"a big part of the students protests seem to be about the Biden administration funding Israel's war on Gaza with United States tax dollars "
Yep, and I fully agree with this. One of the first articles I wrote after Oct 7th called for U.S. military aid to Israel to become conditional on their following international law. I just don't think…
"a big part of the students protests seem to be about the Biden administration funding Israel's war on Gaza with United States tax dollars "
Yep, and I fully agree with this. One of the first articles I wrote after Oct 7th called for U.S. military aid to Israel to become conditional on their following international law. I just don't think shouting "Globalise the intifada" and "Israel go to hell" is going to achieve that. I'm not criticising the idea of protests, just the execution.
Yeah, that's the problem. I'm entirely in favor of neutrality in this matter, and divesting is fine (if largely symbolic). But this isn't about Palestine; this is just a proxy for American politics. And protests obliterate any nuance and drive extremism. Doesn't help that the crackdown has been typically heavy-handed and overreacting.
"a big part of the students protests seem to be about the Biden administration funding Israel's war on Gaza with United States tax dollars "
Yep, and I fully agree with this. One of the first articles I wrote after Oct 7th called for U.S. military aid to Israel to become conditional on their following international law. I just don't think shouting "Globalise the intifada" and "Israel go to hell" is going to achieve that. I'm not criticising the idea of protests, just the execution.
Yeah, that's the problem. I'm entirely in favor of neutrality in this matter, and divesting is fine (if largely symbolic). But this isn't about Palestine; this is just a proxy for American politics. And protests obliterate any nuance and drive extremism. Doesn't help that the crackdown has been typically heavy-handed and overreacting.