UC Faculty Anti-Israel Activism on the Rise (1,100%) Since October 7

The Amcha Initiative, founded to expose and combat campus anti-Semitism, has come out with a new study that is being forwarded to the University of California Regents. The study shows that since the October 7 attack against Israel and its citizens, UC faculty activism against Israel has increased by 

1,100 %.

This is highlighted not only by professors holding "teach-ins" and other events in support of Palestinians, but in at least one case, a UC Irvine professor canceling a class in protest of Israel's military response. In addition, UC professors, like many other universities across the nation, have formed a "Faculty for Justice in Palestine" chapter in open support of Students for Justice in Palestine, the latter, I might add, is responsible for countless disruptions and violent protests on several university campuses where they have a chapter. They are the prime instigators of anti-Semitism and disruption on campus, and now we have this new faculty group that supports them and their odious activities.

Regrettably, the campus where I taught part-time (UC Irvine) is mentioned in Amcha's report, specifically the fact that one UCI professor canceled all her class sessions in week 3. She also notified students that a faculty teach-in would be held January 23 on campus. By chance, I attended the event, which was open to the public. Unfortunately, I didn't get any extra credit, however. 

This report by Amcha speaks volumes about how our university professors are indoctrinating our children to their political point of view, in this case, against Israel. Not that Israel or any other country should be immune to criticism. It is when we delve into the nature of the criticism that we uncover the anti-Semitism that largely lies beneath the surface. As I have pointed out countless times, the result on campus after campus, has not been a respectful dialogue between opposing opinions, rather a drastic rise in anti-Jewish harassment of Jewish students on campus and disruptions of their own events. This is unacceptable.  

Yet our university leaders refuse to confront the problem. It is clear that they fear their students as well as their radical faculty. They have allowed this situation to fester and grow over the last couple of decades until it has reached the fever pitch we now see.

And how interesting that practically none of the rhetoric and discourse we see from these pro-Palestinian activists masquerading as professors even mentions the words, "Hamas" or "October 7". Barely a word or just in passing. There is no condemnation of what Hamas did on October 7. That was just "legitimate resistance". As if the slaughter of civilians, rape, torture, and infanticide by beheading and burning alive are all part of "legitimate resistance".  The innocent hostages still languishing in inhuman conditions, and gradually dying in Gaza as we speak? According to these people, who cares?

Also take note of the use of "intersectionality" by these faculty members. They also throw in irrelevant topics like capitalism, Critical Race Theory, George Floyd, racism, Native American land, colonialism, Islamophobia, etc. That is because to them, nothing is irrelevant; they are all tied to evil Israel, the evil West, and evil America. This latest trendy concept in academia is a perfect example of muddled thinking at its worst.

I hope the UC Regents read the report carefully and take some sort of action. There is a lot of work to be done.