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(THIS IS THE JEWISH GROUP! RESPECT!!)A Palestinian student at Benedictine University called on a Holocaust survivor to condemn the establishment of Israel, and then walked out on his speech after he did not do so.
Following a speech last week by Professor Harold Kasimow, who survived the Holocaust as a child, Benedictine senior Ayah Ali asked a question which drew a parallel between Kasimows experiences and Israels treatment of the Palestinians. Ali, according to her Twitter feed, is affiliated with the Chicago-area schools chapter of Students for Justice in Palestine.
It honestly means the world that you were willing to share your story with us, but I wanted to bring your attention towards a similar story, Ali said. Im sure you know about whats happening in Palestine and my question to you is, do you support or do you condemn the establishment of the Zionist Israeli state, and whether its OK to exile and completely the complete ethnic cleansing of the Palestinian people, the way that the Jewish people were exiled and ethnically cleansed?
Kasimow, an emeritus professor of religious studies at Grinnell University who is a visiting scholar at Benedictine this year, answered that the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is not an area of my experience. He added that though he is not happy with the government in Israel, he believes the state should exist. He said that both sides of the conflict bear responsibility for solving it.
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Disgusting, but SO unsurprising! These types of bigots are always out to make a "statement".
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(Jewish Group) Palestinian student walks out on Holocaust survivor's speech in Arizona (Original Post)
Behind the Aegis
Oct 2019
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still_one
(92,153 posts)1. No it isn't surprising
MosheFeingold
(3,051 posts)2. I just hope the fake premises didn't go unchallenged
The student's entire argument rests on lies.
grossproffit
(5,591 posts)3. SJP is a hate group.