5 Reasons Why No One Can Take the Pro-Palestinian Protesters’ Demands Seriously
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For weeks, we’ve been discussing the danger of the pro-Palestinian protests that are plaguing college campuses across the United States. These Soros-funded protest “encampments” have completely overrun and shut down these schools, leaving Jewish and Christian students alike fearful for their lives.
Undoubtedly, these protests are a serious issue. At the same time, after listening to their demands, it’s obvious that most of the protesters don’t have a clue about what they’re truly advocating for.
Here are five reasons why no one can take the pro-Palestinian protesters’ demands seriously.
The pro-Palestinian protesters don’t know what their cause is.
A Columbia University student joined the NYU protest after hearing about the commotion on its campus. When a reporter asked the student what she thought the main goal of the protests was, she said:
I think the goal is just showing our support for Palestine and that NYU stops . . . I honestly don’t know all of what NYU is doing. . . . Do you know what NYU is doing? About Israel? Why are we protesting here?
Another student said she wished she were “more educated” on the matter.
Me too.
The pro-Palestinian protesters are funded from the outside.
Recently, on Sekulow, we told you the unsurprising revelation of who’s paying for these protests. According to a Politico report, funding is coming from major donors of Joe Biden’s 2024 presidential campaign. The report states:
President Joe Biden has been dogged for months by pro-Palestinian protesters calling him “Genocide Joe” — but some of the groups behind the demonstrations receive financial backing from philanthropists pushing hard for his reelection.
The donors include some of the biggest names in Democratic circles: Soros, Rockefeller and Pritzker, according to a POLITICO analysis.
As we said on Sekulow:
At the end of the day, some of Biden’s biggest donors are celebrating Hamas’ horrific evil committed against Jews on October 7 and the recent antisemitic violence on college campuses across America.
Many of the pro-Palestinian protesters don’t actually go to college.
. . . which is probably why someone wrote “Free Palastine” [sic] on the steps at a college.
In all seriousness, New York Mayor Eric Adams said that between Columbia and a branch of the City University of New York, 300 arrests were made. At Columbia, 29% of the 112 people put in handcuffs were not students. At CUNY, police arrested 170, however, 60% were not affiliated with the school.
According to Shane Brennan, the editor-in-chief of Arizona State University’s campus publication, the school’s protest was organized by an off-campus political organization.
The pro-Palestinian protesters wouldn’t step foot in Hamas-controlled territories and survive.
A protest leader who helped take over Hamilton Hall on Columbia’s campus has been mocked relentlessly for demanding her group be given “basic humanitarian aid.”
Well uh first of all we’re saying that they should be obligated to provide food for students who pay for a meal plan here. . . . I guess it’s ultimately a question of what kind of community and obligation Columbia feels it has to its students. Do you want students to die of dehydration and starvation or get severely ill even they disagree with you? If the answer is no, then you should allow basic — I mean it’s crazy to say because we are on an Ivy League campus, but this is like basic humanitarian aid we’re asking for. Like, could people please have a glass of water.
Your campus dining hall is open. You could also walk to your local bodega.
I can assure you that Hamas doesn’t care about your basic humanitarian aid. On October 7 they raped women and burned children alive. Waltz on over to Gaza, and they’ll put a gun in your hand too. If you don’t take innocent lives, they’ll take yours.
The pro-Palestinian protesters want officials to cancel finals because of “trauma.”
Law students at Columbia University wrote a letter demanding that administrators cancel finals after being “irrevocably shaken” by the police officers who shut down encampments and cleared out Hamilton Hall when it was occupied.
The letter reads, in part:
The violence we witnessed last night has irrevocably shaken many of us. . . . The events of last night left us, and many of our peers, unable to focus and highly emotional during this tumultuous time. . . . We recognize our position as a student-run academic journal that simply cannot function if our students are not well. . . . We believe that canceling exams would be a proportionate response to the level of distress our peers have been feeling. In the alternative, making courses mandatory Pass/Fail would be the next most equitable solution.
So let me get this straight, law students: You don’t want to take important exams because you didn’t have time to study due to protesting a “cause” you know zilch about. Got it. Stop whining and get to class.
Be sure to leave the homemade garbage can shields at home.
The anti-Israel protests on college campuses are out of control. At the ACLJ, we are aggressively fighting back. Take action with us by signing our petition.