"Campus Has Become Unrecognizable": Columbia Prof. Franke Faces Firing After DN Interview on Gaza

[@gdaymates431]

We are living in scary times. It's absolutely insane that she could lose her job for speaking up against violence against students!

[@GreenGardenGamer]

Jeno cidal rhetoric and the crackdown on US universities harkens to WW2 and the Cold War/McCarthyism that followed in the US. The parallels are both harrowing and sickening

[@greenthumb8266]

Stefanik and her ilk do not belong in government, they don’t represent normal America, they rule over fearful misinformed people.

[@sassysince90]

What is scarier is all of the US states that already have laws that we aren't allowed to disparage Israel.

[@iloveprivacy8167]

Uni admin invited violence on those same students.

[@anasvar3319]

It’s the same establishment as always. Only now there is a genuine threat of it loosing its propaganda narrative on Israel. And thus you have this mask-off moment.

[@Kurfuffle]

Both of these women are inspiring in their willingness to fight the good fight.

[@kaz4845]

Unbelievable, really respect the lady who is the lawyer. Her integrity is outstanding. We need more people like her in these dark times

[@leilaoksanen5142]

❤

[@elinannestad5320]

I hope her life improves in many ways from here on.

[@habsom1406]

Absolutely! Deep respect for the Jewish attorney.

[@daryltonkin]

“Her integrity is outstanding” hahahaha

[@NotInMYName_AntiZionistJew]

I applaud the bravery of these two women. 💜

[@rogymasri2181]

I have so much respect for this lawyer who quit her firm for what she believes!! WOW!! you don't see this kind of character anymore! Thank you! you''ve reignited my faith in humanity.

[@2msvalkyrie529]

A lawyer ....with principles...?!?!?! Now I've heard everything.

[@ChristineKeup]

Unbelievable time we are living in. The truth is coming out finally.

[@ansumanacamara9335]

Oh Gaza ooh ooh Gaza, thanks for revealing the Vail on hypocrites masquerading as decent people in this world

[@tokenspirit6140]

YES! It is an so it will be. So it is.

[@federalreservebrown2507]

the truth will not set you free, it will make you anti semitic

[@What-kw6ox]

@@ansumanacamara9335my mom was born in Gaza, no victimhood mentality here. Pride!

[@hcmd886]

@What-kw6ox So did you and your Mom asked UNRWA to take you off their “refugees” list?

[@GMQ1234]

These two women are people of honor!

[@letsomethingshine]

Only for those who consider truth, fairness, and critical intelligence to be honorable.

[@tomrass1842]

Zionism in not Judaism just like ISIS is not Islam. Criticizing the apartheid and genocidal regime of Israel is not antisemitic just like criticizing the barbaric and terrorist regime of Saudi Arabia is not Islamophobia.

[@michaeljaffrey7958]

They're using a public money to pedal their own political agenda.

[@heidi9547]

The US Establishment, is raising it's Fascist game.

[@drewm3401]

Nah, just the Frankists

[@targgthewise2892]

Ahh, so now you’re paying attention to what the dems are Doing. Good

[@cpersiani4466]

@@drewm3401smart man

[@smokindauberdoo4208]

​@@targgthewise2892can you name one republican that is on the Palestinian side 😢

[@erandeser5830]

So are the Israelis. Even more

[@MindbodyMedic]

All these academics FACILITATED all of this nonsense and now it's come back to bite

[@Bestill4610-pb7zi]

People who hate our country should not benefit from our taxes.

[@PHOTOCONVENTION]

I think you hate you're own country if you're willing to give freedom away.

[@thanksforbeingausefulidiot9016]

Are you talking about Netanyahu?

[@thomasparsley8195]

Disagreeing with what Israel is doing, is not speaking out against our country. What does your comment have to do with this? America has a long history of protests and fighting for human rights, as well as the ugly it's done. To protest is the most American thing you can do!

[@narminagalive]

@@thomasparsley8195America is a warmonger

[@carlmilsum7203]

FIRE HER NOW!

[@Davidpath9127]

Due to settler attacks protected by IDF, Many Palestinian farmers have lost their lives. Hundreds have been injured. West bank Palestinians farmers are subject to land grabbing, annexation and confiscation. ( International Land coalition)

[@janetyrrell7535]

I am pleased you wrote this because it’s the truth! The world should be informed about these barbarian acts of aggression. The problem is that most of the Israeli’s have no compassion/empathy.

[@Davidpath9127]

@@janetyrrell7535 the awareness is growing and Israeli activities for peace are blooming. Many thanks for your time.

[@cheryllines4106]

APOCALYPTIC INJUSTICE MUST BE STOPPED 👹🇮🇱👹 FEELS SO DYSTOPIAN 🥵

[@HoldenNY22]

ARe you upset and will you Protest against Iran, Jordan, Lebannon and other ARab/Muslim Countries who threw Jews out of ttheir Countries and confiscated their land, property and assets without any type of Compensation. A Nabka against equal or maybe more severe than the so called Nabka when the ARabs lost the War of 1948 to the Jews. None of the Pro-Pals talk about that. I also don't see the Professor saying anything about the Mass Murder, RApe and Kidnapping of Jews and others on 10/07/2024.

[@LeMonsignoir]

😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊

[@sandraabudubai]

We have rights for the IDF but not someone speaking out for Palestine.

[@Dua1512]

Palestine is colony for zionists, while USA is slave!!

