Penny Pance
Washington Times, Nov. 28, 2023
“This antisemitic mindset apparently never left the halls of academia. In the U.S. today, racists are now running the universities, implementing diversity, equity and inclusion programs that have reinforced hate not based on inclusion but on anti-colonialism. These DEI officers blame Whites for colonizing the Americas, and they blame Israel for claiming the tiny territory that is now Israel in the Middle East.”
Where did the hate come from?
From the angry mob on the streets of New York over the weekend rang chants of “Kill the Jews.” Thousands chanted “Death to Israel” earlier this month outside the White House while attempting to bust down the fence. “Glory to the martyrs” was projected on the side of buildings at George Washington University. The martyrs, of course, are the Hamas killers, whose goal, as stated explicitly in their charter, is a religious obligation to kill every Jew.
Most Americans like me are in shock. American Jews are in fear for their lives, like the students at the Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art in New York who had to barricade themselves in a building with an angry pro-Hamas mob pounding on the door, chanting for their death.
How did we not see the hate that is now worldwide but especially prevalent on U.S. college campuses? Aren’t college students supposed to be for human rights, minority rights and tolerance?
Not for the Jews. Antisemitic incidents are up 400% since the Oct. 7 terrorist attack on Israel by Hamas, according to the Anti-Defamation League. Many of these are on college campuses. After watching dozens of movies and reading books about World War II, the Holocaust, and Hitler’s despicable attempt to exterminate the Jews, killing more than 6 million of them and 4 million other “undesirables,” it has become fashionable to advocate his position and pick up where he left off.
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