Friday, March 06, 2015

There is a movement to bring Pro-Palestine views to the American campuses.

Students have to ask questions when facing strong bias. It is a national movement, not just UCLA.

Anti-Semitism (click here) 

This is the extreme of the Palestinian movement because they haven't been granted a permanent homeland. While antisemitism has to end with every manifestation, there needs to be clear understanding it is not the answer to Palestinian rights.

There are laws that prohibit fund raising organizations in the USA to benefit violent extremists such as Hamas. There appears to be no prohibition from campus organizations to receive support from the Middle East.

Palestine has a case for it's homeland's permanence. This type of movement is presenting as a problem, but, it doesn't change the reality of Palestinians. An antisemitic movement doesn't help the establishment of the Palestinian's Homeland. Israel will use these problems as a reason the Palestinian Authority can't be trusted to govern their own homeland.

March 5, 2015
By Adam Nagourney

...“Given that you are a Jewish student (click here) and very active in the Jewish community,” Fabienne Roth, a member of the Undergraduate Students Association Council, began, looking at Ms. Beyda at the other end of the room, “how do you see yourself being able to maintain an unbiased view?”..

This episode worked out to be only a minor speed bump in her success. Ms. Beyda will shake it off as if it never occurred.

She is only a sophomore and already well anchored in her aspirations for the future. There is no doubt she will be successful in her college program, with many friends and a future that will benefit all. 

She might want to write a Letter to the Editor to the university's newspaper about her experience. I think other students will want to understand the injustice.

...Ms. Beyda, 20, who is from Cupertino and is president-elect of the Jewish sorority Sigma Alpha Epsilon Pi, said she did not want to comment on her confirmation hearing because of her role on the Judicial Board, whose duties include hearing challenges to the constitutionality of actions of the council.
“As a member of the Judicial Board, I do not feel it is appropriate for me to comment on the actions of U.C.L.A.’s elected student government,” she said by email....

There are laws in the USA that protect Israeli students from being discriminated against. There is no question any antisemitic discrimination will be dissolved. Public schools are governed by the anti-discrimination laws of the USA, that may not be the case with private schools. More attention should be paid to the private schools for such bias.