[@delhadi00]

It’s ridiculous! Such hypocrisy

[@goodpanda6901]

genocidal professors loosing popularity

[@ELynRus-h]

On top of your perfect point Israel soldier get free education does this mean they pick were they want to go?? What privilege

[@luvours]

That’s your first amendment right to defend terrorists.

[@T-r5t]

"Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere"

[@PMSPauline]

Lots of injustice at Columbia university. The Jew hatred is overwhelming.

[@michaeldean6709]

​@@PMSPaulinelol

[@goodpanda6901]

genocidal professors loosing popularity

[@T-r5t]

@@PMSPauline That's an imaginary and delusional hatred, in contrast to a real genocide.

[@CowboyConan]

@@PMSPauline​​⁠I was required to read The Diary of Anne Frank by middle school but I didn’t hear the word Nakba ONE TIME and I was never taught ANY history of the modern Middle East in 18 years of American public schooling, including getting a university degree in religion, until looking it up myself after Oct 7th. Fool me once, shame on you… I know who the LIARS are.

[@Jennifer-do8cm]

This country has gone insane. Where is common sense and decency?

[@RicardoMartinez-oh9sq]

Insane, indeed. Even in Russia or China their legal systems do not pile up criminal counts on the basis of mere, and shaky, legal theories. This is what before the shameful trial to President Trump in Manhattan Paul Manafort had exposed in his book, "Political Prisoner." Ambitious prosecutors stack as many criminal counts as they can get from all kinds of codes, make a legal theory to justify this, and secure a conviction no matter the legal merit of these criminal counts.

[@carlmilsum7203]

FIRE HER NOW!

[@AF-jx4lt]

The fact that she said, "Inshalah, I won't be terminated (fired)" says everything you need to know about this woman. She has no credibility.

[@marlinayar3887]

The only people who are speaking out for human rights are being punished but not those who are breaking the law. This is the true face of this government.

[@billhanna2148]

AND the next one too ..sadly

[@leilaoksanen5142]

​@@billhanna2148Hoffentlich nicht, I hope: not.

[@snoopy_peanuts_77]

"If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people being oppressed, and loving those doing the oppressing.” - Malcolm X... He's still correct....

[@Muhdah1972]

💯

[@Muhdah1972]

​@@snoopy_peanuts_77That's right and Malcolm was never afraid to tell the truth.

[@Lynn-i2w]

Courageous Portland, Maine has voted to divest from Israel. Groups have been protesting apartheid Israel’s abuse on Palestinians for decades.♥Portland.

[@crystalsharadin9772]

Yes, I was so excited to hear about Portland, ME! They are amazing!

[@KingForever-zu5jl]

Fathi Hamad, the interior minister in the Hamas government in the Gaza Strip, who cried out for Egyptian assistance during the IDF's operations in the area in March 2012, is another one who certainly had no intention of spoiling Erekat's theories of Canaanite-based land claims. Yet, there can be no misinterpreting his recent statements. "When we ask for your help, it is so that we can continue the jihad," he said. "Praise God, we all have Arab roots and every Palestinian in Gaza and all over Palestine can prove their Arab roots, whether they be in Saudi Arabia and Yemen, or anywhere else. We have blood ties." "Speaking personally, half of my family is Egyptian," he said. "Where is your mercy? There are over 30 families in the Gaza Strip with the surname Al-Masri, 'Egyptian.' Brothers, half of the Palestinians are Egyptian, and the other half are Saudi. Who are the Palestinians? We have many families called Al-Masri whose roots are Egyptian! They come from Alexandria, Cairo, and Aswan. We are Egyptians. We are Arabs. We are Muslims." Walid Shoebat, a former Fatah activist claims that everyone he met in Palestine "knew to trace the roots of their families to the country from which their great-grandfathers came." He stated: "We knew full well that our origin was not Canaanite, despite what they tried to teach us," he said. "My grandfather would often remind us that our village, Beit Sahour, near Bethlehem, was empty when his father arrived there with six other families. Today, there are over 30,000 residents in the village."

[@litedawg]

Now I know where the Jew Haters are.

[@monicabeaston4996]

​? A lot of Gazans have keys to the homes they were kicked out of located in today's Israel proper.

[@MichellePike-n9w]

Portland has unfortunately been hijacked by leftists.

[@shirleydavis5366]

These two courageous women, Attorney Peratis and Professor Frank. Thank you for helping the US citizens keep their first amendment rights to free speech.

[@leilaoksanen5142]

❤

[@shoelessb4515]

Disrupting the function of a college campus is unacceptable. How about the students who paid their miney and want to go to classes ? Give the demonstrators one place on campus to gather. Signs are fine. No screaming, yelling interfering with or accosting other students.

[@PHOTOCONVENTION]

Pretty sure if you go to a university you're smart enough to understand how protesting works.

[@habsom1406]

Katherine Peratis - Wow! Jewish attorney quit on principle and continues to represent the Professor. Amazing and restores faith in humanity.

[@Lp78Ch]

Ban AIPAC. Ban all forms of political lobby.

[@mariahewitt9787]

"Forget about Russia, the real Threat to America is Israel and the Israel Lobby " ~Julian Assange, many years ago..

[@malaikitamin]

that would be Step one of a real democracy... unfortunatly we have very little of those around the world...

[@marcellusaurelius7516]

Lobby is not the problem. Giving money to politicians by Lobby is.

