The "pro-Pakistan and anti-Israel" demonstrations in American colleges and universities continue,
The conflict between students and schools intensified, and the wave of demonstrations intensified;
The White House is silent, the police are suppressed, is "American-style democracy" dead?
As the situation continues to escalate, what kind of problems does the US side have?
Stopping the war and showing solidarity across American colleges and universities, will Biden's election collapse?
In the United States, supporters of US President Joe Biden are protesting against Biden. At present, the heat wave of "supporting Pakistan and opposing Israel" has swept all major colleges and universities in the United States. According to the New York Times, since the April 18 clearance of Columbia University in New York, the current wave has spread to more than 60 colleges and universities, and at least 2,000 people have been arrested. This "pro-Pakistan and anti-Israeli" student movement is evolving into an anti-Biden administration. Note that these student groups have historically been large voters for the Democratic Party. So, Biden's supporters are protesting against Biden. There is an even more terrible thing, the US media reported that several of Biden's huge donors have also indirectly funded the "pro-Pakistan and anti-Israeli" demonstrations in universities.
So, how did the fire of "pro-Pakistan and anti-Israel" in colleges and universities in the United States ignite? On the surface, the nationwide protests made global headlines in April, but in reality, they have been going on for months. On October 7 last year, the day after Hamas raided Israel, protests began on American college campuses.
Since October 2023, when the Palestinian-Israeli conflict ignited a wave of protests in solidarity with Palestine in American universities, "antisemitism" has suddenly become the focus of attention, and Republican members of the US Congress have immediately begun to hold hearings to investigate the "antisemitism" movement in many universities. In the face of congressional questioning, the presidents of Harvard University and the University of Pennsylvania in the United States were questioned for failing to actively deal with anti-Semitic rhetoric and condoning "anti-Semitism", and subsequently stepped down. In the face of a menacing anti-Semitic investigation, Shafiq, who has just taken over as president of Columbia University, seems to be on pins and needles.
On July 1, 2023, Shafiq, who is of Egyptian origin, officially assumed the post of president of Columbia University, becoming the first female president in the history of Columbia University. On April 17, 2024, Shafiq was named to appear at a hearing, where she pledged to take tough action against antisemitism on campus. And just as Shafiq was going all out to deal with the hearing, he was confronted with an embarrassing "backyard fire". On the day of her hearing, Columbia University students staged a protest and set up camp on a lawn in front of the Butler Library, also known as the Gaza Solidarity Camp. On April 18, Shafiq chose to report to the New York City Police Department, after which police officers in riot gear entered the Columbia University campus and arrested more than 100 students. This ignited this round of "pro-Pakistan and anti-Israel" waves. U.S. police stormed colleges and universities and violently confronted peaceful students who were demonstrating and protesting, with sticks, riot guns, stun guns, and pepper spray waiting for them. This scene shocked the world. Molly Bicklen, deputy director of law at the American Civil Liberties Union in New York, told the media: "It is very rare for students to be so swift and aggressive in deporting students who are peacefully protesting. ”
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu labeled the students' protests "anti-Semitic." Most politicians in the United States have unconditionally taken the stick handed over by Netanyahu, and they have all made a fuss about "anti-Semitism". However, Senator Bernie Sanders, a Democratic member of the United States, does not eat this set. "Mr. Netanyahu, please don't try to insult the intelligence of Americans by distracting us from your extremist and racist government's immoral and illegal war policies," he shouted out to Netanyahu. Sanders said it was not "anti-Semitic" to condemn the Israeli government. However, in the American political arena, Sanders is the only one who dares to say this. Sanders, he's fighting alone.
On April 23, Palestine, the United Nations and the European Union called for an independent investigation into the exhumation of hundreds of bodies, including a large number of children, from mass graves in three hospitals in Gaza following the withdrawal of Israeli forces from Gaza, according to officials from the Gaza Strip's Civil Defence Department, some of which were found with signs of torture and accusations of crimes against humanity committed by Israeli forces. The United States, however, has said it does not support an independent investigation into the causes of their deaths.
