At a pro-Palestinian “teach-in” event focused on the Israel-Hamas conflict, University of Minnesota liberal arts professor Melanie Yazzie advocated for the dismantling and decolonization of America.
In her speech, Yazzie drew parallels between the U.S. and Israel, saying, “And, of course, the U.S. bankrolls the Israeli occupation of Palestinian land. They’re one and the same, really.”
Yazzie said people must work to decolonize the U.S., labeling it as “the greatest predator empire that has ever existed” and said the U.S. must withdraw from various global regions, including “Palestine” and “Turtle Island” — a term used by some Native American tribes for North America.
“The goal is to dismantle the settler project that is the United States for the freedom and the future of all life on this planet,” she said.
Regarding the Oct. 7 attacks by Hamas, Yazzie said: “It is a righteous struggle and it is so powerful that it has literally, in 60 days, changed the entire world. The entire world has changed. I knew it the moment that it happened that nothing, and I mean nothing for colonizers or for any of the good, humble people of the Earth, would ever be the same ever again.”
“And we need to lean into that. Lean into the fact that colonizers are scared,” she said, literally laughing as she spoke. “Lean into scaring them and making them feel uncomfortable!”
Sending a message to the gathering’s “Palestinian relatives,” Yazzi said that “In addition to solidarity and the things that we might do, having the moral authority as the original people of these lands, to push back against the violent settler project that is the United States.”
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They don’t hate the US “too”. Their primary hatred is for the USA; they only hate Israel because it is a USA ally. If Ben Gurion had decided in 1949 to align Israel with the USSR rather than the West, the entire “Palestinian” cause would never have been invented and the left would still be solidly pro-Israel as it was originally.
It is time to permanently close-down ALL American colleges and universities.
They are no longer about education; they are about brainwashing students
into becoming followers of evil murderous thieves and liars like:
Karl Marx, Joseph Stalin, Leonid Brezhnev, Mao Zedong, Kim Jong-il,
the Former Soviet Union [USSR] and its KGB, Fidel Castro and Yassir Arafat.
I am not an opponent of secular education.
On the contrary, I believe that secular education is very important.
But our colleges and universities have abandoned secular education
and replaced it with radical Socialist indoctrination and brainwashing.
They must be completely and permanently closed down, ALL of them!
So much so of their ingratitude, first being allowed into the US, given residence and enrolled in their Universities and now spewing hatred – don’t through a stone while sitting in a glasshouse!
Gazan’s have been given an independent territory – the thank you: TERROR
Westbank got autonomy – the thank you; TERROR!
The woman in question is a civil servant (faculty at a public university) in Minnesota, from the Navajo Nation, who has never studied or work in, and apparently knows nothing about the Middle East – since she doesn’t even present arguments to try to distinguish the Navajo (and American Indian) claims, in general based on being indigenous to America, from our claims as being indigenous to Eretz Yisrael.
DavidtheKanoi: she was never given residence to the United States, her family was living in what is now the United States prior to 1492, and the United States conquered the area in the 19th century (cf: Mexican War). They probably were made citizens (against their will) in the 20th century. The status of American Indians in the United States is arguably identical to the status of Jews in Eretz Yisrael, and as the situation in Eretz Yisrael indicates, those who colonize and settle a place (e.g. the non-indigenous Americans, the Palestinian Arabs) are not willing to get up and leave no matter what the indigenous populations (e.g. the Navajo, the Jews) says. Note that Eretz Yisrael is probably the only place where an indigenous populations has managed to evict the colonists after the colonists became a majority.
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So who are the indigenous people of “Palestine”. I can trace my ancestry 3900 year back to “Palestine” there isn’t a single professed Palestinian that can do that. Learn your History Before you proselytize
Halacha: I would argue that Jews are the indigenous people of Palestine. The Palestinians are descended from Greeks (which include the Philistines), Romans and Arab colonists, but also from OTD (Helenistic) Jews, and Jews (especially women) who were enslaved by the Romans. Culturally, the Palestinians are pure settlers as the name “Arab” suggests (they didn’t start to call themselves “Palestinians” until after their brother Arabs stabbed them in the back in 1948, though DNA suggests that they closely related to Jews. Also note that the number of Jews whose families have lived continuously in Eretz Yisrael are negligible since on multiple occasions the goyim adopted politics to make Eretz Yisrael “Judenrein”.
It should be noted the except for the Jews, no indigenous population has ever retaken control of their homeland after the colonists became a majority, and that at least some rabbanim correctly saw that the Arabs would seriously resist attempt by Jews to retake political control (the solution would have been to avoid taking political control, suggest a larger country so Jews would stay a minority, and to focus on economic, social and religious rights rather than running the government).
Are these ppl born like this. Awkupation of Palestinian land
Let’s make believe the Bible doesnt grant the land to Jews, why is the land anymore Palestinian than it is jewish. at worst it’s a fifty fifty toss up and they have it as 100% Palestinian. based off what