Let's face it: The crackdown on the pro-Palestinian protests reeks of the long arm of the pro-Israel lobby, working through its big donors on university boards. It parallels what the Israel lobby does to political candidates in elections who do not get in line and self-censor about Israel, and support the federal government serving as an…
Let's face it: The crackdown on the pro-Palestinian protests reeks of the long arm of the pro-Israel lobby, working through its big donors on university boards. It parallels what the Israel lobby does to political candidates in elections who do not get in line and self-censor about Israel, and support the federal government serving as an open ATM for Israel's wars and oppression of Palestinians.
The court of law is really the only avenue of pushback that may work, so good on these students and the lawyers to file the lawsuit. May they win.
Let's face it: The crackdown on the pro-Palestinian protests reeks of the long arm of the pro-Israel lobby, working through its big donors on university boards. It parallels what the Israel lobby does to political candidates in elections who do not get in line and self-censor about Israel, and support the federal government serving as an open ATM for Israel's wars and oppression of Palestinians.
The court of law is really the only avenue of pushback that may work, so good on these students and the lawyers to file the lawsuit. May they win.