Was: Israel is at War; Now: Scoopers diagnose your anti-Semitism

[tower912]

Why were Hamas terrorists arrested today in Germany and Denmark?

After meeting with Putin, they were spreading out.

Quality coordinated police work.

[Hards Alumni]

Because they were planning an antisemitic terror plot? Is this some sort of crappy attempt gotcha or do think that Hamas represents Islam in totality?

His point stands.  I said that Hamas wasn't attacking Jewish people worldwide and instead focused on Israel.

I'll wait for more details regarding the arrests today, but at first blush there seems to have been a plan to acquire weapons and transport them to Berlin.

Certainly concerning.

[MuggsyB]

His point stands.  I said that Hamas wasn't attacking Jewish people worldwide and instead focused on Israel.

I'll wait for more details regarding the arrests today, but at first blush there seems to have been a plan to acquire weapons and transport them to Berlin.

Certainly concerning.

I don't know if it's true or not but there was also apparently an Iranian led terror plot against Jews in Cyprus a few days ago.

[Jockey]

His point stands.  I said that Hamas wasn't attacking Jewish people worldwide and instead focused on Israel.

I'll wait for more details regarding the arrests today, but at first blush there seems to have been a plan to acquire weapons and transport them to Berlin.

Certainly concerning.

The latest iteration of Hamas is just ISIS regurgitated. Strictly terror & murder for terror's sake. The more brutal they are, the happier they are. No larger point.

Right now for some ungodly reason, they are seen as sympathetic in many parts of the world. If they succeed in committing a large terrorist act in Europe, they lose that sympathy. Thousands more will die in Gaza as the West will stop expressing their concern over Israel's actions. It will be the people that Hamas pretends to care about that will bear an even heavier burden..

[Hards Alumni]

The latest iteration of Hamas is just ISIS regurgitated. Strictly terror & murder for terror's sake. The more brutal they are, the happier they are. No larger point.

Right now for some ungodly reason, they are seen as sympathetic in many parts of the world. If they succeed in committing a large terrorist act in Europe, they lose that sympathy. Thousands more will die in Gaza as the West will stop expressing their concern over Israel's actions. It will be the people that Hamas pretends to care about that will bear an even heavier burden..

And that's similar to what struck me as well. 

[Shaka Shart]

His point stands.  I said that Hamas wasn't attacking Jewish people worldwide and instead focused on Israel.

I'll wait for more details regarding the arrests today, but at first blush there seems to have been a plan to acquire weapons and transport them to Berlin.

Certainly concerning.

Sorry, I didn't read the entire exchange and assumed it was the usual phobia. My bad

[Shaka Shart]

If Gay were not what she is, she'd be drop kicked half way to Antartica by now, hey?

Relevant to your "tastes"

https://x.com/benshapiro/status/1735386080084468008?s=46&t=G2FhP_F2kWewaBOpvRv5lg

[Lennys Tap]

Thousands more will die in Gaza as the West will stop expressing their concern over Israel's actions. It will be the people that Hamas pretends to care about that will bear an even heavier burden..

Hide behind the innocents, use their inevitable deaths as propaganda for the "cause". Regrettably, plenty of people naive enough to fall for it.

[Skatastrophy]

Hide behind the innocents, use their inevitable deaths as propaganda for the "cause". Regrettably, plenty of people naive enough to fall for it.

I just don't get what their plan is at this point. Fundraising for their sister organizations? Obliteration?

[Jockey]

I just don't get what their plan is at this point. Fundraising for their sister organizations? Obliteration?

Kill people.

[jesmu84]

https://www.foreignaffairs.com/israel/israels-failed-bombing-campaign-gaza

Bombing a population into submission or in attempt to turn on ruling group does not work.

[jesmu84]

https://www.leefang.com/p/inside-the-pro-israel-information

"Inside the Pro-Israel Information War

Israeli gov-led Zoom calls, WhatsApp chat logs, and other docs provide a window into the massive effort to shape online discourse and silence pro-Palestinian voices."

[Uncle Rico]

https://www.leefang.com/p/inside-the-pro-israel-information

"Inside the Pro-Israel Information War

Israeli gov-led Zoom calls, WhatsApp chat logs, and other docs provide a window into the massive effort to shape online discourse and silence pro-Palestinian voices."

Is this unique to any nation at war?  Russia is certainly doing this with regards to Ukraine and vice versa. 

Part of waging war is propaganda, at home and abroad

[rocket surgeon]

Hide behind the innocents, use their inevitable deaths as propaganda for the "cause". Regrettably, plenty of people naive enough to fall for it.

  what their "plan" is??  well, there is this so called islamic scholar in michigan calling for the normalization of calls for jihad; to embrace violent jihad  yup, michigan usa, freedom of speech and religion.   other than that, talk is cheap eyn'a?

[Pakuni]

  what their "plan" is??  well, there is this so called islamic scholar in michigan calling for the normalization of calls for jihad; to embrace violent jihad  yup, michigan usa, freedom of speech and religion.   other than that, talk is cheap eyn'a?

Don't you mean that jihad thingy?

[Uncle Rico]

  what their "plan" is??  well, there is this so called islamic scholar in michigan calling for the normalization of calls for jihad; to embrace violent jihad  yup, michigan usa, freedom of speech and religion.   other than that, talk is cheap eyn'a?

9 out of 10

[Not A Serious Person]

"Proverbial stock prices?" LOL. What a f*cking stupid analogy.

