by Ross Beroff
SJP uses IAW as an attempt to delegitimize Israel as a Jewish State. They promote what they refer to as “the Palestinian narrative,” which is nothing more than an attempt to rewrite history, where true historical facts are rendered irrelevant.
[The poster on the Left is part of the David Horowitz Freedom Center’s new “Jew Hatred on Campus” Campaign.]Reprinted from The Huntington News.
Next week, our campus will be hosting Israel Apartheid
Week (IAW), a series of events hosted by Students For Justice in
Palestine (SJP) chapters across the country. It is time that this event
and this group are exposed for what they truly are. SJP does not stand
for justice, instead they are a hate group and a more fitting definition
of the acronym would be, “Students for Jewish Persecution.”
Let’s start with the naming of IAW. The use of the word
“apartheid” in conjunction with Israel is not only false, but an insult
to those who actually experienced true apartheid in South Africa. Most
simply stated, there is no country in the Middle East that gives Arabs
or other minorities more freedom than Israel does. Arabs can own land,
vote, practice their chosen religion and speak their minds.
SJP uses IAW as an attempt to delegitimize Israel as a
Jewish State. They promote what they refer to as “the Palestinian
narrative,” which is nothing more than an attempt to rewrite history,
where true historical facts are rendered irrelevant. All I can say to
that is that narratives are what you want history to be. History is what
actually happened. The close to 1 million Jews who were thrown out of
the neighboring Arab countries at the time of Israel’s founding that are
ignored in the “Palestinian narrative.”
In their campaign of terror, instead of advising civilians
to take shelter, Hamas requires Palestinian civilians to stand on
rooftops to increase their casualty counts. At the same time, Hamas
leaders line their pockets with funds from international aid, while
redirecting other resources to the construction of terror. Yet, when
Israel fights back and defends itself, SJP shares gruesome pictures from
other countries such as Syria, ignoring the flagrant violations of
human rights. This is done to demonize Israel.
Earlier this semester I had the displeasure of sitting
through an SJP chapter meeting. During introductions, everyone went
around and said their name and preferred gender pronoun. This is ironic
since homosexuality is a capital offense in Gaza and much of the Middle
East, while Tel Aviv is one of the most LGBTQ-friendly cities in the
world. Sharing such facts has elicited accusations of “pinkwashing” from
NU SJP in the past, the irrational idea that Israel hides human rights
violations (that don’t actually exist) by promoting their great record
of LGBTQ rights.
SJP tries to hide their naked anti-Semitism by partnering
with groups with misnomers such as Jewish Voice for Peace. Throughout
history, whenever a new group arises to try and destroy the Jews, there
have been members of the tribe assisting them. For months, SJP had its
Facebook profile picture in support of convicted terrorist Rasmea Odeh.
Other chapters have held fundraisers for her.
Legitimate criticism of Israel is perfectly acceptable.
Israel is the Jewish State and Zionism is the belief in
this state and the right to Jewish self-determination. When you are
against the right of the only Jewish State to exist and survive and use
all methods to delegitimize and demonize Israel, then you are against
the Jewish people. No amount of verbal gymnastics by SJP can deny this
fact. Let me be explicitly clear: anti-Zionism is anti-Semitism.
It is here that I must commend Hamas. In their charter,
they very clearly call for the destruction of the Jewish people. They do
not shy away from what their real goals are. So I ask, when will SJP
take off its mask and admit its true intentions?
Ross Beroff
Source: http://www.frontpagemag.com/2015/ross-beroff/students-for-justice-in-palestine-hides-true-intentions/
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