NY’s New School is accused of aiding ‘Gaza genocide’
UncategorizedA group calling itself Students for Justice in Palestine has sent a list of demands to Manhattan New School, calling on the college to cut ties with Tel Aviv’s conservatory of music over Israel’s ‘genocidal campaign against the people of Gaza and the West Bank’.
The students claim that ‘universities make up a key part of the ideological infrastructure of the Israeli colonial regime and produce knowledge that contributes to the subjugation of the Palestinian people.’
They threaten unspecified radical action if their demands are not met.
There has been no response from New School, an instition that once provided have for Jewish scholars fleeing Nazi persecution in Germany.
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For what it’s worth, “Dr. Shiva” on that poster is Shiva Ayyadurai, a far right loon and constant fringe candidate in Massachusetts. A completely different wing than Students for Justice in Palestine.
For what it’s worth, “in other U.S. news” means a different U.S. story.
Considering that Israelis of all types, from random citizens to politicians in high offices, are making hysterical claims such as “the current war is one of civilization against barbarism”, I think it is entirely appropriate we demand outside parties within our influence to refrain from any actions that can provide further justifications of the ongoing genocide.
If there has been genocide going on in Gaza in recent years as claimed by idiots like yourself, how come the population has increased significantly ,particularly in the last five years?
Please, do not confuse Lefties with facts. You know they can’t handle these.
You are right of course but you are wasting your time arguing with idiots like Anon . We defeated them in world war 2 and we will defeat them today.
The call for genocide has been coming from Hamas supporters such as this woman with 17 kids and 65 grandkids whom she will happily sacrifice as martyrs to the killing of Jews.
https://twitter.com/MarinaMedvin/status/1722821122947743848
This overblown, overheated rhetoric — on both sides — has gotten on my nerves for years.
https://youtu.be/5WOyw3ae-rM?si=H3NgOD8IzPaw0Q8q
I am sick of these ignorant little Maoists. Most of them could not even find Gaza or the West Bank on a world map much less even understand the meaning of genocide. Someone should drop them off in Kabul or Teheran to see how intersectionality is viewed by the Taliban and Mullahs.
Ah yes, because Afghanistan is the standard by which we should measure equality. By that standard, I’ll grant it to you: Israel is a more egalitarian society than Afghanistan.
Now, back to the mass killing and forced displacement of thousands of civilians, please.
It is obvious that without the murderous acts committed by Hamas and their supporters last month current “mass killings and forced displacement” made necessary by cowardly methods of the terrorists would not have happened, so these actions by IDF are perfectly legitimate self-defense and therefore Israel is definitely not guilty.
Sure – Hamas (genocidal by ts very charter) massacred and tortured in the most sadistic ways possible more than 1200 Israelis, are doing their best every day to kill more, have openly declared their intent to do this again and again and again – with help from their patrons in Iran and their partners in Hezbollah (also attacking Israelis daily from Lebanon), while 250,000 Israelis have been displaced from their homes in a war they did not seek and did not start.
Aided and abetted by the immature adults who surround them. None of this exists in a vacuum. Perennial children.
These deluded, ignorant fools indulging in their laughable luxury leftist lunacy.
It has nothing to do with leftist. Most American Jews are big supporters of Israel, and they’re liberal Democrats.
Well, maybe now they’ll wake up to the fact that that political group does not ultimately support them.
As a sort of musical antidote to what is going on, I found this amazing interview with Stokowski who is asked about his attendance of the first performance of Mahler’s 8th and sneaking into the rehearsals.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=369YGdjQMLA&t=1s
I think the appropriate response to the demands of the group is “get thyself hence in short jerky movements” or as we say in the UK “just fuck off”
It’s interesting how comments like this and others are permissible but the moment I put forth some gentle ribbing of the owner of this website for his uncritical cheerleading of Israel, it doesn’t get past the censor. I’d like to see some clearer guidelines published about what is and isn’t permissible here.
Generally, common sense gets a free pass.
If you were to acquaint yourself with Jewish history, you might not need “guidelines” here.
You are more than welcome to publish your comments in another site.
Ok, commie
Who would take notice of anybody from the Left, since they’ve never grown up. This is yet more evidence.
SSF: if you enjoy making the same comments over and over, have at it. Your worldview doesn’t seem to be gaining any traction, but at least you’ve fully expressed your hatred of the “Lefties.” Do you feel all warm inside, now?
Colonial, I love it.
According to the history books, Jews were there first.
But only by about 15 centuries, so apparently it doesn’t count.
Native Americans were first in the Americas before the Europeans arrived. What’s your point?
Which native Americans? Seems there were more than a few tribal conflicts before their 200+ year war against the US was ended.
Students who threaten violence should be expelled and the matter should be referred to the NYPD and FBI. “…by any means necessary.”
I attend the Manhattan School of Music and also went to Purchase. I am sure both MSM and Purchase would love to have the Israeli jazz students come there instead of The New School, which doesn’t seem able to come out publicly rejecting the demands to expel these students back to Israel. The Tel Aviv Conservatory should immediately contact MSM, Purchase, Queens College, Juilliard, etc., and forget about The New School which can’t even comment publicly, leaving these students to twist in the wind.
To think that The New School, which became known for having rescued mostly Jewish scholars from Hitler, is now silent after anti-semitic student groups have demanded the expulsion of Israeli students from the university and threatened everyone if it doesn’t happen. And The New School says nothing. Some smart music conservatory should offer to accept all the Israeli jazz students for immediate transfer, to a place that will appreciate and protect them.