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Terence Tao on the suspension of UCLA grants

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280 points dargscisyhp | 3 comments | 02 Aug 25 06:28 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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pbiggar ◴[02 Aug 25 09:06 UTC] No.44765902[source]▶
Remember that these claims of antisemitism are all false. What they actually mean is "they had a student encampment calling out Israel's genocide in Gaza and occupation of Palestine, that the US supports with weapons, troops, UN vetos, and bad faith negotiation"
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wat10000 ◴[02 Aug 25 09:46 UTC] No.44766116[source]▶
And remember that this actually stokes antisemitism. Israel is demonstrably out there committing atrocities. If officials are conflating anti-Israel with anti-Jew then it prompts people opposed to those atrocities to oppose Jews.
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1. jkhdigital ◴[02 Aug 25 10:52 UTC] No.44766507[source]▶
The current war was initiated via a sneak attack by Hamas militants from Gaza who committed rather unspeakable atrocities against Israeli civilians. Not justifying their actions but as an uninvolved third party I’m going to at least acknowledge the history of the situation before judging their actions.
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2. wat10000 ◴[02 Aug 25 10:59 UTC] No.44766549[source]▶
If you’re not justifying their actions then what is the point of this reply?
3. pbiggar ◴[02 Aug 25 11:25 UTC] No.44766698[source]▶
Have you looked at the history before that? It seems you're missing 77 years of frequent massacres by Israel, a brutal occupation/apartheid of the West Bank, and a 17-year blockade of Gaza.