Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu’s April 25, 2024 Remarks, About Antisemitic Mobs at American Universities
April 25, 2024, All Israel News Staff, “Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu addressed on Wednesday the surge of anti-Israel and antisemitic sentiments spreading across American universities and college campuses. In a video statement, Netanyahu condemned the rallies led by “antisemitic mobs” and urged administrators to stop them. “What’s happening in America’s college campuses is horrific. Antisemitic mobs have taken over leading universities. They call for the annihilation of Israel. They attack Jewish students. They attack Jewish faculty. This is reminiscent of what happened in German universities in the 1930s. It’s unconscionable. It has to be stopped. It has to be condemned and condemned unequivocally. But that’s not what happened. The response of several university presidents was shameful,” the Israeli Prime Minister argued. He noted that “fortunately, state, local, federal officials, many of them have responded differently but there has to be more. More has to be done. It has to be done not only because they attack Israel, that’s bad enough, not only because they want to kill Jews wherever they are, that’s bad enough, it’s also when you listen to them, it's also because they say not only, ‘Death to Israel. Death to the Jews, but ‘Death to America.’ And this tells us there is an antisemitic surge here that has terrible consequences.” Netanyahu added, “Now, what is important is for all of us, all of us who are interested and cherish our values and our civilization, to stand up together and say enough is enough. We have to stop antisemitism because antisemitism is the canary in the coal mine. It always precedes larger conflagrations that engulf the entire world. “So, I ask all of you, Jews and non-Jews alike, who are concerned with our common future and our common values to do one thing: stand up, speak up, be counted. Stop antisemitism now.”
My Two Cents:
I have been watching the growing antisemitic mob violence at Universities, with growing concern. It seems that many of the students involved are swallowing Hamas propaganda, and they apparently have no interest in researching what the truth is. I agree with Netanyahu that the similarities between 1930s Germany and now are frightening. I for one, do stand up and speak up and say, we must stop antisemitism now!!