[@mariahewitt9787]

@@Lp78Ch Shouldn't they have to Register as a foreign agent?

[@CowboyConan]

@@mariahewitt9787isn’t that what got Kennedy killed?

[@OH-uo3nq]

Save Gaza

[@AliBenrose]

Save the West Bank also, one day Palestine will be free.

[@nacarreira777]

❤💚🖤🤍❤💚🖤🤍❤💚🖤🤍

[@goodpanda6901]

gaza is a swamp of evil genetics

[@Method9]

The Professor was correct about the IDF soldiers on campus. Opposing IDF isn't antisemitic LOL

[@leilaoksanen5142]

iof-Terrorism !

[@a.bester6894]

@@Method9 That word has basically lost all meaning after how Israel has almost abused it worse than they abuse Palestinians.

[@rustinusti]

Opposing IDF is common sense. And claiming the IDF's insane actions are 'protecting the jewish community' is the true antisemitism.

[@AnyoneCanSee]

Every Israeli has to do national service and most do it before college. So denying anyone who has served in the military is denying all Israelis. She knows this but assumes people like you are so stupid you don't know she is trying to impose a ban on Israeli citizens.

[@frankyyaggabot6222]

Opposing Hamas is not antisemitic (or anti-Palestinian) either. Now take that argument to the streets of Gaza and see quite literally how long you last.

[@marklivingston9313]

Women in Palestine wouldn’t be aloud to speak like these women.

[@Rewind-xq6xs]

This channel is pathetic. I’ve never seen anyone attacking the Pro-palestines, but seen uncountable amount of assaults against whomever wants to have a reasonable discussion with them over the Israel matter. Those people can’t even take their masks off back in their country, and now telling the rest of the world it was Israel’s fault that they live in hell.

[@Delicirytalks1]

Jewish women shave their heads when they get married and are forced to have 10 kids. The men thank good everyday they weren't born women.

[@semsemeini7905]

Especially the Professor.

[@phasematerialsresearch9319]

Women speak like this all the time in Palestine, you have them confused with Afghanistan or Saudi Arabia.

[@PHOTOCONVENTION]

So that means they all should die? WTF is the matter with you.

[@d.d.6045]

How can serving in the military of a foreign country be good????? Americans, don't you see who is running your country???

[@madworldusa255]

The federal reserve banking system

[@Lula2979]

When money is your master

[@Lynn-i2w]

AIPAC types are in government, media, now universities and justice department.

[@rain1224]

Well, the owners of that money are your masters

[@nelsonguevaras]

Is not only money it is Epstein's Island and discret visits to Israel were the Talmud set the sexual majority for girls at three years old. Not a mistake is three. Mossad has many photos souvenirs of happy parties.

[@oliveoil5789]

And you’re a racist supremacist. They go hand in hand.

[@nsvo9038]

When being obliged to swallow Zionist propaganda is your master.

[@hgahsiea]

I'm Canadian and these two people make me proud to know real Americans.

[@jianglingu3708]

Unfortunately Canadians are no better.

[@rdklkje13]

(Three...)

[@BarkWhoGoesThere]

thanks canada. how is this shit playing out over there?

[@hgahsiea]

@@jianglingu3708 I absolutely agree.

[@hgahsiea]

@@BarkWhoGoesThere well McGill University in Montreal has been the worst of them. They placated the protestors until eventually coming clean that no divestment would happen. Now McGill will rightly suffer the reputational and financial consequences. Tough love.

[@MilesTegg-jq5nn]

That statement was not anti-Semitic! Asking for divesture is not anti-Semitic.

[@DM-tw6vd]

saying your students are dangerous because of the country they are from is very inappropriate though, some would say even a fireable offense lol

[@jimbob3030]

@@DM-tw6vd That's not what was said, the comment was about those who served in the IDF and it wasn't wrong.

[@Sundancer09]

​@DM-tw6vd People who serve in another country's military that's committing war crimes shouldn't be permitted on university premises.

[@gfys756]

​@@Sundancer09Keep that same energy for American soldiers, too.

[@Based_Proletariat]

Antisemitism has lost all meaning.

[@VeteranWayne]

Even Jewish people who speak out against 🇮🇱 cruel treatment of 🇵🇸 are ostracized. That should speak volumes!

[@venessastewart829]

Well done for speaking up for some people, but to be courageous is to speak out against all wrong-doing at all times, not selectivley..... speak out againsts the free palestine mobs

[@andrepereira5735]

Admiration for Kathleen Peratis for her courageous.

[@MrTeeglesworth]

If they fire her, expect more protests. Nothing she said was anti-Semitic!

[@sidneybrannan566]

Except when she invoked Allah's blessing around not losing her job. Hmmm...

[@Davidpath9127]

3 million Palestinians trees, mostly olive and citrus trees, were uprooted by Israeli forces between 2000 and 2012.

[@crystalsharadin9772]

Shows how much they actually care about the land 😤

[@litedawg]

Palesteen doesnt exist, cool story.

