'Structural Apartheid': Hundreds of University of Michigan Faculty Members Blame Hamas Terror Attacks on Israel
University professors in open statement lament 'campaign of destruction being undertaken by the Israeli military'
Charles Hilu
October 14, 2023
Hundreds of faculty members at the University of Michigan signed a statement that blames Hamas's slaughtering of innocent Israeli citizens on the Jewish state and its "structural apartheid."
"We write as human beings in grief and anguish over the loss of life—both Palestinian and Israeli—that is the result of the decades-long Israeli occupation of Palestine and the structural apartheid Palestinians residing both within Israel and the Occupied Territories endure on a daily basis," reads the statement, which was obtained by the Washington Free Beacon. "We solicit supporting signatures from allies … to acknowledge that there are many victims of this war and all of them deserve to be recognized and grieved."
The statement—which at least 738 professors, university staff members, and graduate students at the school have signed—reflects the ongoing push at top U.S. universities to excuse Hamas's terror attacks and denounce Israel. Dozens of student groups at Harvard, for example, signed on to a statement that held "the Israeli regime entirely responsible for all unfolding violence." University of Michigan law students, meanwhile, praised "Palestinians in Gaza" for "fighting against the Israeli colonial entity on an unprecedented scale."
https://freebeacon.com/campus/structural-apartheid-hundreds-of-university-of-michigan-faculty-members-blame-hamas-terror-attacks-on-israel/