Thank you Dean Galea for speaking up in the midst of a situation in which people in academia are being intimidated from expressing certain points of view.
My heart is breaking for the ongoing assault on the people in Gaza. As a progressive American Jew I feel it is important to speak up for our brothers and sisters in Gaza.
When we truly hold them as part of our family we will not tolerate the relentless attacks on their families, their homes, and their health.
We have to start there to begin to end this century-long conflict brought on by geopolitical wrangling of the great powers.
The historical reflections in your post ignores a centuries-long history of Muslims oppressing Jews in majority Muslim countries (including in the land of Israel). It also ignores the genocidal anti-Israel vitriol that has infected the much of the Muslim world and beyond.
Academia, like any other system of power, requires the subjugation of action in preference for research and theory — to come “prepared.”
We ask our students to come politely, ignore their lived experiences, create ridiculous procedures to ensure that students feel deterred from taking action.
We wait… and wait… and wait.
“What circumstances call for us to raise our voices and when should we stay silent?” To put it crassly… you’ve missed your opportunity and anyone listening to you, is doing it for the amusement of watching a sad man play with power.
Thank you Dean Galea for speaking up in the midst of a situation in which people in academia are being intimidated from expressing certain points of view.
My heart is breaking for the ongoing assault on the people in Gaza. As a progressive American Jew I feel it is important to speak up for our brothers and sisters in Gaza.
When we truly hold them as part of our family we will not tolerate the relentless attacks on their families, their homes, and their health.
We have to start there to begin to end this century-long conflict brought on by geopolitical wrangling of the great powers.
The historical reflections in your post ignores a centuries-long history of Muslims oppressing Jews in majority Muslim countries (including in the land of Israel). It also ignores the genocidal anti-Israel vitriol that has infected the much of the Muslim world and beyond.
Academia, like any other system of power, requires the subjugation of action in preference for research and theory — to come “prepared.”
We ask our students to come politely, ignore their lived experiences, create ridiculous procedures to ensure that students feel deterred from taking action.
We wait… and wait… and wait.
“What circumstances call for us to raise our voices and when should we stay silent?” To put it crassly… you’ve missed your opportunity and anyone listening to you, is doing it for the amusement of watching a sad man play with power.