shame on the pro-Israel lobby!
Reader comment on item: Lawsuit Details Depth of Berkeley Jewish Student Harassment

Submitted by a s, Sep 17, 2011 11:31

There is no context to this article, these students who are filing complaints are not interested (more in political opposition) of the cause that SJP or MSA are advocating for: End Israeli Apartheid. The pro-Israel lobby just wants groups like SJP and MSA to be silenced, censored and banned - so crying wolf constantly is what they do across all campuses in North America and Euopre. It just shows who really is violent (systematically) - the pro-Israel lobby - who is suing because of isolated incidents of altercations between person to person. Isnt that what "democracy" and "education" is about, divergence of thought? Because UC-Berkeley campus is allegedly not safe spaces for supporters of war criminals (Netanyahu) and apartheid states (Israel), then the campus is not "safe". Actually - it seems to be quite safe and respectful of human rights law. What a crazy society! A minority of people with ill-interests is trying to dominate the majorities freedom of speech by labelling them as unsafe. Whats unsafe and threatening to campuses is the pro-Israel lobby creating lawsuits to ban groups that speak truth to power. If the pro-Israel lobby runs these universities, then education is even more compromised. SHAME!

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