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The American Historical Association Voted to Accuse Israel of "Scholasticide" in Gaza
(JNS) Jonathan S. Tobin - Those who are determined to justify the war against the Jewish state as a righteous cause have come up with new language - "scholasticide." Last week members of the American Historical Association voted to accuse Israel of "scholasticide" in Gaza. They also condemned U.S. support for the war on Hamas without so much as a single mention of terrorism or the release of nearly 100 hostages still being held by the Islamist group. The schools that have been destroyed in Gaza are routinely used by Hamas to store weapons, shelter terrorists and launch rockets against Israeli civilians. The historians ignored the fact that this makes them legal targets. Moreover, education in Gaza is an essential element in the Islamist war to eradicate Israel. Hamas and UNRWA schools help indoctrinate Palestinian Arab children to hate Israel and the Jews, and to believe the continuation of the futile century-old war against Zionism is an essential element of their identity. Contrary to the historians' resolutions, the Israel Defense Forces do not deliberately seek to destroy schools. However, when Hamas uses such buildings as launchpads to fire on Israeli citizens, the IDF cannot and should not let them be safe spaces for carrying out the murder of Jews. The virus of antisemitism has continued to spread in the 21st century only 80 years after the Holocaust. In the latest iteration of the plague of Jew-hatred, the stormtroopers of contemporary antisemitism are largely to be found among those who purport to be the educated elites of society.