[@cheesepizzaparty]

@@KingForever-zu5jl DNA tests are illegal in isralalala because they prove 99% of isralalala trash are not from Palestine

[@Davidpath9127]

@@KingForever-zu5jl May be those books can shade some light about something you may not know: Israeli architect Eyal Weizman wrote “Hollow Land: Israel's Architecture of Occupation” Virginia Tilley, an American Professor of Political Science wrote a book “Beyond Occupation Apartheid, Colonialism and International Law in the Occupied Palestinian” Writer, journalist & activist, Ben White wrote “Israeli Apartheid A Beginner's Guide” “Decolonizing Israel, Liberating Palestine, Zionism, Settler Colonialism, and the Case for One Democratic State” a book written by Jeff Halper, an Israeli-American author. A Book by The Jewish journalist Antony Loewenstein “The Palestine Laboratory “. A good resource to learn more about the conflict related to Palestine land. The Israeli historian Ilan Pappe wrote well documented book “The Biggest Prison on Earth: A History of Gaza and the Occupied Territories” “Ten Myths About Israel” book by the Israeli historian Ilan Pappe the Israeli historian Ilan Pappe wrote the book “Lobbying for Zionism on Both Sides of the Atlantic” the Israeli historian Ilan Pappe wrote the book : The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine.

[@Adam3659-n7p]

May be those books can shade some light about something you may not know: Israeli architect Eyal Weizman wrote “Hollow Land: Israel's Architecture of Occupation” Virginia Tilley, an American Professor of Political Science wrote a book “Beyond Occupation Apartheid, Colonialism and International Law in the Occupied Palestinian” Writer, journalist & activist, Ben White wrote “Israeli Apartheid A Beginner's Guide” “Decolonizing Israel, Liberating Palestine, Zionism, Settler Colonialism, and the Case for One Democratic State” a book written by Jeff Halper, an Israeli-American author. A Book by The Jewish journalist Antony Loewenstein “The Palestine Laboratory “. A good resource to learn more about the conflict related to Palestine land. The Israeli historian Ilan Pappe wrote well documented book “The Biggest Prison on Earth: A History of Gaza and the Occupied Territories” “Ten Myths About Israel” book by the Israeli historian Ilan Pappe the Israeli historian Ilan Pappe wrote the book “Lobbying for Zionism on Both Sides of the Atlantic” the Israeli historian Ilan Pappe wrote the book : The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine.

[@the.masked.one.studio4899]

🙏 Power to these two ❤

[@tariqaslam1853]

She said right, idf soldier are a threat

[@ellenmccarthy6912]

Thank you both for your courageous commitment to justice.

[@BemkyWatchesBuffy]

It’s not anti-Semitic to be against a member of a deadly military and think they are deadly, especially when the people they are deadly towards are a Semitic people, Palestinians

[@donHooligan]

thank you! words have definitions.

[@gfys756]

​@@donHooliganWords and definitions change all the time. Language changes all the time.

[@donHooligan]

@@gfys756 gfys

[@SarahBishop-e8b]

You need a dictionary.

[@donHooligan]

@@SarahBishop-e8b is it possible you just need morals?

[@RedClaw8605]

What are "students" that served in the Israeli GENOCIDE Force doing using a chemical weapon in the US?

[@cheryllines4106]

THEY'RE ABOVE THE LAW - DIDNT U KNOW???

[@l.w.paradis2108]

I'm surprised that a law prof framed the issue this way. She spoke of the tendency of IDF veterans to commit violent acts -- this is imputing a propensity to crime based on some characteristic. The point is that these people committed an aggravated assault and must be prosecuted. Stick to the evidence at hand. Their identity is irrelevant.

[@RedClaw8605]

@@l.w.paradis2108 No. Their identity is totally relevant. You didn't answer the question.

[@jjjiljjjj]

​@l.w.paradis2108 you think it's possible to prosecute Zionists in the US? 😂

[@stehfreejesseah7893]

Skunk water

[@sikavik]

This professor & this lawyer are brave & righteous. I know the lawyer doesn’t want it to be about her or the firm, but I think it’s really important to hear more from her too. Thank you to both of you. Free Palestine 🇵🇸

[@RicardoMartinez-oh9sq]

Without taking sides one can forcefully support their courageous stand.

[@daveedkoordee5820]

God bless you lady lawyer.

[@notbornagainbornright5046]

PROFESSOR! THANK YOU SO MUCH

[@carlkuss]

Catherine Franke: a noble soul.

[@paulfildes5489]

Stefanik’s political ideology, like McCarthy’s, seems to be rooted in opportunism above all else. Several Jewish politicians and public figures are uneasy about Stefanik’s apparent transformation into a warrior against anti-Semitism given her past willingness to tolerate anti-Semitic tropes within the Republican Party. In her bad faith assault on free speech criticizing Israel, Stefanik is a fitting heiress to the late Senator McCarthy.

[@litedawg]

Uh huh. Normies hate this crap.

[@tommcfadden5232]

She’s an opportunist like JD Vance😊

[@joelhenderson1252]

💯 she needs to remember, she is elected, not anointed.

[@dlovestar]

She's highly dangerous and needs to leave her position before she destroys anyone else's life. How can she go??

[@litedawg]

@@dlovestar lol highly dangerous

[@shubhoroy8438]

Great segment - great work by Democracy now!

[@KingForever-zu5jl]

"There is no such thing as Palestine in history, absolutely not." -- Arab Princeton Professor, Philip Hitti, before the Anglo-American Committee of Inquiry in Jerusalem in 1946. In 1937, Secretary of the Arab Higher Committee to the British Peel Commission, Awni Abd al-Hadi stated: “There is no such country as Palestine. ‘Palestine’ is a term the Zionists invented.” "We [Palestinians] were never an independent state in history, we were part of an Arab state and an Islamic state.” -- Palestinian Hamas Foreign Minister Mahmoud Zahhar (quoted in The Economist, February 2, 2008) "Never forget this one point: There is no such thing as a Palestinian people, there is no Palestinian entity, there is only Syria. You are an integral part of the Syrian people, Palestine is an integral part of Syria." Syrian President Hafez al-Assad [Addressing the Chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization Yasser Arafat during a meeting with leaders of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) in 1976].....................

