White House condemns pro-Hamas protesters at Columbia University

 

Pro-Hamas protesters at Columbia University in New York. Politico/AP.

The White House has condemned pro-Hamas protesters at Columbia University in New York City. Politico. Biden condemned antisemitism at the campus after video showed protesters yelling and Jewish students saying "October 7th will be every day for you". Protesters have occupied portions of Columbia University for five days now. A Jewish Rabbi recommended for the 300 Jewish students that go to Columbia to "leave and never come back". Police swarmed the site on Thursday and arrested 100 protesters, but it did little to quell the protests. 

My Comment:

This is yet another example of the schizophrenic and bizarre policy the Biden administration has on Israel and Judaism in general. There appears to be no rhyme or reason as to their policy when it comes to this subject. Biden will condemn these protests but is also critical of Israel's behavior during the war. But not the one bad thing that Israel did, the bombing of an Iranian embassy in Syria. That got such a free pass that Biden defended Israel with our weapons. Today news broke that Biden is going to sanction a IDF unit while at the same time ordering our military to defend Israel. It's nuts. 

I am not sure if this just regular Biden incompetence or if they are unable to balance the pro-Hamas and pro-Israel sides of their party. Incompetence is always a possibility for the Biden administration and I don't want to discount it. But them talking out of both sides of their mouth might be because Biden needs both groups to vote for him in November if he is to have any chance of winning. 

I do think that American Jews are paying a price for supporting the far left. It was only a matter of time before they turned on them, the far left turns on anyone. They are a large group of people that follow trends and I doubt any of them actually know or care what is happening in Gaza. They just want to bully people who they think deserve it. 

I also think that any Jew that votes for the Democrats at this point is beyond foolish. Doing so is not going to work out for them, as the real power in the Democratic Party is the activist class. They are winning their war for the control of the party. 

Indeed, antisemitism seems to be increasing on both sides of the political spectrum. There are some of the people on the right that seem to hate Israel and Jews just as much as these Hamas supporters on campus at Columbia. I never really understood that, whatever sins the Israelis have, they are dramatically overshadowed by the sins of their Muslim enemies. 

As for the protests themselves, they aren't going to accomplish anything. Protests rarely accomplish anything in the first place. But I guarantee that nobody in Israel cares about what is happening in Columbia University. Israel will continue to do what it wants and even if these protests put pressure on Biden, Biden has little to no influence on Israel at this point. In global terms it's a lot of sound and fury that signifies nothing. 

But for the normal people that go to Columbia? This is a disaster for them. Even if you aren't Jewish it would be threatening to see people support the actions of Hamas on October 7th. And if you are Jewish? Then you are getting blamed for things you have nothing to do with and could even be in physical danger. It's not like people haven't died during protests or anything, I'd be concerned to be around a protest like this no matter what the cause is. Especially since the police aren't shutting it down. 

If there is good news is that this is mostly an internal squabble between Democrats, most Republicans aren't at risk from campus idiocy. And both sides in this conflict are going to be angry at Joe Biden for trying to thread the needle between both sides. And it's very likely that many of these folks will not be turning out to vote for Joe Biden...