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60 Pro-Palestinian Demonstrators Occupy Cornell U Campus Buildings, Stage Mock Trial of President Pollack
2023-12-04
Presumably this all happened on the liberal arts private college side of things, not the ag-tech state school.
[CornellSun] Pro-Palestinian students occupied Day Hall on Friday, Dec. 1, demanding the University adopt policies against doxxing, a new definition of antisemitism and commit to divestment in companies that support Israel’s military. After speaking to Vice President of Student and Campus Life Ryan Lombardi, their first demand will be addressed, but the others are up in the air, leading to a continuation of the occupation into the night.

Starting at noon, organizers began a “mock trial” for President Martha Pollack outside of Day Hall, accusing her of complicity in “genocide against Palestinian civilians.” The Cornell Coalition for Mutual Liberation — an on-campus group advocating for the Palestinian cause — organized the demonstration.

In an email to the administration, CML demanded protections for pro-Palestine speech, recognition of anti-Zionism as an ideology distinct from antisemitism and revisions to the University’s endowment that divest from companies with “involvement in human rights abuses” in Palestine.

They demanded Cornell work with them to make determinations about environmental, social and governance policy around investments. They also demanded that the University agree to a Wednesday, Dec. 6 meeting between President Martha Pollack, Vice President for University Relations Joel Malina, Provost Michael Kotlikoff, a representative from the Board of Trustees and group liaisons for CML to discuss these policies.

This demonstration comes after several events in support of Palestine over the past week. On Wednesday, Nov. 29, CML held a rally for Palestine and Sudan
...why Sudan, all of a sudden?
outside of Willard Straight Hall, and on Thursday, Nov. 30, advocates staged a die-in on the floor of Duffield Hall.
Die-ins are so much more effective when done outside, where all can see, but the weather is usually cold and wet this time of year.
“TRIAL” OF PRESIDENT POLLACK
Prior to entering Day Hall, demonstrators held signs such as “Disarm the Apartheid,” “Free Palestine” and “Divest Now,” carried large trash bags painted with a money symbol and brought a cardboard cutout of Pollack, placing it on the patio outside Day Hall. Other signs at the event said “DEFENDANT: CORNELL” and “CHARGE: GENOCIDE.”
So clever.
A speaker who said they were “prosecuting” Pollack defined genocide next to the cutout, citing examples of actions by Israel that they said constituted “war crimes.”

Following the opening remarks — which “found” Israel guilty of genocide and apartheid,
...of course they did. Otherwise why bother?
the demonstrators began chanting “From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free.”

The “prosecution” then condemned Cornell Tech for its collaboration with the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology and Cornell’s investment in defense company Raytheon — which they said provides missiles to the Israel Defense Forces. They also condemned the University’s investments in Tata Motors
...an Indian multi-national...
and Hewlett Packard.
Huh?
The Sun was not able to immediately verify whether the University invests in Raytheon, Tata Motors or Hewlett Packard.
Do universities invest, or do they just accept donations?
The prosecutor then “charged” Cornell with complicity in what they called the genocide, forcible deportation
...except the Gazans are still stuck in Gaza, however much they would like to be away from the destruction brought on by their elected government warring againt Israel. Because the entire Moslem world refuses to take them en masse, and anyway Egypt is keeping their border tightly closed to native Gazans...
and apartheid of Palestinians,
...Israel has mixed communities, and 20% of citizens are Arab. It’s the Palestinians of both the West Bank and Gaza who forbid Jews to live there...
as well as the targeting of civilians and intentional deprivation of objects necessary for survival, which they deemed “war crimes.”
Now they’re just making stuff up.
By 12:30 p.m., the crowd had swelled to roughly 60 demonstrators,
Golly.
who demanded Cornell’s “divestment from genocide and apartheid.”

OCCUPATION OF DAY HALL
Approximately 40 students entered Day Hall,
...such a crowd...
and at around 2:15 p.m., met with Vice President of Student and Campus Life Ryan Lombardi downstairs to discuss their demands.

In a letter to Pollack from Nov. 9 posted to their Instagram account, CML describes itself as a “coalition representing many diasporic and marginalized populations at Cornell.”
...except for the Jews, of course. Except the activist ones, who know to sit down and shut up when someone in a better victim class speaks...
Some speeches held outside of Day Hall before the onset of the occupation sought to contextualize the Israel-Hamas war and Palestinian movement within larger global trends.

One Malaysian speaker spoke about the connection between fighting in solidarity in Palestine with global movements against colonialism.
Except the so-called Palestinians are the actual colonists in this case, most of them having arrived to work for the Jews during the Great Depression or the years leading up to Israeli independence. Ironic, no?
Another speaker compared the occupation of Day Hall for Palestine with the Day Hall occupation from May 11 to May 12, 2023, in which Starbucks unionization activists staged a takeover in an effort to oust Starbucks products from Cornell’s campus.
Clearly puffing up their resumés for the day they graduate and look for jobs with professional “activist” groups.
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Posted by:trailing wife

#5  Here is my solution: No Cornell in the US.
Posted by: Jerens Black9355   2023-12-04 09:05  

#4  here is my solution...no muslims in the U.S.
Posted by: irish rage boy   2023-12-04 08:55  

#3  Pennsylvania governor slams anti-Semitic mob who screamed 'You can't hide, we charge you with genocide' into Jewish-owned Philly FALAFEL restaurant...hours after students at nearby UPenn called for 'intifada'
Posted by: Skidmark   2023-12-04 08:14  

#2  I'm sure the man "on trial" is a solid leftist in many ways. Just not left enough.

Little wiff of the French Revolution there...
Posted by: M. Murcek   2023-12-04 05:46  

#1  Spare the rod and spoil the child.
Posted by: Grom the Reflective   2023-12-04 02:39  

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