What is Behind the Protests

For John, BLUF:  We, the Citizens of these United States, are being gaslighted by those who are using the Israeli response to the 7 October 2023 attack to justify demonstrations in the halls of academia.  Yes, people should be free to demonstration what they see as oppression, but we, the Citizens, need to understand that the movement behind the demonstrations is bigger than Gaza and the Palestinians.  Nothing to see here; just move along.

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Student activists or pro insurgents?

Here is the sub-headline:

The terrorism that's infiltrated the most elite US college campuses

From The Cosmopolitan Globalist, by Ms Eve Barlow, 4 May 2024.

The article linked is dated 4 May, but I became aware of it from an EMail this morning, from The Cosmopolitan Globalist (Claire Berlinski) (at 9:45 AM).

Here is the lede:

Last night I gained access to a GoogleDrive (see below) obtained by social media account Israel War Room via a source who is allegedly within the UPenn “anti-war” encampment. It contains over 200 documents linked below that are pro-terrorism, with guidelines on how to riot and cause disruption, how to make weapons and take over buildings. Israel War Room highlight that the drive lists Carrie Zaremba as the owner of all files, who is reportedly a spokesperson for National Students for Justice in Palestine, aka SJP.

This reovew of documentzs on-line leads to some interesting discoveries.

This is from an X posting, by Ms Laura Powell, a Blue Check, @LauraPowellEsq:

One of the spokespeople for the UCLA protesters explains their end goal is for "more than divestment." She says, "Given that the University of California is founded on colonialism, it's inherently a violent institution." She argues the UC system is linked to both foreign wars and domestic police brutality and demands this be addressed.

She's saying the quiet part out loud. They intend to dismantle our domestic institutions. The Palestinian cause is just a warmup.

When the unnamed spokesperson says "the University of California is founded on colonialism", is she talking about Spanish colonialism of Alta California out of Mexico, or was it the Bear Flag Republic revolt in June of 1846?  Or was it on 9 July 1846, when U.S. Navy Lieutenant Joseph Revere raised the United States flag in Alta California.  And what is the payback being demanded?  Should the University of California sytem be abolished and all diplomas revoked, back to 1866?

In another part of the documents there is a call to, apparently, eliminate some of the leading Western Nations.  It calls for "NO MORE ISRAEL", naturally.  But it also calls for "NO MORE USA" and "NO MORE UK".  It goes on to call for the elimination of Italy, France, Canada, Germany and Australia  Why not Chile or Venezuals or Mexico?  This is a Marxisst like movement that is designed to destory Western Europeans ideas.  Then we will be left with the Paternalism of organizations like the World Econommic Forum and the People's Republic of Chinz.

Those who think that the Pro-Hamas movement we see is just a collection of sympathetic students hoping to ease the suffering of Palistinians in Gaza, a deeper dive is needed.  For eample, what does it mean that there is a Gays for Gaza movement?  Do they not understand the rules in Gaza?  Or are they just riding on the issue of the hour to push their own agenda?

It is time for our political leadership to step up and fight back to save our Republic.

Regards  —  Cliff

Refugees from Palestine

For John, BLUF:  President Biden is floating anothe5r "feel good" move with regard to the conflict in the Middle East.  Nothing to see here; just move along.

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Biden's Plan to Resettle Thousands of Gaza Refugees Is Insane, Warns Expert

From PJ Media, by Columnist Rick Moran, 18 May 2024, 1:13 PM.

Here is the lede plus one:

Earlier this month, the Biden administration floated a trial balloon, suggesting "senior officials across several federal U.S. agencies have discussed the practicality of different options to resettle Palestinians from Gaza who have immediate family members who are American citizens or permanent residents."

No other Middle Eastern country is crazy enough to want large numbers of Gazans to enter their country.  The history of Palestinians in Jordan, Lebanon, and Syria suggests that the refugees would look to overthrow the government or launch terrorist attacks against Israel from within their borders.

This apparently isn't deterring Joe Biden.  Perhaps it should.

This is differentt from my proposal to brng all Israeli Citizens who are willing to the United States.  My proposal is based on the idea that Palestinian militant groups are not likely to make peace with Israel any time in the future.♠

The proposal by President Biden is not to bring random Palestinians to the United States, but rather those with ties of people already here.  This is an important distinction, if you believe in the idea of assimmilation.  If the sponsors have assimilated into the general US population then the immigrants are likely to become peaceful members of the overall population.

However, a move to bring in random Palistinians will create the situation Mr Moran describes in his article. : There is a reason neighboring nations, such as Egypt and Jordan, will not accept (more) Palistinian refugees. : Those refugees have a history of causing trouble in their new host nation.  I see not reason to think things would be different in the United State.

Finally, there is the question of what such refugee action would do to fix the problem in the Middle East.  If President Biden brings 200,000 thousand Palistinians from Gaza to the US, that will still leave 1.8 million disgruntled Gaza Citizens, prepared to conduct Urban Guerilla Warfare and supporting Hamas or like organizations

This is, at heart, a feel good move on the part of President Biden, perhaps garnering some more votes in Noivember.

Hat tip to the InstaPundit.

Regards  —  Cliff

♠  i am reminded of the story out of the Balkins where a reporter is talkng to someone at their doorfront.  The person being interviewed points up the street and says that house five up on the other side of the street used to belong to my family, four hundred years ago.  In some parts of the world memories are very long.