Why the escalation of student protests in America
| The anti-Zionist protests of students in American universities, which are accompanied by police violence, are on the way to becoming a widespread and noisy movement in many countries. |
Mehr News Agency, Bin Group International: The widespread anti-Zionist protests of students in American universities, which are accompanied by violent police action, are gradually becoming a widespread and noisy movement by spreading to universities in Europe and Australia. It is becoming in countries where few thought that under the shadow of their governments’ decisive support for the Zionist regime, an opposing voice would be heard.
The endless atrocities of the Zionist regime against the innocent people of Gaza have hurt the conscience of the people of the world to the extent that the suppression of the opposing voices in European and American countries against Tel Aviv’s policies is no longer possible. It is not.
In the past days and following the approval of billion dollar aid in the US Congress for the Zionist regime, anti-war protests in America has increased significantly. The spark of protests that started at Columbia University quickly spread to Harvard, New York, Yale, Massachusetts, Emory, Michigan, Brown, Humboldt Polytechnic, Berkeley, Southern California, Texas, Minnesota and several other universities and ended within a few days. from universities in Europe and Australia.
Students’ protest against the American financial and military aid to the Zionist regime in the war against Gaza about 2 weeks ago from the university Columbia began; This is the same university that in the 1960s initiated the wave of protests against the American war in It was Vietnam. In the decade1960, the student movement in America to demand “freedom of speech” on university campuses It was created, but with the intensification of this country’s involvement in the Vietnam War, the war became the main goal of student protests..
According to the latest news, According to a document from the US Ministry of Foreign Affairs, it is now known that there are doubts in this ministry about providing financial aid to the Zionist regime, and it seems that the most important factor is the continuation of student protests in universities across the country. A problem that shows that student movements, such as during the Vietnam War, have a decisive power in changing the political and field equations.
American students present their protests as “anti-war”. They have called on universities to refrain from investing their university assets in arms companies or other industries supporting the Zionist regime’s war in Gaza, thus preventing “genocide”. Establishing a cease-fire in the war of the Zionist regime in the Gaza Strip is one of the most important demands of the students.
The root of American support for the Zionist regime
An important part of Washington’s support for Tel Aviv is due to the presence of a large and wealthy lobby supporting the Zionist regime in America. The power of this lobby comes from the American Jewish community; A community whose supporters are a large part of the American evangelical Christian community.
The cease-fire in Gaza, which today has become the wish of a large part of the international community, is only the wish of Tel Aviv leaders. It does not depend. Many obvious and hidden actors are influential in this. Among them are American “Evangelical Christians” who not only wish for the intensification of the fire of war in the occupied territories, but also prepare the ground for it.
To understand the intentions of this group, it is enough to know that the day after the implementation of “Sadegh’s Promise” operation by Iran Hundreds of evangelical leaders gathered in the US Congress to ask members of Congress not to take action to prevent further escalation of tensions. The followers of the evangelical church have a significant and influential power organization in the American political environment, which often operates behind the scenes; A group with more than 70 million followers who make up at least a quarter of the American electorate (the largest bloc of pro-Tel Aviv voters) and significantly influence Congress and the White House, especially during the Republican administration.
The Zionist regime has achieved important achievements such as the recognition of Jerusalem as the capital, the approval of Washington’s billion dollar budgets for military aid every year. , he owes the constant commitment to strengthening and preserving the Iron Dome, etc. to the evangelists lobby. The members of this group believe that in order to achieve peace, the region should end bloodily with violence and suffering. to experience Therefore, with a distorted understanding of the Bible and with radical beliefs, this group has disrupted any peace process and by supporting settlement construction and aggression, it wants to prevent the Palestinians from returning to their land. is the existence of the Zionist regime.
Increasing the awareness and sensitivity of Generation Z Americans against extremist policies
The logic of the evangelists to fan the flames of the war in the region and their passion for genocide against the oppressed people of Gaza could have been Seasoned with Christian fundamentalism, he brought the Boomer and X generations with him, but it seems that he can no longer convince the Z and Alpha Americans. The recent student movement that started at Columbia University and quickly spread across America is a proof of this fact.
Written by “Michelle Smith”, historian and assistant professor of the university, number Americans who identify as evangelical Christians have dropped from 23 percent in 2006 to 14 percent in 2020, a staggering decline in more than a decade.
According to “Mojtabi Samadi”, a researcher in the field of American culture and society, currently in America we witness the existence of We are the arrival of a new generation with different experiences, and it seems that these different experiences have been effective in the American academic community. The generation of Boomers, born after the Second World War, as well as Generation X, which associated itself with the creation of Israel, has now led to Generation Z, whose lifestyle, consumption and attitudes are related to those structures that supported the Zionist regime. It is different.
Fawad Izadi, a member of the faculty of Tehran University, also emphasized that many parents of protesting students, inside The American government is busy and these are actually considered noblemen, he said: Now the situation has changed and we are witnessing the foot pressure of the student movement on the throats of Zionist supporters in the West..
