The anti-Israel movement — put on full display across dozens of college campuses and major American cities in recent weeks amid Israel's war with Hamas — bears a striking resemblance to certain movements by social justice activists in the United States, experts suggest. It is sad to know how many left wing radicals are in the US.
Since the Oct. 7 attacks on Israel by Hamas terrorists, there has been an outpouring of protests across the world not condemning the terror group but rather the Jewish State, which is still reeling from the murders of more than 1,400 Israelis. The reasoning behind several of those protests, which have been complex and unpredictable in many cases, boils down to the teachings and activism of "left-wing academics" who have long supported certain racial divides and expect others to do the same, according to observers who've watched the issue unfold and offered their perspectives to Fox News Digital.
"The left-wing academics who have been cheering on violent 'decolonization' against Jews have been pushing the same hideous rhetoric against 'whiteness' for years. Same ideology. Same hatred. Same bloodlust," said Christopher F. Rufo, a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute and a contributing editor of City Journal.
Rufo noted that several on the "academic left treat the Hamas fighter as a noble savage who symbolizes revolt against the West and through whom the academic can experience the thrill of violence. "The fighter is seen as the physical embodiment of the jargon: ‘decolonization,’ ‘resistance,' 'power," he added. "Time to connect the dots and fight it together."Similarly, Lisa Daftari, editor-in-chief of The Foreign Desk, said she believes the rise in antisemitism across the country represents the "cross-sectionality" of social justice movements and other groups that place a particular focus on support for left-wing ideas.