More fallout from the Ohio University “blood bucket” challenge, in which student senate president Megan Marzec, a strong supporter of Palestinian human rights, dumped a bucket of fake blood over her head and called for divestment from Israel, causing outrage among Israel supporters. A week ago, Ohio University student senate treasurer Carter Phillips resigned, blasting the “environment” of the student senate. It’s given to “dogma.” What did it for him was the September 10 meeting at which supporters of Israel refused to end a filibuster and were ultimately arrested. Phillips: It becomes our turn to listen to our constituency, and what do we do? We disrupt them when they’re speaking; we chant when they sit down, and we have them arrested for speaking out All legitimacy we had as the student government of this university went out the door in handcuffs last Wednesday. This is no longer a government, it is a circus. and it breaks my heart to see an organization that has the ability to help every student on campus destroy itself. Well, Phillips has gotten back up from a prominent Ohio politicians, state treasurer Josh Mandel, who is now running for reelection and writes a letter to the Post, the student newspaper of Ohio University, applauding Phillips for taking a stand against radical Islam on campus: And to the small group of students and faculty at OU who are so out of touch with most Americans that they actually side with radical Islamic groups like Hamas over democratic allies like Israel, my message is clear: Not only do I reject your call for divestment from Israel, but to the contrary, I proudly stand by the millions of dollars that Democratic and Republican Ohio Treasurers have invested in Israel Bonds over the past decade — including the $105 million in the current Ohio Treasury portfolio. - See more at: mondoweiss.net/2014/09/treasurer-divestment-american/comment-page-1#comment-712221
Posted on: Fri, 26 Sep 2014 02:40:41 +0000
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