An American Muslim student’s perspective on the Palestinian-Israeli crisis in the Stanford Daily December 8 2023

 "Terrorism is terrorism, whether it’s committed by a state or a stateless people. Terrorism is terrorism whether the U.S. government acknowledges it or not.

Israel is most deserving of the “terrorist” title in this conflict, especially given their lack of mitigating circumstances: they are not being occupied or blockaded, they have international support and they have advanced military technology capable of precise targeting. Why, then, are Muslim students asked to condemn Hamas, while advocates for Israel are not asked to condemn the IDF?

What is Israel’s excuse for leveling residential buildings? Or targeting refugee camps and schools with airstrikes? Or cutting off electricity, food, medicine and fuel to all of Gaza as collective punishment? Or dropping white phosphorus on civilians? Or ordering over a million Gazans to evacuate before bombing an evacuation route? Or murdering over 170 civilians in the West Bank, which is not governed by Hamas, while the world is distracted by grave risk of genocide in Gaza?" Hamza El Boudali

 

From the Community | A Muslim student’s perspective on the Palestinian-Israeli crisis

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Opinion by From the Community

Hamza El Boudali ’22 is a master’s student in computer science.

 

Dec. 8, 2023, 5:29 a.m.

 

 Over the past nine weeks, students showing solidarity with Palestine have been incessantly accused of supporting terrorism — I have received comments, emails and social media messages claiming that I support beheading babies.... READ MORE 

 

https://stanforddaily.com/2023/12/08/from-the-community-a-muslim-students-perspective-on-the-palestinian-israeli-crisis/

 

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