It was a draft that circulated among the faculty and staff - not sure how many saw it. It contains the following gems:
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"Israel has consistently lied about its actions and intentions. For example, Israel has claimed to
offer Palestinians safe passage away from the violence only to bomb them as they fled. Israel
has said it only targets militants, yet has bombed schools, hospitals, places of prayer, UN
shelters, and domestic residences. Israel has consistently misrepresented Hamas’s October 7th
attack as the reason for its massive, brutal campaign.
But we know the reason for this: the elimination of the Palestinian people to claim their land.
We know that this current war is not about Hamas.
This war is representative of the entire history of the Israeli-Palestinian “conflict”: the dispossession and ethnic cleansing of the Palestinian people from their lands and homes by an occupying, settler state power.
We also know that what is happening right now in the Gaza Strip is genocide, a crime against
humanity, being carried out by the Israeli government. We did not need scholars of genocide to
confirm this, although they have. We have known since 2006, when Israel first imposed the
punishing siege on the people of Gaza, that this was the end game all along.
The FSJP of UMB condemn Israel’s genocide and demand its immediate end.
The FSJP of UMB condemn the ethnic cleansing and forced removal this genocidal warfare is
causing and recognize it as another Nakba, or catastrophe, the name Palestinians have given to
the 1948 expulsion that facilitated the creation of the state of Israel.
The FSJP of UMB condemn Israeli settler colonialism, military occupation, and apartheid, as
well as the American and European imperial interests that fund and fortify them.
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(end of message)
We know that Israel has done a terrible job eliminating the Palestinian people, considering that their numbers have doubled 10 times since 1948.
Where can I read the rest of this statement by UMB faculty and staff?
It was a draft that circulated among the faculty and staff - not sure how many saw it. It contains the following gems:
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"Israel has consistently lied about its actions and intentions. For example, Israel has claimed to
offer Palestinians safe passage away from the violence only to bomb them as they fled. Israel
has said it only targets militants, yet has bombed schools, hospitals, places of prayer, UN
shelters, and domestic residences. Israel has consistently misrepresented Hamas’s October 7th
attack as the reason for its massive, brutal campaign.
But we know the reason for this: the elimination of the Palestinian people to claim their land.
We know that this current war is not about Hamas.
This war is representative of the entire history of the Israeli-Palestinian “conflict”: the dispossession and ethnic cleansing of the Palestinian people from their lands and homes by an occupying, settler state power.
We also know that what is happening right now in the Gaza Strip is genocide, a crime against
humanity, being carried out by the Israeli government. We did not need scholars of genocide to
confirm this, although they have. We have known since 2006, when Israel first imposed the
punishing siege on the people of Gaza, that this was the end game all along.
The FSJP of UMB condemn Israel’s genocide and demand its immediate end.
The FSJP of UMB condemn the ethnic cleansing and forced removal this genocidal warfare is
causing and recognize it as another Nakba, or catastrophe, the name Palestinians have given to
the 1948 expulsion that facilitated the creation of the state of Israel.
The FSJP of UMB condemn Israeli settler colonialism, military occupation, and apartheid, as
well as the American and European imperial interests that fund and fortify them.
---
(end of message)
We know that Israel has done a terrible job eliminating the Palestinian people, considering that their numbers have doubled 10 times since 1948.
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