Israel/Hamas War Commentary: The Resistance

By Rich Kozlovich

Editor's Note: Here is the link to all I've published about this horror: My Israel/HAMAS War Series.  RK

One thing that's gratifying is there are those already resisting the insanity sweeping the world over this war, the propaganda, and the creepy people who are in support of all this.  Crises define people, issues, events, and that creates clarity.  Clarity incites understanding, and that understanding will demand solutions. 

Another Big-Name Law Firm Has a Message for Pro-Hamas Students -  Spencer Brown -  Proving that, at least in some corners of the world, actions still have consequences, another big-name law firm has announced that it revoked job offers provided to law students after they signed on to pro-Hamas statements in the wake of barbaric attacks that saw more than one thousand Israelis slaughtered by the Iran-backed terrorists. The U.S.-based international law firm of Davis Polk & Wardwell — described by The Daily Beast as "revered" — said on Tuesday that it had revoked its employment offers to three law students from Harvard and Columbia citing the students' "contravention of our firm's value system" with their statements blaming Israel for the horror that befell its people.  "The views expressed in certain of the statements signed by law school student organizations in recent days are in direct contravention of our firm's value statement," Davis Polk & Wardwell said in a statement to Bloom......

University of Florida President Puts Other 'Leaders' to Shame on Israel and Hamas - Guy Benson- Our post yesterday was deservedly harsh toward the absolute cowards -- or worse -- running many of our country's institutions of higher learning.  The moral rot is widespread, and it's bleeding into lower levels of education, as well.  This should not come as a surprise, unfortunately, given the increased levels radical politicization of grade school education in this country.  It's also important to acknowledge and appreciate those who do the right thing -- rejecting equivocation, relativism, amoral both-sidesism, and gutless silence. One example is at BYU, where the administration lowered flags to half staff, in mourning and solidarity with Israel:

 Billionaire wants Harvard to name students blaming Israel for Terror; CEOs Pledge Not to Hire Them - Alana Mastrangelo 11 Oct 2023 - Billionaire hedge fund manager Bill Ackman is calling on Harvard to release the names of students that are members of groups that signed a pro-terror statement in response to the recent Hamas attacks against Israel, so that employers do not “inadvertently” hire pro-terrorist graduates in the future. “I have been asked by a number of CEOs if @harvard would release a list of the members of each of the Harvard organizations that have issued the letter assigning sole responsibility for Hamas’ heinous acts to Israel, so as to insure that none of us inadvertently hire any of their members,” Ackman revealed on Tuesday.

 Israeli Billionaire Quits Harvard Board Amid Antisemitism Scandal -  Olivia Rondeau13 Oct 2023 - 

An Israeli billionaire has pulled out of a Harvard executive board following the university’s botched response to the recent terror attacks on Israel by Hamas. Idan Ofer (pictured above), a businessman and philanthropist with a net worth of nearly $20 billion according to Bloomberg, and his wife Batia have quit the board of Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government following the institution placing the “blame” on Israel......

 

 It Begins: Wexner Foundation Cuts Ties with Harvard over Response to Hamas Terror -  Joel B. Pollak 16 Oct 2023 The Wexner Foundation, a prominent North American Jewish philanthropic institution, has cut ties with Harvard University over its weak response to the massive terror attack by the Palestinian Hamas organization against Israel on Oct. 7, which killed 1,400. The Wexner Foundation has sponsored Israeli public affairs professionals to study at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government for decades. As its website states:

 

Why Do Liberals Love Hamas So Much? - John Nantz  |  Oct 17, 2023 - As reports of Hamas war crimes, inhuman atrocity, and medieval Muhammadist brutality continue to stream into our consciousness, a steady parade of terror apologists bugle their inveterate support for all things barbaric.   We’ve heard unimaginably callous statements from The Squad, Ivy League students, and the “social justice” organization BLM regarding the manifold cruelties perpetrated on Israeli citizens. Hamas swine have carried out their diabolical tasks with a relish not witnessed since the genocidal mania displayed by Hitler, Mengele, and Himmler.   Then, as now, the usual suspects have appeared to offer their heartfelt support for the forces of tyranny and homicide. The New York Times famously lent the considerable weight of its  commentary to the budding dictator and would-be second coming of Alexander the Great — Adolph Hitler. You’d have thought the Times learned a lesson with Adolph, but the Grey Lady’s sages swooned for the Iron Curtain and one of history’s most accomplished butchers, Joseph Stalin. 

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• CNN’sTapper: Last Few Days Really Eye-Opening to ‘Antisemitism on the Left’

Jewish Anti-Israel Leftists Struggle With Left’s Support for Hamas Murder and Rape By Daniel Greenfield • October 12, 2023 - Will they go on being useful idiots for a movement that they know wants to kill them?

 

 Patricia Heaton Is a One-Woman Wrecking Crew Against the Media's Pro-Hamas Narratives - Matt Vespa October 20, 2023 - You may know her as Frankie Heck from "The Middle" or Debra Barone on "Everybody Loves Raymond." Still, actress Patricia Heaton could also be known as a slayer of liberal media narratives, who fires rocket salvos at the establishment media pushing Hamas propaganda and suffers no misfires. She's been on a tear, calling out numerous outlets and members of Congress for spreading terrorist propaganda, especially in the aftermath of the Gaza hospital. ............

 

Congress Can End the Nonprofit Status of Pro-Hamas Groups  By Daniel Greenfield October 19, 2023  - “We give our heart, we give our life, we give our blood to the Palestinian people,” Manolo De Los Santos of The People’s Forum declared at a pro-Hamas rally in Manhattan. “Continue to resist. We stand with you. By any means necessary.” “By any means,” the crowd chanted. A code phrase for violence and terrorism. “We will use whatever we have in our hands,: De Los Santos continued. “A rock or something else. We will defend the Palestinian people.” DeSantos had previously tweeted a celebratory Hamas video using paragliders and then armed terrorists attacking Israel with the message, “Long Live the Palestinian Resistance!”

In an official statement, The People’s Forum described the Hamas attacks that murdered over 1,000 Israeli civilians, the elderly, women and children, as an “unprecedented liberation struggle” by “Palestinian resistance factions”. When it isn’t supporting the rape of women and the kidnapping of children, it’s promoting North Korea, Venezuela, and Cuba, and celebrating the “hopes and aspirations of more than a million people who joined the American Communist Party.” And The People’s Forum is also a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt nonprofit approved by the IRS.............