“if every political avenue available to Palestinians is blocked, we should not be surprised when resistance and violence break out”
Now, to make matters worse, some professors have signed a letter calling the attacks a ‘military action’ and defending the students who have shown support for Hamas.signed by over 75 professors at Columbia University in New York City defended the claim that the atrocities committed by Hamas terrorists against Israeli civilians on Oct. 7 can be viewed as a “military action” that must be put “within the larger context of the occupation of Palestine by Israel.
“In our view, the student statement aims to recontextualize the events of Oct. 7, 2023, pointing out that military operations and state violence did not begin that day, but rather it represented a military response by a people who had endured crushing and unrelenting state violence from an occupying power over many years,” the professors’ statement continued. “One could regard the events of Oct.
Local and national leaders are stepping up efforts to address reports of antisemitic incidents on college campuses in the wake of the war overseas between Israel and Hamas. Meanwhile, at Columbia University, Jewish students and advocates are condemning what they call a failure by the university to support students facing antisemitism.
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