By Daphne Anson
Supporters of sacked CNN commentator Marc Lamont Hill, a Temple University media studies academic, inveigh against Israel and its supporters.
In Philadelphia,
‘About 100 people — the majority there to champion the professor — faced off under Temple’s Bell Tower as the sun began to set and a chill set in.
Susan Abulhawa, a Palestinian American writer and political activist, led the pro-Hill students in a chant of “From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free” before handing the microphone to students who declined to identify themselves.
“We’re here to support Marc Lamont Hill,” said Abulhawa. “Temple is threatening to dismiss him and trying to destroy his life. We’re here to show [Temple president Richard M.] Englert and the university trustees they can’t censor this faculty.”
Directly across the sidewalk, Steve Feldman, executive director of the Zionist Organization of America’s Philadelphia chapter, led an opposing chant that grew in intensity.
“Am Yisrael Chai,” the smaller group shouted. The Hebrew phrase loosely translates to “the nation of Israel lives.” Feldman and his group later launched into “The Star-Spangled Banner” in an attempt to drown out Hill’s supporters.’
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And in New York City:
“And the Zionists got hurt,” the opening speaker on thevideo rants, while her followers repeat her pronouncements like kindergarten kids, including her“I’m hoping that this will be the beginning of a real fight against antisemitic, white supremacist Zionists.”
To quote the uploader, MEMRI TV:
‘On December 1, 2018, a pro-Palestine, anti-Zionist, and anti-CNN protest was held in New York City following CNN’s firing of Marc Lamont Hill over comments about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict at the United Nations.
Nancy Mansour, who is the founder of the pro-Palestinian organization “Existence is Resistance,” said that the Zionists pressured CNN to fire Hill, and that she hopes this will be the beginning of a real fight against “anti-Semitic, white supremacist Zionists.”
Zacharia Barghouti of the Palestinian Youth Movement (PYM) said that the PYM recognizes that Israel cannot be a Jewish ethno-state and democratic simultaneously. Alexi Shalom from “In Our Lifetime – United for Palestine” said that Israel is not a state and that anti-Zionism is the fulfillment of the human rights of oppressed people all over the world.’
UK Media Watch’s American-born Israel-based Adam Levick points out here (with links):
‘Unfortunately, if you were to base your understanding of why CNN fired Hill on the international media coverage of the row, and tweets by Hill’s defenders, you’d come away with the false impression that he was let go merely for criticising Israel and calling for a “free Palestine.”
In fact, he was fired because his speech included a call for a future Palestinian state “from the river to the sea,” and a thinly veiled justification for Palestinian terror.
Regarding the “river to the sea” comments, Hill denied that it was a call for Israel’s destruction.
However, there is simply no question that, among Western pro-Palestinian activists and — especially — terror groups like Hamas, calling for a future Palestine “from the [Jordan] river to the [Mediterranean] sea” is code for the rejection of the continued existence of a Jewish state within any borders. In fact, Hill himself, in a recent tweet, acknowledged that he holds this view.’ [Emphasis added]
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