[@joanhuhn4584]

Fire her

[@siddigahmed5200]

Outstanding people, God bless you all.

[@SharylForster-om5uw]

Hell breaks loose when a person defends Palestinians. Where is the freedom ?

[@mariahewitt9787]

To Learn who rules over you, simply find out who you aren't allowed to criticise.

[@Bewilderdashed11]

its in our gun closets and this is why we have the second amendment

[@tomrass1842]

US politicians are falling apart because a younger generation of Americans don’t watch heavily-bias media, won’t blindly support Israel, actually listen to what historians & experts say on the issue, and believe that Palestinians are also human beings. That’s their real problem.

@@mariahewitt9787 You're allowed to criticize white men, so I guess white men aren't in charge.

[@hannejeppesen1809]

It is okay to defend the Palestinians, but not Hamas, and not at the expence of hating the Jews, and blame Israel for everything, Who started the genocide on Oct. 7?

[@deadmanprodinc]

Miss Peratis announcement that she has quit her law firm and continue to represent Franke brought tears to my eyes. And to later learn she is Jewish just underscored how principled this woman is. I've been following this genocide daily since the Oct 8th, each day hoping for a miracle and that Palestinians would finally get relief from the USA's murderous onslaught in the name of Israel's right to defend itself. I'm very proud of both these women....their humanitarian views and sentiment are growing worldwide however AIPAC and their racist white nationalist constituency are still in the drivers seat.....for now.

[@habsom1406]

The tide will turn eventually as more and more people wake up, stand up and speak up. Our leaders and governments and institutions are no longer fit for purpose, we have voted in the wrong people who lack conscience or a moral compass, their days are numbered.

[@dinaf1409]

@bellaadamowicz8380 US gets more and more antisemetic again. People are being killed all over the world with no protests. I guess, no Jews - no news.

[@semsemeini7905]

A Kapo? No different than Stella Goldschlag?

[@deadmanprodinc]

@@semsemeini7905 If your attaching these slurs to the interviewed Miss Peratis, I highly suspect your a white nationalist and/or a racist Zionist. Judging by your KZbin profile which you have not blocked, you appear to be at the early beginnings of the boomer generation which may explain the carry over of hate and discrimination from your era. For viewers not aware, this commenters reference to Kapo and Goldschlag, implies MIss Peratis in the interview is a Jew who has become Jew traitor. Simply because Miss Peratis is showing humanitarian traits and has vocalized her opposition to the extermination of defenseless innocent Pales6tinians. While this genocide is the agenda of the Zionist Jews and AIPAC controlled congress, there are non-Zionist Jews all over the world who do not support the agenda of the Netanyahu regime. With so many Jews opposed, it really is telling about the person behind the handle @semsemeini7905.

[@RomanPer]

So, you missed the October 7th genocide and decided to pay attention after October 8th? Do you even know percentage of civilian death percentage in all the other urban warfare throughout the human history? Or do you take the number of casualties from the Hamas Health Ministry as the total truth?

[@ocean1233]

KATHERINE FRANKIE has SPOKEN CORRECTLY AND THANK GOD FOR THE HUMANS WHO SPEAK OUT AGAINST GREED MONGERS FOR TRUTH TO BE AWARE AND ACT ACCORDINGLY ‼️‼️‼️📢📢📢

[@asiyaz7421]

Free Paletine!🇵🇸, amd Free US!🇺🇸 from AIPAC🇮🇱🤮

[@thomascromwell6840]

These women are legendary. It takes a lot of courage to put everything on the line for what you believe in and for what is right.

[@kasper7203]

How are those comments antisemitic.. The US is disgusting

[@Sundancer09]

If truth is antisemitic then I'm proud to speak it.

[@kina8990]

The truth is all of this is happening because of political bribery.

[@federalreservebrown2507]

@@Sundancer09 esp about 5 dancers day

[@SarahBishop-e8b]

ok baby hitler

[@jjjiljjjj]

​@@federalreservebrown2507only the real ones would understand 😉

[@abutorab1004]

Students please 🙏 rise AGAIN ❤

[@vVAstrAVv]

Seriously. I've never felt like the kids were more alright than when the protests kicked off. Their bravery, our hope.

[@kevinwilliams1768]

excellent interview. blessing to both women keep up the fight . Shame on Colombia University for trying too silent it students & professor Katherine Franke . I hope she is reinstated back at the University .

[@asman410]

Love it when Frankie said ‘inshaAllah’. I respond with inshaAllah (if God wills). These ladies are writing history! So proud.

[@TheSoundsage]

Discretion is sometimes the better part of valor. She could have said the same thing without raising a question of partisanship.

