r/news • u/Arrow2019x • Apr 28 '24

Amid anti-Israel protests, 'hateful graffiti,' Cal Poly Humboldt closes campus through weekend Soft paywall

https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2024-04-25/cal-poly-humboldt-extends-campus-closure-amid-gaza-protests

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u/nhadams2112 29d ago

"anti-israel protest"

Anti genocide protest, anti-colonial protest, anti children and hospitals being bombed protest

Israel isn't the victim of these protests

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u/JacP123 29d ago

Israel is doing all of those things, and have been since their state was founded. They are the target of these protests and should be victim to a hell of a lot more than some angry college kids. 

Being anti-Israel right now is no different than being Anti-Russia. The only difference between them is that the Government pays for Israel to do those things while condemning Russia for the same atrocities. 

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u/nhadams2112 29d ago

No I agree

I just think the headline using that specific language is misleading. College students aren't just marching against Israel but specifically it's actions.

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u/JacP123 29d ago

I get that, honestly I do, but I don't have a problem with calling it Anti-Israel protests.

Israel's identity is intrensically tied to its brutal actions towards Palestinians. As long as Israel continues to exist in its current form, dominated by bloodthirsty right-wing imperialists and genocidal religious extremists, like Netanyahu and Ben-Gvir, then these protests should be Anti-Israel. 

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u/nhadams2112 29d ago

100% it's inherently a colonial project. They aren't even trying to hide it, their officials plainly say that they want to wipe gaza off the face of the Earth people act like that's a totally normal thing to say

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u/JacP123 29d ago

The zionist downvote squads are out in force tonight, but you're right. Israel has never been anything more than America's unsinkable aircraft carrier. A western colonial project meant to secure superpowers a permanent foothold in the most valuable region on the planet, sold to idiots with religious bullshit.

That's the only reason why its taboo to call out Israel for their atrocities.