Martha Pollack, president of Cornell. From the University. On May 26, days after the end of Israel’s latest attack on Gaza, Cornell University President Martha Pollack issued a “Statement on Hatred and Bias” addressing an “alarming national rise” in antisemitism “amid ongoing tensions in the Middle East.” I wrote to her the following day to criticize her selective focus as a form of bad faith, erasing Palestinian history and the Palestinian, Arab, and Muslim members of the Cornell community. “Dear Martha, “As a Jew, as a father and grandfather with a daughter and three grandchildren who are Israelis, as a supporter of the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions movement (BDS) a member of Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP), as a teacher and scholar of the history of settler colonialism in Palestine and the Americas, and as your colleague here at Cornell, I am writing to say I am both angered and saddened at the missive you just sent to the Cornell community on May 26