Congresswoman Lucy McBath, a Democrat from Georgia, mentioned yesterday it’s “up to all of us to learn more” concerning the roots of antisemitism and the brutality of Hamas terrorists.
She urged the school presidents who got here earlier than the House Committee on Education and the Workforce to replicate on the horrific Oct. 7 terror assault by Hamas. Republicans and Democrats on the committee echoed her impassioned attraction.
Any debate concerning the warfare in Israel and Gaza should begin with this heartless ambush.
The Herald has realized that 300-plus Harvard University college students, deans, and professors attended a 46-minute Israel Defense Forces displaying of footage of the Oct. 7 Hamas assault Monday night on the Cambridge campus.
It’s the identical grotesque compilation of rapes and murders of ladies, kids, aged and younger adults the Herald considered early final month after being invited by Ambassador Meron Reuben, consulate normal of Israel in Boston, to bear witness to.
Seeing that have to be the start of any dialogue. To dismiss this savage assault is sinful. To permit college students to pen poison letters of assist for Hamas, as they did at Harvard, and rally on campus is unforgivable.
It’s unclear whether or not any protesters had the center to view this footage. If so, we’d interact in a significant debate primarily based on the very fact infants have been burned, girls have been tortured, and terrorists gleefully reduce heads off in a hellish present of ruthlessness.
The presidents of Harvard, the University of Pennsylvania, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology danced round probing questions from the committee on if any college students had been expelled for antisemitic acts — none have been introduced.
They additionally equivocated when pressed for monetary assist from alumni with ties to supporters of terror within the Middle East. They ducked when requested if taxpayer funds ought to nonetheless circulation to their universities if they can’t management the hate on campus.
Smug solutions about school being a “crucible of ideas” is barely reputable for those who watch this footage and all of the hostages are returned. Today.
Yes, the poor Palestinian individuals have been betrayed by Hamas, who reply to Iran, who’s sitting again and having fun with the chaos.
In the Oct. 7 footage, it was apparent the assault rifles appeared model new, and there was no scarcity of ammunition. Iran bankrolled this. It’s silly to imagine something much less.
So, school Presidents Claudine Gay, of Harvard, Liz Magill of Penn and Sally Kornbluth of MIT, what if this cash was used for the Palestinian individuals as an alternative? What if the controversy pivoted to the grip Hamas and different ISIS-like terror organizations have on the populace?
Israel and people of the Jewish religion throughout the globe should be revered for all they’re doing to finish hate. It’s time to cease being cowards on campus.
Harvard’s Gay admitted her predecessor allowed the Ukrainian flag to fly, however she didn’t do the identical for the Israeli flag. She dismissed it as a breach of protocol. Who cares!
Learn from historical past: “Never shall I forget that night, the first night in camp, which has turned my life into one long night,” wrote Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel in “Night.”
“Never shall I forget that smoke.”
Source: www.bostonherald.com”