There have been many ‘other casualties’ of the Hamas Israel war. I am sure that only a few ‘made it’ into headlines, many will suffer unnoticed.
Here just a few that made it into the Headlines recently.
Harvard University.
Harvard loses another major donor over its ‘dismal failure’ to take an ‘unequivocal stand against the barbaric murders’ of Israelis by Hamas
BYJANET LORIN AND BLOOMBERG
October 17, 2023 at 6:21 AM GMT+8
A major Harvard donor said it will no longer fund the university.
MENAHEM KAHANA/AFP VIA GETTY IMAGES
The Wexner Foundation became the latest donor to pull support from Harvard University over its response to the Hamas attack on Israel.
The foundation’s wealth is derived from L Brands, the former parent company of retailers Victoria’s Secret and Bath & Body Works.
source and more https://fortune.com/2023/10/16/wexner-foundation-harvard-donor-israel-hamas/
University Loses Funding on Israel Stance as College Donors Apply Pressure
BY KHALEDA RAHMAN ON 10/16/23 AT 11:35 AM EDT00:20
The University of Pennsylvania has lost one of its biggest longtime donors while several other institutions are reportedly facing pressure from powerful financial backers over what they see as insufficient condemnation of Hamas’ attack on Israel.
Jon Huntsman, a former U.S. ambassador to China and Russia, told Penn President Liz Magill that his family will “close its checkbook” on future donations to the university.
“The University’s silence in the face of reprehensible and historic Hamas evil against the people of Israel (when the only response should be outright condemnation) is a new low,” Huntsman wrote in an email to Magill, according to the student-run Daily Pennsylvanian. “Silence is antisemitism, and antisemitism is hate, the very thing higher ed was built to obviate.”
The controversy at Penn comes as college campuses across the U.S. have seen tensions heighten as the death toll continues to rise in the Israel-Hamas war. Jewish students and their allies are demanding strong condemnation after Hamas militants on October 7 stormed into southern Israel from the blockaded Gaza Strip, gunning down and abducting civilians and soldiers.
On Sunday, Magill sent a message to the Penn community referring to Hamas’ violence as a “terrorist” attack for the first time. She also addressed criticism of Penn for hosting a Palestinian-focused literary festival.
“The University did not, and emphatically does not, endorse these speakers or their views,” she said in the message, which was posted on the university’s website. “While we did communicate, we should have moved faster to share our position strongly and more broadly with the Penn community.”
She continued: “I stand, and Penn stands, emphatically against antisemitism. We have a moral responsibility—as an academic institution and a campus community—to combat antisemitism and to educate our community to recognize and reject hate.”
source https://www.newsweek.com/university-loses-funding-israel-stance-donors-1835027
Politician of Turkish descent removed from electoral list in Netherlands
Yasin Makineli, a young Dutch politician of Turkish descent, nominated as a candidate for the Farmer-Citizen Movement in the Netherlands, was removed from the electoral list following pressure from pro-Armenian and pro-Israeli groups.
A young Dutch politician has been disqualified from his party’s electoral list, apparently due to his positions on the Armenian issue and the Middle East conflict.
Yasin Makineli, who was running for the Farmer-Citizen Movement (BBB), revealed in an interview with TRT Deutsch on Tuesday that he had been asked to label the events of 1915 as ‘genocide’ and apologise to an Israeli lobbying organisation for his support of Palestine.
Despite being democratically endorsed by party members at the party conference on September 23, the 24-year-old of Turkish descent politician was surprised by his party’s decision.
Makineli aimed to address “current issues affecting people,” such as increasing energy costs and declining purchasing power in the Netherlands. “We were born and raised here and we want to engage in discussing important matters,” he said.
The 24-year-old politician drew parallels between his situation and that of three Turkish-origin politicians who were expelled from their parties in 2006 because they refused to politicise historical questions related to the events of 1915.
“It’s disheartening that nothing has changed in 17 years. I’ve encountered the same situation as my political predecessors and I’m deeply disappointed,” he said.
The Netherlands is set to hold early parliamentary elections on November 22, following the collapse of coalition negotiations after the March elections.
The Farmer-Citizen Movement (BBB) is a new protest party seeking the support of farmers and rural populations.
In the March 2023 provincial parliament elections, the right-conservative party emerged as the leading force nationwide.
source and more https://www.trtworld.com/europe/politician-of-turkish-descent-removed-from-electoral-list-in-netherlands-15338975
3 law students from Harvard and Columbia lost job offers over student organizations’ statements on the Israel-Hamas war
Oct 18, 2023, 7:29 AM GMT+8
- Davis Polk has pulled job offers to three law students from Harvard and Columbia.
- The firm said the students were part of statements on the Israel-Hamas war that went against its values.
- This comes after a New York University law student also lost a job offer over a statement on Israel.
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The law firm Davis Polk & Wardwell has rescinded job offers to three students from Harvard University and Columbia University, saying they were involved in student organizations whose statements on the Israel-Hamas war countered the firm’s values.
A spokesperson for Davis Polk told Insider on Tuesday that the students had their job offers pulled.
“The views expressed in certain of the statements signed by law school student organizations in recent days are in direct contravention of our firm’s value system,” a statement provided to Insider said. “For this reason and to ensure we continue to maintain a supportive and inclusive work environment, the student leaders responsible for signing on to these statements are no longer welcome in our firm; and their offers of employment have thus been rescinded.”
