Believe Jewish students when they say they are not OK | The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
Jewish students are not OK. They do not feel safe. We know because they are telling us. Believing them isn't hard.
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Jewish students are not OK. They do not feel safe. We know because they are telling us. Believing them isn't hard.
Encampments on college and university campuses are not peaceful protests against war. They are platforms for antisemitism, and administrators who do not act aggressively to shut them down risk becoming complicit.
"This is hate with a clear intent to intimidate Jewish students. Yet it’s allowed."
When members of our greater community tell us they feel, and are, unsafe, we defend them.
Northwestern’s chapter of Jewish Voice for Peace released a statement on the pro-Israel counterprotest on Deering Meadow Sunday afternoon. “We condemn today’s violent, racist, and intimidating Zionist aggression at the peaceful encampment,” JVP NU wrote in the statement. The counterprotest, which included about 150 pro-Israel demonstrators — most of whom appeared not to be students...