper approval from Student Affairs, they have a right to their demonstration.
What we would like to see is a counter demonstration. But some push back on Twitter is a start.
Why @MarquetteU allows anti-Semites to demonstrate in center of campus is beyond me pic.twitter.com/fGiuhRMTpr— Jordan Holmer (@kybldmstr) April 14, 2016
I feel for every Jewish student on campus today #SJPisHate— Jordan Holmer (@kybldmstr) April 14, 2016
It is long past time that somebody challenged the Palestinian lobby on campus. Their motto, shown on the wall, is “From the River to the Sea, Palestine Will be Free.” Although they deny it, the slogan calls for the end of the State of Israel. The graphic below shows it: the map does not show a two state solution. It shows a single state, which would be dominated by Palestinians. Jews, if allowed to remain, would be a persecuted minority.I bet if it was an image of a KKK cross burning Marquette would jump into action pretty fast— Jordan Holmer (@kybldmstr) April 14, 2016
Palestinians don’t like the wall Israel has built because it has ended suicide bomber attacks. Again, they won’t admit that.
The Palestinian lobby on campus has been pandered to and petted by campus bureaucrats and leftist faculty. Firmly on their side have been the Center for Gender and Sexualities Studies and the organizations that sponsored “Israeli Apartheid Week,” including the Office of International Studies, Campus Ministry, and the Office of Intercultural Engagement. So it is good to see some opposition.
This is not to say we agree with Holmer on everything. He believes the wall should not have been allowed by Marquette. We think that if Students for Justice in Palestine got the proper approval from Student Affairs, they have a right to their demonstration.
What we would like to see is a counter demonstration. But some push back on Twitter is a start.
Labels: Anti-Israel, Anti-Israel bias, Israel, Jordan Holmer, Leftist Bias, Liberal Bias, Marquette University, Palestinians, Political Correctness, Students for Justice in Palestine
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