Anti-Israel Protesters in Chicago
DePaul University finally closed them down yesterday.
I try to see the good in everyone, including all those who started chanting songs about annihilating the Jewish people and destroying Israel as soon as Hamas terrorists scurried back to Gaza after their rampage on October 7, 2023. Before Israel began retaliating. It’s hard to see any good or to walk past them when they’re shouting for my people to be destroyed.
You’ve got to be careful about your pronouns and how you refer to most other cultures, but apparently anything you call Jews is under the heading of “free speech.” Plus, we’ve heard it all before.
Hamas’s goal is the destruction of Israel and genocide of the Jewish people (except those who convert to Islam, a bonus they’ve offered many times in history). They do not care about Palestinian autonomy or statehood (can you find it anywhere in their charter?). Their long-term goal is an Islamic caliphate in the entire Middle East and then the world. Destroying Israel is their short-term goal.
If you plan to argue about this point — you have no understanding of the situation and your input is not needed. Nothing you say about Israel’s current government or your view of Israel’s right to exist, or your opinion about Judaism will change the fact that Hamas does not want a two-state solution, that Israel’s impending deal with Saudi Arabia was an impetus for Hamas to start this war, and that Palestinians have rejected a two-state solution (in which Israel’s right to exist is undisputed) in 1947, 2000, and 2008.
A few of you will respond with silly accusations that will not hold water: Genocide is what Hamas wants to do to the Jewish community, and colonizing other nations is what Islamist Extremists have been doing since the 7th century (including in Israel). Don’t be throwing out more lies about how the IDF is just like Hamas because it never was and never will be — I’m way closer to this entire story than pro-terrorists who still aren’t sure about the river and the sea or campus crusaders who cause thousands of dollars of damage and made life miserable for Jewish students. I can criticize Israel (which I love) just like I can criticize my family (which I also love). Your opinion, (unless you also love Israel or are also 1 or 2 degrees away from hostages currently being held in Gaza) is irrelevant.
We can all criticize the ridiculous campus protests, especially the one at DePaul University in Chicago (no more ludicrous than the same protests elsewhere, but it’s close to where I live). Seventeen days of chaos. Finally shut down, but they’re vowing to continue the fight. Against my people.
They want the same thing other protesters have demanded, you know, that Israel stops fighting because they think the response to Oct 7th is disproportionate, and it’s all Israel’s fault. It would only be proportionate, apparently, if more of the rockets from Hamas, Hezballah, and Houthis hit their marks and killed more Jews. But these kids aren’t demanding a ceasefire from everyone, only from Israel.
They’re also upset that DePaul does a student program in Israel. Maybe, had Hamas not used billions of dollars to build a war machine under Gaza, there could have been lovely sea-side university campuses for American students to do sunshine-filled semesters abroad. There was not a SINGLE Jew remaining in Gaza after 2005 and the so-called “blockade” we kept hearing about did not prevent Hamas from importing huge rocket systems, cement and electricity for the tunnels, and weapons. Why couldn’t Hamas build even one nice campus?
The Chicago protesters also screamed for divestment in Israeli companies, but DePaul’s investments are not public, so they were just guessing. Basically, it was an anti-Israel rally. Nothing about the hostages hidden in Hamas tunnels or the constant bombing of Israel from the north and south. Not troubled about the rapes and mutilations and kidnappings of October 7th. Only upset about Israel’s retaliation. Maybe that’s because Hamas invented 50% more deaths, counted terrorists among the dead, hid weapons in schools and mosques, used Gazans as human shields, and in their 20 years of building a massive war machine, never built a single bomb shelter. Autocratic societies always find someone else to blame.
Before DePaul University police cleared them out yesterday, protesters did the usual damage, ruined everyone’s college experience, and made Jewish students afraid for their lives. For some reason, the protesters’ FREE SPEECH rights superseded the rights of the nearby elementary school that had to cancel weeks of recess, the Jewish students who had to endure physical threats and scary taunts, the people whose programs had to be cancelled, and the neighbors who had to listen to hours of screaming.
The Pro-Terror/Anti-Israel protesters managed to cause about 180,000 of damage at DePaul, and made a huge mess, but it was all worth it because they made clear how much they want Hamas to continue its reign of terror in Gaza (that’s my impression anyway).
Has anyone else noticed that these protests around the world are eerily similar to each other? Would college students know how to go about doing an organized protest in which everyone wears the same outfit (you know, keffiyeh over your face), shouts the same slogans, and hears the same anti-Israel speeches? How would they know to focus on Gaza, and not, say, Sudan, where more than 8 million people have had to flee their homes? Or Ukraine, which was similarly invaded by a giant power?
My current theory is that the keffiyah-wearing, Jew-hating, Israel-bashing protesters in this country are secretly Trump supporters who hope the chaos they’re causing reminds the rest of us of communists and anarchists so we turn to the right. The polls seem to show that their devious plan is working.
Nice work, protesters. Wink, Wink.
