Columbia Professor Jack Halberstam is weighing in on the rising tensions on campus … after pro-Palestinian protesters occupied a constructing on the Ivy League faculty.
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We acquired the Gender Research and English prof Tuesday on “TMZ Live,” and he defended Monday evening’s takeover of Hamilton Corridor … as scholar protesters have occupied buildings previously — together with Hamilton Corridor — to attract consideration to injustices associated to South African apartheid and the Vietnam Struggle, for instance.
Professor Halberstam additionally make clear how the battle between pro-Palestinian protesters and pro-Israel protesters has truly been rising for months … with the college allegedly doing little to assist college students on both facet.
He added … “There have been pro-Palestinian students who have been doxed … so these students believe that the university is not that interested in their safety. And the university keeps amping up the potential for recriminations against them.”
Keep in mind, greater than 100 college students had been arrested 2 weeks in the past after the college had cops empty a pro-Palestinian encampment on campus. This sparked demonstrations to pop up across college campuses … leading to greater than 1000 arrests in 10 days.
As for the widespread experiences of antisemitic chants and threats in opposition to Jewish college students … Professor Halberstam says the pro-Palestinian protestors are usually not in opposition to Israel’s existence and are solely questioning the nation’s relationship with Palestine.
He additionally insists there’s simply as a lot Islamophobic hatred being spewed on campus as antisemitism.
The professor’s assertion is that Jewish college students’ security issues are being prioritized over Muslim college students’ unease — blaming the media, Columbia directors and the Republican social gathering for turning the campus right into a “circus.”