The move was first reported by Law.com, which obtained an email sent by the Davis Polk & Wardwell chair, Neil Barr, to the rest of the firm. The email also said the students had leadership positions in the organizations that issued the statements.
Sports reporter in Philadelphia loses job over pro-Palestinian comments
Jackson Frank was let go by PhillyVoice.com after he responded ‘Solidarity with Palestine’ to a 76ers tweet condemning Hamas
@olliemilman Tue 10 Oct 2023
A sports reporter in Philadelphia has lost his job after tweeting his “solidarity” with Palestine in the wake of Hamas’s deadly attack on Israel.
Jackson Frank, a writer who covered the Philadelphia 76ers professional basketball team, is “no longer employed by PhillyVoice.com” after he expressed support for the Palestinian cause on the social media platform formerly known as Twitter, PhillyVoice.com chief executive Hal Donnelly told the New York Post.
Frank’s departure stemmed from his response to a tweet by the 76ers about the escalating violence in Israel and Gaza, where hundreds of Israeli and Palestinian civilians have died, first from a deadly incursion by Hamas militants over the weekend and then from retaliatory airstrikes from the Israeli military.
The 76ers tweeted: “We stand with the people of Israel and join them in mourning the hundreds of innocent lives lost to terrorism at the hands of Hamas,” along with the hashtag #StandWithIsrael.
Frank responded by quoting the tweet while adding: “This post sucks! Solidarity with Palestine always.” Frank, who had only recently joined PhillyVoice.com as a sports reporter, has since deleted the tweet.
The deteriorating situation in the Middle East has exposed schisms in the US, which has traditionally been a staunch ally of Israel. A pro-Palestine rally has been held for two days in New York City while dueling protests supporting the Palestinians and Israelis have faced off in Boston.
Joe Biden has condemned what he called the “appalling terrorist assault” against Israel, which involved the killing of hundreds of people, including those attending a music festival, and the kidnapping of dozens of others. Biden has added that the “American people stand shoulder to shoulder with Israelis”.
Republicans have, however, accused the Biden administration of being “complicit” in the attacks by claiming, misleadingly, that a deal to partly lift sanctions on Iran helped fund the attacks by Hamas.
According to polling taken prior to the latest surge in violence, Americans’ sympathies are still mostly with Israel but the picture is changing. More Democrats are now sympathetic to the Palestinian cause than they are of Israel, according to a Gallup poll in March, even as Republican voters remain overwhelmingly more aligned with Israel’s view of the conflict.
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Frank was not the only media figure to lose his job after expressing support for Palestine. As the Daily Beast reported, the adult magazine Playboy terminated a partnership with the Lebanese American social media influencer and former porn actor Mia Khalifa after she expressed solidarity with Palestine after the Hamas attacks in Israel.
Playboy reportedly said it had spiked its deal with Khalifa because she had made “disgusting and reprehensible comments”.
source and more https://www.theguardian.com/media/2023/oct/10/philadelphia-sports-reporter-loses-job-pro-palestinian-comments
NYU law student reportedly loses job over Israel-Hamas war comments
By NBC New York Staff • Published October 10, 2023 •
The war of words over the ongoing Israel-Hamas violence in the Middle East has stretched to most corners of the internet, as well as New York, where a law student has reportedly lost a job over “inflammatory” comments.
Ryna Workman, student president of the NYU Law School Bar Association, published a statement in a school newsletter that was widely circulated on social media Tuesday, stating “unwavering and absolute solidarity with Palestinians in their resistance against oppression toward liberation and self-determination.”
“Israel bears full responsibility for this tremendous loss of life. This regime of state-sanctioned violence created the conditions that made resistance necessary. I will not condemn Palestinian resistance,” the message continued.
The bar association president went on to condemn apartheid, settler colonialism and “the violence of trapping thousands in an open-air prison.”
Winston & Strawn, a law firm that apparently employed Workman as a summer associate, announced that the law student’s employment offer had been rescinded because of their comments.
“Today, Winston & Strawn learned that a former summer associate published certain inflammatory comments regarding Hamas’ recent terrorist attack on Israel and distributed it to the NYU Student Bar Association,” the statement said. “These comments profoundly conflict with Winston & Strawn’s values as a firm. Accordingly, the Firm has rescinded the law student’s offer of employment.”
Officials with New York University also spoke out Tuesday, releasing a number of statements criticizing the student’s position and distancing the school from the message.
“The statement issued by the Student Bar Association does not in any way reflect the point of view of NYU. Acts of terrorism are immoral. The indiscriminate killing of civilians and hostage-taking, including children and the elderly, is reprehensible. Blaming victims of terrorism for their own deaths is wrong,” John Beckman, an NYU spokesperson, said.
Editor’s Comments. The above are just a few ‘casualties’. I am sure there are many more ‘out there’ that do not make it into the media.
As for us. We stand for justice. We stand for Islamic Law on warfare.
War should be conducted in a disciplined way, to avoid injuring non-combatants, with the minimum necessary force, without anger and with humane treatment towards prisoners of war. During his life, Muhammad gave various injunctions to his forces and adopted practices toward the conduct of war.
see also https://www.reviewofreligions.org/44012/islamic-law-on-rules-of-war/
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