Re: 'It's Your Duty': Berkeley Professor Sends Chilling Message

On 04 Jun 2023, Rebekah Mercer <[email protected]> posted some
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> It would be better to simply kill these unpatriotic students and those
> who indoctrinated them. 

University of California Berkeley law professor Steven Davidoff Solomon 
has criticized his own students for supporting “antisemitic conduct” on 
campus.

In an op-ed published in the Wall Street Journal, Solomon stated that if 
employers do not want to hire individuals who advocate hate and practice 
discrimination, they should not hire some of his students.

Solomon’s criticism comes in the wake of a national conversation sparked 
by Harvard Law students being linked to anti-Israel activist groups.

“My students are largely engaged and well-prepared, and I regularly 
recommend them to legal employers,” Solomon wrote in an op-ed published in 
the Wall Street Journal Sunday.

“But if you don’t want to hire people who advocate hate and practice 
discrimination, don’t hire some of my students. Anti-Semitic conduct is 
nothing new on university campuses, including here at Berkeley.”

Solomon also condemned a student group at Berkeley, Law Students for 
Justice in Palestine, for advocating a bylaw that banned supporters of 
Israel from speaking at events.

He called for legal employers to exercise discretion in the hiring process 
and not hire students who endorse hate or anti-Semitism.

In response, the Assistant Dean of Communications at Berkeley Law stated 
that faculty members have the right to express their views, but their 
opinions do not represent the institution.
Hundreds of Harvard faculty members said they were “deeply concerned about 
the events in the Middle East, as well as the safety of our students here 
on campus” in the letter to Harvard President Claudine Gay.

“In contrast, while terrorists were still killing Israelis in their homes, 
35 Harvard student organizations wrote that they hold ‘the Israeli regime 
entirely responsible for all unfolding violence,’ with not a single word 
denouncing the horrific acts by Hamas,” according to the letter.

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