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A student newspaper at Amherst College in Massachusetts is under fire for publishing a piece titled \u201cIn Defense of Hamas\u201d in its second Fall 2022 issue.<\/p>\n

The Amherst Contra<\/em> piece, which does not appear to be online yet although a print version of it has gone viral on social media, calls Hamas \u201cthe perennial boogeyman of discussions on Israel-Palestine\u201d and says that while it may very well be a terror group, \u201cIsrael and the U.S. government are equally as violent and less justified.\u201d<\/p>\n

The anonymous piece argues that Hamas\u2019 violence is \u201ca drop in a pool\u201d compared to the U.S. and Israel, accusing the latter of murdering and torturing Palestinian civilians. It goes on to say that Hamas violence is \u201cfar more morally justified\u201d than Israeli actions against Hamas because \u201cviolent resistance groups\u201d are the result of \u201cconstant human rights abuses.\u201d<\/p>\n

The author concluded the piece by stating that discussions about Hamas are merely attempts to obfuscate Israel\u2019s \u201cdecades of systematic apartheid and oppression.<\/p>\n

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Jewish groups condemned the piece.<\/p>\n

\u201cGlorifying a foreign terror organization that espouses #antisemitism and hate, and is responsible for the killing of so many innocent Israelis, Americans and others, is inexcusable,\u201d Anti-Defamation League New England tweeted. \u201cWe expect @AmherstCollege to speak out against this dangerous and misguided article.\u201d<\/p>\n

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StandWithUs CEO and co-founder Roz Rothstein said in a statement to the Journal<\/em>, \u201cPublishing a defense of an internationally recognized terrorist organization that promotes murder and targets innocent civilians in Israel,<\/b>\u00a0and uses its own people as human shields, is beyond\u00a0<\/b>appalling. Justifying this terrorism as a tactic to paint Israel as being terror-driven,\u00a0<\/b>when it is in fact driven by its responsibility to protect its citizens of all backgrounds, is dishonest and slanderous.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Israel Defense Forces (IDF) has been praised by military experts around the world for its maximum promotion of morals and ethics during and between conflicts. To attempt to state otherwise, particularly anonymously, simply showcases cowardice and bigotry. Amherst\u2019s administration must condemn this justification of violence against Jews and Israelis of all faiths,<\/b>\u00a0a group of people who share an identity with members of the Amherst community,\u00a0<\/b>in the strongest of terms and take measures to ensure their safety on campus,\u201d Rothstein said.<\/p>\n

CAMERA on Campus similarly tweeted, \u201cAttempts to whitewash the murderous actions of a terrorist org hell-bent on killing Jews are downright dangerous & an affront to Jewish students. @AmherstCollege, care to address this pro-Hamas propaganda?\u201d<\/p>\n

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Amherst College said in a statement to the Journal<\/em>, \u201cThis anonymous student publication represents the opinion of its author, and it does not purport to be a statement on behalf of the college or the larger student body. Amherst prizes and defends freedom of speech and the freedom to dissent in a respectful manner. As the college\u2019s statement on academic and expressive freedom states, \u2018At times, the desire to foster a climate of mutual respect may test the college\u2019s duty to protect and promote the unfettered exchange of ideas. On such occasions, the college\u2019s obligations remain clear. The liberal arts cannot thrive absent the freedom to espouse and debate ideas that are unpopular, controversial, discomfiting\u2014and even seemingly wrongheaded or offensive.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

The Amherst Contra<\/em> did not respond to the Journal<\/em>\u2019s request for comment.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

This article was originally published<\/a> on JNS.org and The Jewish Journal (Los Angeles) by Reporter Aaron Bandler.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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