[@yypij6475]

I am glad you bring all these guests in the platform. We learn a double standard at its best/worst if it comes to Israel

[@waleeddakak7758]

Katherine, you are good, decent, and standing by humanity . The US system is corrupt and owned by the Israeli lobbyist. The lady lawyer is amazing as well as she is doing the right thing

[@DanDan-ow7nl]

Immense gratitude for the professors and people of America who oppose censorship - 1st amendment is sacred

[@travcat756]

Anti-Israel is not antisemitic

[@yamadakenji4143]

That's not how the pro-Apartheid lobby sees it. They will even call Jews antisemites as soon as they criticize the colonial project

[@henkvandervossen6616]

The lady forgets to mention the totally antisemitic stance of many students and many professors going along.

[@EduIglesias-w3q]

Free free Palestine!!!!❤❤❤

[@kittinallen4738]

This is shocking and terrifying.

[@kittinallen4738]

"she needs to understand that these students, they have been fighting this enemy and they see this enemy being given 'protected status' from the school and this professor and they are needing to fight the enemy on all fronts, and this professor is trying to besmirch and terrorize these students who are afraid for their own safety, having just come from their honourable service in their military and be intimidated and to be made to feel as if they are under attack for the service to their country, to the point of needing to react to the attacks and harassment by the pro-hamas antisemitic rioters. And this professor is backing them, is attempting to appear as if the harassment to the Israeli students is just acceptable, as they are hampered in their studies, as they are forced to sit in class and have their nation, their religion, their service denigrated and questioned. It is unacceptable, the antisemitism and lack of interest in creating a safe space where all students can learn and proceed in their studies to be members of a productive and democratic society when they graduate." Or I assume that's what some of the claims are.... Just completely blind to the fact that those same students often go looking for these people to harass, or that there are Palestinian students, students of Palestine descent, Palestinian-American students who are just as entitled to feel safe in their school. Except that their safety is ACTUALLY being hampered, instead of their feelings getting hurt. The desire for divestments or for a ceasefire is not the same as the desire for genocide... And the person desiring a ceasefire has far more humanity and right to claim antisemitism than the one claiming that people in Palestine should all be killed, whether they know the person they're saying it to has friends or family in Palestine or that their home is or was there or that they have any connection to Palestine.... The young adults who are attacking students protesting for PEACE, who are harassing protestors by claiming that they and all the people like them should go to Gaza and be killed like the "rest of the animals" or that the only way to bring peace is to kill and resettle gaza and the west bank.... Those students are antisemitic. They just can't believe that semites are anyone other than them, they have the only claim to that type of hate. They have the only claim to persecution, especially for ones religion or ethnicity... As they do so to another group but believe it is their right because they have a collection of writings that says that God is going to give them that land ... Although, I suppose it might be idolatry to claim England is God. I mean, that might be a little bad in their religion, but whatever, it's the same result, they claimed dibs. I hate this claiming and decrying of antisemitism for political advantage without any kind of self reflection or understanding. Because no, antisemitism does NOT just apply to the Jewish ethnicity, and certainly not just the religion. Also, a state is not a religion. A state is not an ethnicity. Unless they want to claim that Israel commiting genocide is antisemitic because..... It is somehow in the nature of Jews to seek to commit genocide? It's somehow in the religion that they must destroy all who have what they want..... I don't *think* that is in the religion or DNA of the ethnicity or race. I think that's propaganda put out by a state to influence the people into considering that they are in danger by the mere existence of a people who they ethnically cleansed and who they have allowed little control over their own lives, has constantly been bullied and ruled in an apartheid state.... Basically they took the ways the US handled the native population, and the newly freed black population.... And they say, this worked, we will follow this course. And I guess since the US has never truly come to terms with it's past, how can the US hope to hold Israel to task for doing the same thing? Because it's a different time and people are capable of seeing the horrors of their states past actions and attempting to stop the wrongs they committed. But if the US held Israel to task about it, well, Israel would just laugh and say you can't tell us anything cos you still haven't done anything about your own same actions. Just like the ICC and UN - if the US was okay with the acceptance of all that attempt to hold Israel accountable - well then maybe someone would attempt to hold America responsible..... It's terrible. And america SHOULD be held responsible and choose to reject an attempt to do it again.

[@David-fq5un]

so I guess congress ONLY cares about a hostile environment when it comes to Isnotreal students...not Palestinian....

[@פלסטין_היא_הונאה-ע9ח]

According to "democracynow" and its loyal supporters this comment is not racist or bigoted at all.

[@פלסטין_היא_הונאה-ע9ח]

@@nexussays "truth" according to the way you're wired

[@aosidh]

Bless these people! Bless their righteous fury! Free Free Palestine!

[@aosidh]

@@KingForever-zu5jl what are you trying to prove here? Israel didn't exist before 1948 either. If you are defending the genocide, you're doing a bad job. Free Palestine!

[@KingForever-zu5jl]

@@aosidh So where are the geographical roots of the so called Palestinians??????? Hamas Minister of the Interior and of National Security Fathi Hammad, aired by Al-Hekma TV on March 23, 2012. Stated..........we all have Arab roots, and every Palestinian, in Gaza and throughout Palestine, can prove his Arab roots - whether from Saudi Arabia, from Yemen, or anywhere. We have blood ties. Personally, half my family is Egyptian. We are all like that. More than 30 families in the Gaza Strip are called Al-Masri ["Egyptian"]. Brothers, half of the Palestinians are Egyptians and the other half are Saudis. Who are the Palestinians? We have many families called Al-Masri, whose roots are Egyptian. Egyptian! They may be from Alexandria, from Cairo, from Dumietta, from the North, from Aswan, from Upper Egypt. We are Egyptians. The so called Palestinians are not even from the region known as Palestine!!!!!!

