photo #6309569

ANN KENEVAN on April 22, 2024

0 views

In Album: ANN KENEVAN's Timeline Photos

Dimension: 1024 x 1024

File Size: 1.19 Mb

View More View Less

Be the first person to like this.

ANN KENEVAN

ANY QUESTION ABOUT WHO'S BEHIND THIS? At Columbia, an Israeli-Designated Terror Group Teaches 'Palestinian Resistance 101'—And Lauds Plane Hijackings 'The fact is that October 7 changed the world … we saw the potential of a future for Palestine liberated from Zionism,' Samidoun's Charlotte Kates sa... View MoreANY QUESTION ABOUT WHO'S BEHIND THIS? At Columbia, an Israeli-Designated Terror Group Teaches 'Palestinian Resistance 101'—And Lauds Plane Hijackings 'The fact is that October 7 changed the world … we saw the potential of a future for Palestine liberated from Zionism,' Samidoun's Charlotte Kates says Former attorney general Eric Holder rallied behind Columbia University’s student protesters on Thursday as the New York Police Department swooped in and tried to clear the campus green of disruptive protesters acting in violation of university policy. Holder, a Columbia College and Columbia Law School graduate, said in a tweet on Thursday that campus "unrest" is fueled by "legitimate concerns about Gaza" and described congressional hearings about the explosion of campus anti-Semitism in the wake of Oct. 7 as "irresponsible-unproductive-witch hunt-political hearings." Holder’s defense of the Columbia protesters, who were violating of university policy and shouting anti-Semitic slogans including "Globalize the intifada" and "NYPD, KKK, IDF, you're all the same," does not square with his law firm Covington & Burling's decision late last year to sign a letter, along with dozens of white shoe firms, expressing zero-tolerance for the disruptive, anti-Semitic protests taking place on college and law school campuses across the country. "As employers who recruit from each of your law schools, we look to you to ensure your students who hope to join our firms after graduation are prepared to be an active part of workplace communities that have zero tolerance policies for any form of discrimination or harassment, much less the kind that has been taking place on some law school campuses," the letter stated. Chants calling for "the death of Jews and the elimination of the state of Israel," Covington and other firms said, are "anti-Semitic activities" that "would not be tolerated at any of our firms." A team of Covington lawyers led by partner Dana Remus also represented Columbia and helped prepare Columbia president Minouche Shafik for her appearance before a House panel last week, according to a source familiar with the situation. https://twitter.com/StopAntisemites/status/1780760408116359601?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1780760408116359601%7Ctwgr%5Eedbdddb9f17f9eabce6a0dfb6e88635f9e4e94ae%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Ffreebeacon.com%2Fwp-admin%2Fpost.php%3Fpost%3D1882125action%3Dedit Neither Holder nor a spokesman for Covington & Burling responded to a request for comment. The White House, however, issued a statement on Sunday condemning the protests that have engulfed the Columbia campus. "While every American has the right to peaceful protest, calls for violence and physical intimidation targeting Jewish students and the Jewish community are blatantly Antisemitic, unconscionable, and dangerous—they have absolutely no place on any college campus, or anywhere in the United States of America," deputy press secretary Andrew Bates said on Sunday. "And echoing the rhetoric of terrorist organizations, especially in the wake of the worst massacre committed against the Jewish people since the Holocaust, is despicable. We condemn these statements in the strongest terms." https://twitter.com/EricHolder/status/1781058476791279960

View Less

April 22, 2024 Edited