The students are protesting for Disinvestment from the Israeli regime. It was right when we did it in the ‘80s against South Africa. It is right to do it against Israel now!
Bernie Sanders (who is Jewish) hit the nail right on the head.
NEWS: Sanders Responds to Netanyahu’s Claim that Criticism of the Israeli Government’s Policies is Antisemitic
WASHINGTON, April 25 — Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) today released the following statement in response to Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu’s claim yesterday that criticism of the Israeli government’s policies is antisemitic:
No, Mr. Netanyahu. It is not antisemitic or pro-Hamas to point out that in a little over six months your extremist government has killed 34,000 Palestinians and wounded more than 77,000 – seventy percent of whom are women and children.
It is not antisemitic to point out that your bombing has completely destroyed more than 221,000 housing units in Gaza, leaving more than one million people homeless – almost half the population.
It is not antisemitic to note that your government has obliterated Gaza’s civilian infrastructure – electricity, water, and sewage.
It is not antisemitic to realize that your government has annihilated Gaza’s health care system, knocking 26 hospitals out of service and killing more than 400 health care workers.
It is not antisemitic to condemn your government’s destruction of all of Gaza’s 12 universities and 56 of its schools, with hundreds more damaged, leaving 625,000 students with no education.
It is not antisemitic to agree with virtually every humanitarian organization in saying that your government, in violation of American law, has unreasonably blocked humanitarian aid coming into Gaza, creating the conditions in which hundreds of thousands of children face malnutrition and famine.
Mr. Netanyahu. Antisemitism is a vile and disgusting form of bigotry that has done unspeakable harm to many millions of people. But, please, do not insult the intelligence of the American people by attempting to distract us from the immoral and illegal war policies of your extremist and racist government. Do not use antisemitism to deflect attention from the criminal indictment you are facing in the Israeli courts. It is not antisemitic to hold you accountable for your actions.
The simple fact of the matter is that Israel is the oppressor, not the oppressed. They controlled the water, sewage and electricity in Gaza. They have destroyed Gaza’s infrastructure. Now Gaza has no water, electricity or sewage system. They’ve literally bombed them into the stone age.
Israel is an occupying state which legally occupies its primary territory and illegally occupies Palestinian territory in the West Bank. They are now trying to take the Gaza strip from them through a genocidal massacre that has been going on for 6 months and shows no signs of stopping.
Israel is a theocratic state which rules based on its extreme religion, just like Afghanistan and Iran.
Israel is an apartheid state which established itself by taking the land of Palestinians. They force Palestinian workers to go through checkpoints in good times and bar them from going to work in Israel in bad times.
Netanyahu is a fascist strongman who has evaded criminal prosecution, nullified the Supreme Court’s power and continues the genocidal massacre of Gaza City and the rest of the Gaza Strip with American weapons.
When are we going to stand up to him and disinvest from Israel, stop the weapons re-supply and defund Israel???