[@aosidh]

@@KingForever-zu5jl I'm not sure what your argument is, but good luck with that! Heck, call it Canaan if you want! I only care about ending the genocide and apartheid in the region.

[@TorqueHaven]

​@KingForever-zu5jl mate, every map available of planet earth before 1947 calls that land Palestine, are you tripping ?

[@Sundancer09]

​@@KingForever-zu5jlHasbara nonsense.

[@aviannte]

If only politicians had 10% of the bravery and integrity these women are displaying

[@yousreyakhalil5238]

Agree

[@jasondashney]

Tulsi Gabbard does. Rand Paul does. RFK Jr is the most righteous of them all. Spent his career as an environmental lawyer and does what he feels in his heart is right even if his own family disowns him for it. I don't agree with all of his policies, but I think he's by far the best "human being" in politics right now. Tulsi is a close second.

[@timtran2530]

Scary shit we're heading

[@stormyweather9917]

Free Columbia now!

[@prisonersforprofit]

very disturbing. elise stefanik is a variation of joseph mccarthy, and i'll be she thinks that's a compliment. we've seen the privatization of education including the predatory monetization of our universities, this is a result of that takeover.

[@jaybee9269]

It’s the teeth-to-tail ratio that makes universities unaffordable; it’s the growth of administrators and staff.

[@hayatraja7360]

We need a lot more role models like professor Franke .Columbia is acting more like an illegal settler colonial entity 🇵🇸

[@ronniekinyonidhikusoka903]

Wow Colombia University is a shame and members of the congress are complicit and should be supporting the professor for standing up to what is moral. SHAME.

[@smokedoysters-s5n]

Campus is really terrible now, students can actually get to class, also no one is chanting Intifada and River to the sea, not even a soul flashing swastikas and Hamas flags. It's really terrible that there are no more riots and occupying buildings. Students actually have to go to class and study now. Quite a shame....

[@mikl22]

So chanting death to jews and destroying univercity property is ok? The univercity principle leader says its ok on camera. ah the double standarts.

[@colinire15]

It's not jus the US government. It's happening all over Europe.

[@RicardoMartinez-oh9sq]

Postmodern liberalism is the same on both sides of the Atlantic.

[@georgewetzel4380]

the United States of Israel

[@ramstrong1961]

Due Dissidence - Kamala affirms unequivocal unwavering support for Israel

[@williamolsen20]

I am for freedom for Palestinian people, but Trump will be way worse when it comes to Israel.

[@commonsensenotsocommon840]

Yeah vote for Trump he is definitely a better choice. 😂

[@oliveoil5789]

@@williamolsen20genocide isn’t a “issue” and when it comes to Palestine/Israel it doesn’t get any worse than genocide.

[@AlfieDoolittle007]

@@williamolsen20 I am not a Trump supporter; I despise the man; but I disagree with you. What decides my vote is this: Harris will sell out to AIPAC DESPITE the base, and Trump will sell out BECUASE of his base. The only way the DNC crowd will learn to heed the core values of their base is for Harris to lose. I do not care what else will happen as a result; I want the Dems to lose and for the monster to win so that they know NEVER to betray those values. This is how we make our votes count for the future. it is the only way to end the DNC double talk. I am going to repeat that on these threads as often as I can.

[@AlfieDoolittle007]

@@williamolsen20 The DNC double talk on this issue is what decides my decision. Harris will cave in to the lobby despite the sentiments of her base and Trump will sell out because of his base. If our votes are to have meaning in the future, we need to end the double talk on this issue: I am voting for a man I dislike intensely and if enough of us do that the message will be heard: you can't say one thing and then sell out to power and money.

[@ViraL_FootprinT.ex.e]

History isn't going to look back at this era too fondly.

[@Kffern]

@@CowboyConan Even worse, they will say that they were the only ones against genocide.

[@angelinamoody989]

If we live long enough!

[@Probabilityislife]

They aint rewriting anything this time. Ive seen aliens mate there is far bigger things going on here.​@@CowboyConan

[@JHamel-ft1it]

You're right! Our universities and colleges have become hotbeds of socialism; a place where purported victims may squander educational opportunity! Get a job!

[@vanillavania.]

@@angelinamoody989 Haha, good one!

[@joelsajna2307]

💛🙏 Thank you for your courage, Professor.

[@jacobthesettler7616]

This called democracy

[@a.bester6894]

As someone who was discriminated against by professors in college because of a protected disability, I find this instructor potentially being punished by the same system that failed to protect me absolutely disgusting.

[@KadOshi-p3o]

These two ladies are amazing! 👏🏻

[@yousreyakhalil5238]

True

[@nahedha3253]

I don’t feel safe around Israeli soldiers (idf) or any soldiers especially if I know they just came back from war!!

[@judithcressey1682]

Good grief.

[@Grateful4Grace777]

If she represents the college, she shouldn't be expressing public opinions. We don't send our kids to college to have professors or college administrators to act out or speak out on political issues. Any other company would fire under the same circumstances. Sit down, stay in your lane, and do your job....or leave the job and go into politics! KEY WORD: "STUDENTS" can be politically active, they don't need instructors guiding them into it!

[@princebond]

Eh, just because you have a job, doesn't mean you stop being an individual entity with independent thoughts. Her freedom of speech is enshrined in the Constitution. She didn't say her thoughts as a representative of her workplace but as an individual. People are not defined by their jobs.