They will be fine in that they will have the same student demand, have the same basis number of students and the same basic number of employees that they usually have. And they will have dimwits like yourself thinking they are somehow representative of American higher education overall.

They will all be just fine. It's but a bump in their road.

Five days later ...

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-12-15/harvard-college-sees-early-applications-drop-17-from-last-year

Harvard College received 17% fewer applications for early admission from high school seniors this year, the lowest total in four years, according to the school's website.

The drop comes after incidents of antisemitism on campus in the wake of the Oct. 7 attack on Israel by Hamas. Applications were due Nov. 1, before university President Claudine Gay gave widely derided testimony on antisemitism and free speech at a congressional hearing Dec. 5.

Harvard received 7,921 applications this year for non-binding early admissions, compared with 9,553 last year.

[jesmu84]

Modern day McCarthyism and billionaire cancel culture is winning!

[The Sultan]

Five days later ...

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-12-15/harvard-college-sees-early-applications-drop-17-from-last-year

Harvard College received 17% fewer applications for early admission from high school seniors this year, the lowest total in four years, according to the school's website.

The drop comes after incidents of antisemitism on campus in the wake of the Oct. 7 attack on Israel by Hamas. Applications were due Nov. 1, before university President Claudine Gay gave widely derided testimony on antisemitism and free speech at a congressional hearing Dec. 5.

Harvard received 7,921 applications this year for non-binding early admissions, compared with 9,553 last year.

Yeah the admit rate for early admits skyrocketed from 7.5% to 8.7%. They clearly are suffering.

https://www.harvardmagazine.com/2023/12/harvard-class-of-2028-early-admissions-rate

[Not A Serious Person]

Yeah the admit rate for early admits skyrocketed from 7.5% to 8.7%. They clearly are suffering.

https://www.harvardmagazine.com/2023/12/harvard-class-of-2028-early-admissions-rate

The suffering comes in other ways.


Harvard president's handling of antisemitism has cost school more than $1 billion
https://www.foxbusiness.com/politics/harvard-presidents-handling-antisemitism-cost-school-1-billion-ackman

The game has changed

December 14, 2023
A New Playbook for College Donors: Power Politics
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/13/us/universities-donors-penn-harvard.html
Donations to U.S. universities reached $59.5 billion last year, and they come increasingly from a smaller group of wealthy donors. Many of them expect their money to buy a voice in university affairs.

[Not A Serious Person]

Claudine Gay attends a lighting ceremony, and they must take it down every night so it does not get vandalized.

Why doesn't Gay speak out against this and post security overnight to signal her opposition to this kind of violence?

The same thing happened in Germany and Poland in the mid-to-late 1930s.  How did that end? (Oh wait, 20% of people under 30 believe nothing happened after that.)

So, yes, it does depend on the context.

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December 15, 2023
Harvard Chabad asked to hide hanukkiah due to fears of vandalism
https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/antisemitism/article-778151
Harvard President Claudine Gay took part in a lighting of the hanukkiah on campus this week.

The Chabad House at Harvard University has consistently been asked by the university to hide the hanukkiah it lights on campus on each night of Hanukkah due to fears of vandalism, Rabbi Hirschy Zarchi, the rabbi of the Chabad House, said in an address on Wednesday night.


And why would they think it will be vandalized?

December 5, 2023
Hanukkah menorah toppled near Harvard University
https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/hanukkah-menorah-toppled-near-harvard-university-573548
The menorah is sponsored by Chabad at Harvard with permission of the city of Cambridge, according to Rabbi Hirschy Zarchi, the college Chabad's director

[Not A Serious Person]

Two months ago, when Ackman suggested he would not hire students who were in one of the clubs from Harvard that signed a letter blaming Israel for the October 7 attack on Israel, this was one person changing his firm's policy toward a specific group of students relating to one specific instance.

Now ... all students at Harvard are being made to pay the price of antisemitism and keeping Claudine Gay.

Do you think this stops with one random law firm?  Let's wait another two months after every Jewish member of a prestigious Law firm is asked why they are still recruiting at Harvard if it means they endorse Harvard's antisemitism and Claudine Gay. Then, every financial firm will ask its Jewish managing directors the same thing about recruiting at Harvard Business School. Then, every firm will be asked about recruiting undergraduates.

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December 14, 2023
Law firm Edelson boycotts Harvard recruiting events amid antisemitism controversy
https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/law-firm-edelson-boycotts-harvard-recruiting-events-amid-antisemitism-2023-12-14/

Plaintiffs' firm Edelson PC on Thursday said it is pulling out of upcoming recruiting events at Harvard Law School in protest of Harvard University President Claudine Gay's Congressional testimony last week regarding campus antisemitism.

The law firm told Harvard Law's career services office in a letter that it won't participate in its Spring Interview Program. That event, where employers interview law students on campus, begins Jan. 29. The firm will also skip Harvard's larger on-campus interviewing event in August, which is when Edelson and major corporate law firms hire the bulk of their summer associates, firm founder Jay Edelson told Reuters in an interview.

"This is not about Harvard law students," Edelson said. "This is about the leadership of Harvard and how much of a megaphone it has on the world stage. They should use that megaphone responsibly.

[The Sultan]

lol. This hasn't cost Harvard $1B. Such nonsense.

[Pakuni]

Culture war? What culture.war?

[jesmu84]

I thought cancel culture was a bad thing?