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https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/10/us/harvard-israel-gaza-hamas-reaction.html
https://www.indiatoday.in/world/story/harvard-student-bodies-face-backlash-over-statement-blaming-israel-for-war-2446935-2023-10-10
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/us/31-harvard-student-groups-hold-israel-entirely-responsible-for-hamas-attack/articleshow/104291186.cms?from=mdr
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/harvard-law-student-linked-statement-blaming-israel-denounces-contents-says-she-didnt-read-it
1) Billionaire Bill Ackman threatens that those students who signed while not be recruited by major companies. https://twitter.com/BillAckman/status/1711788747086233661
2) A big law firm has condemned a former intern and current NYU student for supporting Hamas.
https://twitter.com/WinstonLaw/status/1711850745383866580
3) Harvard Nepali students have retracted their support for the letter after 10 Nepalis were killed.
https://twitter.com/summertwenty20/status/1711849410617921646
4) Names of individual Indian students who signed are coming out. One is a former NewsClick intern and one is a queer. People are commenting whether Hamas tolerates queers.
5) Huge divisions emerging within the left. Barkha Dutt and Rohini Singh condemn Hamas. Both being called Islamophobic by a Pakistani activist.
What is troubling is that students are making sweeping generalisations with respect to the Israel-Gaza conflict and taking sides without being fully informed. The loss of civilian lives on both sides is to be condemned, but it is to be borne in mind that Israel retaliated and did not instigate Hamas to attack them.
there are 1.6 billion Muslims spread over so many countries and the Middle East is immensely wealthy. They, through their sheer numbers are bound to have influence. There are many Muslim majority countries.
In contrast, there are only 16 millions Jews around the world, with 7.3 mil in USA and 7 mil in Israel, the rest insignificantly spread across European countries. Still, with only one Jewish majority country, the Jews have disproportionate power and sway across the most influential economies and governments.
Think about it - we have nearly a billion Hindus, but do you think we hold any sort of real power over institutions and firms and universities in other countries? When something "Hinduphobic" happens, at most a person at the place concerned will raise a hue and cry, the RW twitter bots will endlessly tweet and spread information about it, and then everyone will go back to sleep but that will pretty much be it. We can learn a lot from Jews, honestly.
Also, please tell me something guys: How come these Harvard kids aren't saying a word about the Chinese occupation of Tibet, the Turkish occupation of Northern Cyprus, the Pakistani occupation of Baluchistan and the Azerbaijani occupation of Nagorno Karabakh? Because it's not cool to do so? You won't get as many Insta likes or TikTok followers if you champion the cause of Baluchi Muslims or Tibetan Buddhists or Armenian Christians?
So these firms will take second-tier talent, while the toppers will prefer other firms. Butt in fairness, I should say that CAM has recruited many left-wing students, so it shows that Cyril Shroff is smart!
I think most academically successful people tend to not view the world as black and white , not follow dogma and make their own mind up and change their mind several times as they grow.
This conversation is not about leftist sympathies, this is about supporting terrorism. If leftists forget than then they are truly lost.
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The screenshot of the email soon went viral on social media, causing an outrage. Following this, New York City law firm Winston & Strawn released a statement saying they heard about their โinflammatory comments regarding Hamasโ recent terrorist attackโ and โaccordingly, the Firm has rescinded the law studentโs offer of employment.โ
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https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/11/us/nyu-law-harvard-hamas-israel.html
https://www.reuters.com/legal/legalindustry/anti-israel-comments-prompt-winston-strawn-rescind-nyu-law-students-job-offer-2023-10-10/
https://www.timesnownews.com/world/nyu-law-student-bar-president-ryna-workman-loses-job-offer-after-blaming-israel-for-hamas-attack-article-104326363