[@rai2423]

Having a job doesn’t mean you should be censored. Universities should be all about free thinking and critical approach. Secondly shouldn’t you want teachers who will defend your child against attacks from foreign soldiers? Or if your child was sprayed with a chemical weapon it would be A-okay and you wouldn’t want the teachers to speak up about it?

[@marcocassone5996]

This is a repeat of McCarthyism. It is up to us that pro-Palestinian speech and being pro-Palestinian does not become taboo in the same way Communism was.

[@Tackleqb]

The problem I have is why do we care so much about Palestine when we can barely keep our own country together?

[@crystalsharadin9772]

Great interview, thanks for speaking up about this!

[@Mrman-vi2ul]

Much respect to the professor Catherine frank

[@JD-lt7uv]

"If you want to know who rules over you, just look at who you are not allowed to criticize." -Voltaire

[@Soapboxwarrior]

Congrats, you just quoted Kevin Alfred Strom, an American neo-Nazi, who first said those words in 1993.

[@Soapboxwarrior]

Kevin Alfred Strom, a white supremacist and Holocaust denier who pled guilty to possession of child pornography.

[@a.bester6894]

@@Soapboxwarrior Broken clocks are right twice a day. Are you anti-vax because Hitler was an early supporter of them?

[@SarahBishop-e8b]

I love that you get upvotes for nazi quotes.

[@kevinfalcao8657]

IT MAKES NO FKN DIFFERENCE WHO SAID IT .... ITS VALID IN THESE TIMES .THIS FORUM IS NOT AN EXERCISE IN WHO QUOTED WHAT , BUT WHERE IT FITS LOGICALLY IN TODAYS ARGUMENT.

[@christianmccann9400]

Greetings from Ireland .. BDS apartheid Israel .. Free Palestine!

[@flame-sky7148]

So much for freedom of speech, stay strong colleges and universities.

[@mikerobinson3695]

Thank you,Prof Franke and Thank you Attorney Peratis

[@yousreyakhalil5238]

Thank you

[@meganbaker9116]

Is Stefanik hoping for a position in the Israeli government when she’s done being a Congress critter? Does she think she’ll make more money doing that than landing a cushy job in the private sector? And does she not realize that Israel has just a few years left at most before it implodes? Not the sharpest pencil in the drawer, is she…

[@elleherzog]

This is insane. - Good to see two fierce women.

[@paulamitchell1653]

When you stand ALONE against any institution, you are truly alone. I did it was an eye opening experience. Our political crisis is none listening---- we are not listening it's us vs. them... So how can anything be resolved.... Professor Franke stand strong.

[@asmodeus0454]

The suppression of anything critical of Israeli actions or policy by dismissing or threatening to dismiss faculty members at Columbia Univ. on the grounds of so-called "anti-semitism" is chilling. It seems free speech is dying in America.

[@terrygerych7327]

dying? when has it ever been robust? for example go back over a century to the harsh crackdown against pacifists critical of american participation in ww1. ever hear of eugene debs, sentenced to years in prison for the 'crime' of speaking against that war? the truth is, as it's always been in america, that 'free speech' is only allowed on certain topics and in certain circumstances. when it is most needed, like dissent in time of war, is when it's most suppressed and persecuted.

[@asmodeus0454]

@@terrygerych7327 Fair points duly noted.

[@AcousticUplift]

This is maddening but heartening, all at once. The courage shown by both Prof. Franke and especially her legal representative, Kathleen Peratis, moved me to tears. Thank God for brave, principled people who are willing to pursue justice and, as Kathleen said, a righteous cause even at great personal cost. Whilst we witness humanity at its worst in times like these, it also presents opportunities for that Imago Dei beauty to shine through and nourish hope. Bravo, mesdames.

[@yaqoutah1]

I am sorry to what both are facing ; I thank you for your voice to support the rights of others who are facing such atrocious situations. We are the citizens of the Arab countries are overwhelmed with your actions and while we are grateful; still we are doing nothing but praying for this nightmare to end.

[@TheZenGarden_]

The TRUTH is obviously not an ally in a world that has been conditioned with lies. ⌛

[@phasematerialsresearch9319]

Zionists love to lie

[@moonmist9]

Shame on Columbia too.

[@Hwy157]

Good, time for her to go.

[@charleskesner1302]

We are told that our democracy and free speech would be under threat by a Trump presidency. What a joke. Life under a Uniparty. I am glad they are standing up for free speech.

[@David31567]

Democracy dont include that you can tell a group that serve their nation as dangerous. Im Swedish I served my nation if she say "all Swedish soldiers are dangerous " its racism so she will get fired ....

[@CowboyConan]

@@David31567I know who the LIARS are.

[@erandeser5830]

What happened to the 3 Israeli thugs ? Why is this not mentioned ?

[@narddawg2718]

Events in History repeat themselves, just the years change 🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸

[@yonatangoldman9759]

Franke doesn't belong at any university

[@MiMiiViVi]

Glad i went to college when it was college, not a political platform for Israel.

[@NeshamaNation]

You made a Freudian slip. Surely you meant "for Hamas".

[@phasematerialsresearch9319]

@@NeshamaNation Learn what a Freudian slip is, ziobot.

[@menudobucket9837]

“Our institutions are failing us.” An examination of our history would prompt one to ask whether there was ever a time when they weren’t.