Rising support for Hamas among students highlights ignorance

Ever since the horrific attack by Hamas on Israel on October 7, the spillover effect in America’s elite institutions, particularly in higher education, has been very dramatic. Number of faculty members, students have actually staged large pro Hamas demonstrations. letters have been written that supported the Hamas attack, labeling it justified. This has led to alumni cutting off donations. And in the case of the University of Pennsylvania, demanding the resignation of the university president and the head of its board of trustees. similar pressures are happening at Harvard and other major institutions around the country. It also seems that the universities are not doing a very good job of protecting their Jewish students from attacks by others. This is very troubling. There was a poll done actually, by Harris, a Harvard Harris Poll actually looked at attitudes toward the Israel Hamas conflict, and asked the question, was the attack on Israel on October 7, justified? Now, I thought that was kind of a strange question. Because it’s kind of hard to justify that kind of atrocity, 1400 people, beheading children, raping women, killing children in front of their parents. It’s hard, really, for me to see how anyone could justify it. But half of all respondents between 18 and 35 said it was justified. 35 to 55 year olds, it was 7030. It wasn’t people over 55, it was 9010. It wasn’t. So what is it about this generation gap? Even more strange, among those 18 to 35 year olds, who were split on saying it was justified, two thirds cyl said it was genocide. So you have to ask the question. Have we now raised a generation of young people who think that Jennifer genocide somehow is justifiable? I think they’re forgetting that what’s going on on TV is not a video game. Kills do not equal points in the real world. And then there’s the source of their information. One of our major television networks interviewed people at a pro Hamas demonstration. And the individual that was asked said, Oh, that never happened. Well, I mean, it’s just ignorant. If they ask how do you know it didn’t happen? Well, I learned that on social media that it never happened. All right. So these young people are obviously ill educated, mis educated, and just plain ignorant. Something has to be done about this. Now, let’s face it, there is I feel sorry, personally, for what’s happening to the Palestinians. The Palestinians actually are oppressed by Hamas, they’re forced to be essentially live their lives, his potential martyrs. That’s what they’re taught from an early age. The deaths are tragic of what’s going on in the response. But Hamas and the Palestinian Authority in general, have never missed an opportunity to miss an opportunity when it comes to solving the situation. In fact, Hamas recently declared it wasn’t the least bit interested in governing Gaza. It just wanted to continue its war with Israel, that is its only purpose. It is not to find a compromise. It is, as they say, from the river to the sea, that is push all Jews out of Israel and reclaim the territory that is their motive in life. And the people in Gaza are taught that their role in life is to be martyrs for the cause, not to make a great life for themselves or their families. So one has to wonder what’s going to happen. Once the war is over. You basically have 2.3 million people who have no purpose in life other than to be martyrs. The people who have been around a while us old geezers, if you want to call us that, remember this. This has gone on and on and on. This is just in the replay. Maybe the young people have just missed it. But everyone’s now saying we need a two state solution. Well, in 2005, we had a two state solution. The Israelis withdrew from Gaza, the Israelis withdrew from major portions of the West Bank. There were elections held in both Gaza and in the West Bank. Hamas won the election in in Gaza. There hasn’t been an election sense. Well, that was the two state solution and you’ve elected people who weren’t the slightest bit interested in a peace treaty. So to state solutions aren’t going to last. It’s this lack of any sense of history that is particularly alarming, particularly on college campuses where they’re supposed to be taught something. So as regrettable as it is, these older folks, the alumni, ie those over 35 had been cutting off their contributions to their alma maters. It’s hard on those institutions. But frankly, compared to raising a whole generation of people ignorant of history, who think that genocide is somehow justifiable. Maybe they deserve to have their donations cut off.