Columbia students honor terrorists on Veteran’s Day
Students at Columbia University on Monday observed Veteran’s Day by celebrating terrorists such as Yahya Sinwar, the late Hamas chief who masterminded the October 7th massacre.
Social media posts by students declared Monday to be “Martyr’s Day."
“We are reclaiming Veterans Day for our martyrs as we refuse to honor the US War Machine,” read one post that invited students to gather at the sundial on Columbia’s campus at 12 PM. “Come read a martyr’s story and plant a poppy in their memory. When the Zionist entity is working to destroy a people, to remember is to resist.
“We must center the people who we are fighting for, and remember what we are pushing for: divestment at Columbia, and the total liberation of Palestinians. Columbia is complicit in the deaths of these martyrs through the endeavors it has invested its endowment in. Come learn, grieve, and be pushed to action.
“In the face of a genocide, it is easy to move with urgency, but we must make sure to be intentional in our organizing. Join us as we center the very real and full lives of Palestinians (and others) being sieged and killed by the Zionist entity. Eternal glory to all the martyrs.”
A video clip of the event shows a crowd of students sitting on the grass at the Columbia University Sundial, many wearing keffiyehs, while one of them spoke.
“We stand here today to honor all our martyrs, those who resisted, whether violently or non-violently. If this makes you uneasy, ask yourself why,” she said to applause.
According to The Jewish Press, the students paid homage to Sinwar and other terrorists.
The event was unsurprising given the pro-Hamas activism that has wracked Columbia and other universities since October 7th, sponsored by George Soros’ Open Society Foundations and the Rockefeller Brothers Fund.
It was also predictable considering the totalitarian culture at the university, which was rated one of the worst colleges in the country for free speech.
North Korean defector: Columbia students ‘are brainwashed’
Last year, North Korean defector Yeonmi Park pointed out how Columbia students are "brainwashed” on a level similar to their North Korean counterparts.
When she first started at Columbia after escaping to the United States, Park was immediately taught about “safe spaces,” “trigger warnings,” and how White men are the cause of all problems. She was afraid of the social repercussions if she failed to use “preferred pronouns” correctly.
Park remembers being a young girl in North Korea and believing that the country’s leader, Kim Jong Un, was overworked and “starving” until she saw photos of the overweight dictator — but American students are so brainwashed no evidence can convince them, she says.
“In some ways they (in the US) are brainwashed. Even though there’s evidence so clearly in front of their eyes they can’t see it."
In March 2023, Columbia University’s race-based student groups refused to recruit more minority students until the administration deleted a post about a meeting between Columbia law students and conservative Justice Bret Kavanaugh.
