Pro-Palestinian student protesters defend their position as tensions rise | Talking Points

Defund the Minneapolis City Council!

4:58 she can’t say it’s wrong then she supports it. Oct7 is the reason Gaza is being attacked today and Hamas still has hostages but wants to stop being pursued?. This history goes further back than 6 months.

I stand against extremism and the denial muslims live in, not one muslim condems hamas, how is that possible? Not one muslim stands against what hamas did on October 7 in Israel, they think is excused. Our students should stand with PEACE not taking Sides!

The Palestinian-Israeli conflict has lasted more than 70 years, during which time Israel has developed into a military power with a strong economy. Palestinians have received relief from the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) for more than 70 years, but the situation today is no different from 70 years ago. Palestinians in the Gaza Strip must be clearly aware of the bitter reality that, today unlike 70 years ago, perhaps some countries will not be able to continue sponsoring the 2.3 million Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, when The Palestinian refugee problem has existed for more than 70 years and still has no way out.

Regardless of how it feels, if the criticism has nothing to do with anyone being Jewish, then it isn't antisemitic. I would oppose Netanyahu no matter his religion, or ethnicity. Those things are irrelevant to my objections to what's being done to Palestinians.

Don’t start a fight then play the victim card

the palastinian lady did dismiss the oct 7 murders and then went on a rant as to why its not a big deal....her sentiment is exactly why they will lose the moral argument....very dismissive indeed...an acknowledgement would have been a much better response, then sh can go on her diatribe!

I don’t see the news anchor knows what she is talking about.😊

Is this considered an insurrection?

The Jewish people didn’t self-determine the state of Israel. The British conquests of the Ottoman Empire and their mandates during WWI and WWII did. They promised Jews land there, just like they promised Arabs under Turkish oppression lands there, knowing they weren’t gonna live up to their promise. The promise made to the Jewish supporters of the Allies was largely a means to prevent Jewish intellectual leaders during WWI from committing to communism in Russia.

Pro Hamas. Pro Palestinian would be telling Hamas to release the hostages and stop using the Palestinian women and children as human shields. But go for it WCCO, give the pro terrorists a voice and try to paint them in a positive image. You lost your integrity long ago.

I don't understand the disconnect. He himself says that he feels these protests are antisemitic because they are essentially saying that Israel should not have the right to protect and provide for its people, own land, and exercise control of its own state. That is not technically what they are saying, but for the sake of argument, we'll go with it. He himself then says he knows that the protests' purpose is to defend/advocate for another people's right to have and do the same for their people. Great, for a brief moment there I thought we had made a real breakthrough in the realization that A: other cultures and people besides Israel exist B: Those people want the same basic decency as Israelis do C: Those people have just as much right to those things as Israelis do. I should have known that that last point would be a bridge too far. This is somehow the worst version of this argument that I have heard to date because he actually gave tacit acknowledgment that he KNOWS that what Israel wants and what the Palestinians want are the exact same thing, but he still arrogantly ends with "but it feels antisemitic because ..." and we end up coming full circle back to "they are saying Israel shouldn't have its own state" I lose brain cells every time I have to hear this damn argument...and I am going to say flat out that this argument that is being put forth again and again and again by these Jewish college students is exactly how you grow a robust antisemitic sentiment where there previously was none. If multiple different members of one particular group are making the same reprehensible argument across the United States and on every media outlet, you have to start to assume that this is what the group as a whole believes. And ANY group of people who believes that their right to self-rule means that they can take the right to self-rule away from another people, or that their right to safety, security, and peace means that they can actively take security, safety, and peace away from another people ...any group with those beliefs is NOT good. Call that antisemitism if you must, but people have a right to tell you that you are wrong.

We can continue to bring up October 7th. Especially since the governing power of Gaza said it will happen again and again if given the opportunity. The majority of Gazans and Palestinians in the West Bank support Hamas.

where are the real men of Minnesota.....

War and terrorism is worst for humanity.

The conduct of these protesters is indefensible.

The US government needs to quickly and resolutely return international students to their home country if they protest do not comply with US law.

Some interesting interviews here……I woukd like to refer to the lady in the headscarf and the final lady ( the new graduate). Both seem to be saying that October 7 was invetible and that all peaceful means have been exhausted. This thinking is disturbing. It would have been nice an I f they had made a distinction between Israeli government and Jewish people. By all means criticise the policies of the Israeli government but at the same time acknowledge that what happened on Oct 7 was horrific and that Hamas is a tereorist organisation.

It is not enough to ask people about their opinion and to be nice, without challenging them with the facts. I am shocked by the ignorance, if not else, of some of the propalestinian speakers, about the subject of the Israeli-palestinian conflict. Unfortunately, these speakers were not challenged at all, throughout the entire interview!!!

She is saying there is no innocent Israelis. Not everyone in Israel has harmed you. Murdering other people does not make it right.