Columbia Prof. Jack Halberstam Blames College for ‘Circus’ on Campus
Columbia Professor Jack Halberstam is weighing in on the rising tensions on campus … after pro-Palestinian protesters occupied a constructing on the Ivy League faculty.
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We bought the Gender Research and English prof Tuesday on “TMZ Stay,” and he defended Monday night time’s takeover of Hamilton Corridor … as scholar protesters have occupied buildings previously — together with Hamilton Corridor — to attract consideration to injustices associated to South African apartheid and the Vietnam Conflict, for instance.
Professor Halberstam additionally make clear how the battle between pro-Palestinian protesters and pro-Israel protesters has truly been rising for months … with the college allegedly doing little to assist college students on both aspect.
He added … “There have been pro-Palestinian college students who’ve been doxed … so these college students imagine that the college will not be that focused on their security. And the college retains amping up the potential for recriminations towards them.”
Keep in mind, greater than 100 college students have been arrested 2 weeks in the past after the college had cops empty a pro-Palestinian encampment on campus. This sparked demonstrations to pop up throughout school campuses … leading to greater than 1000 arrests in 10 days.
As for the widespread stories of antisemitic chants and threats towards Jewish college students … Professor Halberstam says the pro-Palestinian protestors should not towards Israel’s existence and are solely questioning the nation’s relationship with Palestine.
He additionally insists there’s simply as a lot Islamophobic hatred being spewed on campus as antisemitism.
The professor’s assertion is that Jewish college students’ security issues are being prioritized over Muslim college students’ unease — blaming the media, Columbia directors and the Republican occasion for turning the campus right into a “circus.”