At a time when there is a wave of anti-war in colleges and universities across the United States, the Biden administration has added fuel to the flames of the conflict. On April 23, the U.S. Senate voted 79 in favor and 18 against to pass a package of bills that include aid to Ukraine, Israel and other regions. However, the final decision of the Senate seems to be the voice of the US Congress, not the voice of the entire American people. Just as the protests at colleges and universities had not subsided, protests at the level of American society were emerging.
But in the face of popular anger, the Biden administration seems to have turned a deaf ear. When U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken was asked by the media about the protests, he declared the demonstrations a "sign of democracy" in the United States, prompting many people to ask on social media why the violent repression of the U.S. police is contrary to democracy. The Washington Post pointed out that the protests are in full swing, and the roots lie within the United States, in the old-fashioned Americans themselves, who have destroyed the social fabric of the United States, and can no longer dump the blame on short video platforms of Russian or Chinese companies. CNN published a commentary saying that the demonstrations have caused internal antagonism among the Democratic Party in the United States, which may affect the outcome of the presidential election in November.
The election campaign between Trump and Biden has already begun. The situation now is in favor of Trump and not in favor of Biden. In fact, as we all know, Trump is better than Biden in favoring Israel, and the Republican Party is better than the Democratic Party. The problem is that the disadvantage of Biden is that he is in a bad "terrain", he is in power. The side on the stage must take responsibility for all the chaos in front of them. Trump only needs to say one word to take advantage: "I said it, Biden can't do it, just change me." "Historically, American voters have blamed only the one in power for all the chaos in front of them and now. Now, the person in power in power is Biden, and Biden is to blame. The US magazine "Foreign Policy" recently commented that "Israel is a strategic burden to the United States." It is clear that this is an argument for the Biden administration. American voters blame the Biden administration for all the chaos, and Foreign Policy magazine has helped the Biden administration dump the blame on Israel.
One of the means by which the United States maintains its hegemony in the world is to prop up proxies in various regions, and then intervene in regional affairs as a proxy ally. Israel is the most important ally and the most important proxy of the United States in the Middle East. Therefore, the US Foreign Policy magazine's claim that "Israel is a strategic burden of the United States" is absolutely a false proposition. Israel is by no means a "strategic baggage" of the United States, but a "strategic wealth" of the United States. If Israel is lost, the United States loses its fulcrum in the Middle East. As for the various differences between the Biden administration and the Netanyahu government, they are actually differences within the family. Since the outbreak of the current round of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, the United States has been providing military aid to Israel without stopping. Israel is determined that the United States will not abandon it, but needs it more than ever. As everyone knows, Israel has threatened to attack the southern Gaza city of Rafah no matter what. The United States ostensibly opposes Israel's attack on Rafah, but in reality, secretly, the United States has been supporting the Israeli army's actions. Some time ago, the United States said that Israel should not attack Rafah. Now, the U.S. narrative has changed to calling for the Palestinians to withdraw from Rafah. To put it simply, the United States and Israel have been singing a duet.
Now, what is Biden's top priority? Elections, of course, are running for re-election. American politicians, elections are everything! President Biden, re-election is everything! However, the crisis that is currently sweeping major colleges and universities in the United States may become a straw that crushes Biden's election. We said earlier that the Republicans are more Israeli-oriented than the Democrats, and Trump is more Israeli-biased than Biden. So, how can those pro-Palestinian and anti-Israeli voters in the United States vote for Trump? Yes, they certainly won't vote for Trump. However, they may choose not to vote. That would kill Biden. It is precisely this that worries Biden the most. It is not difficult to imagine that Biden's campaign team should be worried about the loss of batches of young voters under the wave of pro-Palestinian and anti-Israeli demonstrations in American colleges and universities across the United States.
This is really, the campus protests are like a fire, and Biden's election is half-scorched.
May 12, 2024 19:15 PM
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"Pro-Pakistan and anti-Israel" rebellion in American colleges and universities
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