Dutch TV just released a statement that he made a 'threatening gesture' towards a camerawoman that was filming him when he came off stage after he asked not to be filmed
Whether or not it's out of proportion would depend on which gesture I guess. But the organisation is claiming a zero tolerance policy so there's that
I can't speak for the universities, but by many standards the involvement of the US military was a lot larger.
Asides from supplying weapons and intelligence, they were participating in the naval blockade and flying air tankers to help the genocide. 380k dead, that's 10 times as much as what's reported from Gaza.
And sure, it was bad, but I think the above poster as well as myself want to make the point that it's quite arbitrary to take such risks to protest this conflict in particular. I assume most of the protestors have been Kony'd into thinking that this conflict is somehow very special and worth risking their future for.
That said, I think they should be free to do so peacefully and the fucks who are doxxing them should swing
So the one that hasn't done shit to change after the human rights violations are STILL allowed US security assistance? How is that not special treatment?
Maybe they just want to send a message to the other four
It’s true they wanted it to be an Arab state, since the vast majority were Arab
If you have sympathy for that argument, what's the difference with jewish people who want the same? Both wanted to be the first class citizens in their country.
the early land purchases led to the expulsion of tens of thousands of Palestinians in the early 1900’s
That's true, but it's not different from renters who are forced out after their landlord sells the property. It's not a 'nice' part of humanity, but it's generally accepted as 'fair'. Of course it's true that most zionist immigrants had no plans to integrate with non-jews. Partly because of their own religious backwardness, partly because they moved there specifically to escape religious oppression.
There was nothing remotely equivalent from Palestinians or the Arab Liberation Army
There certainly was: Nebi Musa riots; 1929 Palestine Riots; etc. certainly showed the intent of many Palestinian Arabs to put an ethnic cleansing on the jews.
You're quite wrong if you don't think the ALA or others didn't go in with the same intent. You should look up their logo or statements from their organizers prior to their attack. The only reason one side won is because the other side lost
I think today, around 40% of Israeli's is of European descent. In Australia, that'll be closer to 90%