Statement of Nebraskans for Peace in support of student protest of U.S./Israel policy
by State Board of Nebraskans for Peace
Nebraskans for Peace applauds the courageous stand that students across the nation are making in opposing the genocide in Palestine. While the U.S. and European governments are providing the weapons used by the Netanyahu government in these crimes against humanity, history will show that these students are doing the right thing at the right time, and peace-loving people should join them and help them. These protests around the world provide a ray of hope in this shameful moment in human history.
Nebraskans for Peace is grateful for young people taking the lead in resisting war crimes, and we are appalled at the repression of peaceful protesters by university administrations with the help of local and state police.
We reject the mischaracterization and lies from some politicians and corporate media regarding charges of violence, outside agitators, and antisemitism. Nebraskans for Peace does not sympathize with Hamas. Together with demonstrators at universities around the country, we sympathize with all oppressed peoples, and we call for a ceasefire. Many Jewish students, such as Jewish Voices for Peace, have led the call for a ceasefire and an end to this war. Protests against indiscriminate killing and starvation of innocent and defenseless people are heartfelt expressions of unity and mutual understanding.
The U.S. Government has the power and influence and could have prevented the massacre of 35,000 people, more than a third of them children and counting as of this date. The Biden Administration’s hollow platitudes about protecting civilians while supplying the bombs to the massacre are hypocritical and help the U.S. weapons manufacturers reap huge profits.
Nebraskans for Peace was formed by college students and others who protested the U.S. war on Vietnam. Nebraskans for Peace has been a voice for peaceful negotiation of conflicts caused by the U.S. “war on terror” that has devastated many Middle Eastern people over the last 30 years. Nebraskans for Peace continues to support and call for all who want to end this genocide to stand with the students so their generation will live in a more just and peaceful world.
Nebraskans for Peace applauds the courageous stand that students across the nation are making in opposing the genocide in Palestine. While the U.S. and European governments are providing the weapons used by the Netanyahu government in these crimes against humanity, history will show that these students are doing the right thing at the right time, and peace-loving people should join them and help them. These protests around the world provide a ray of hope in this shameful moment in human history.
Nebraskans for Peace is grateful for young people taking the lead in resisting war crimes, and we are appalled at the repression of peaceful protesters by university administrations with the help of local and state police.
We reject the mischaracterization and lies from some politicians and corporate media regarding charges of violence, outside agitators, and antisemitism. Nebraskans for Peace does not sympathize with Hamas. Together with demonstrators at universities around the country, we sympathize with all oppressed peoples, and we call for a ceasefire. Many Jewish students, such as Jewish Voices for Peace, have led the call for a ceasefire and an end to this war. Protests against indiscriminate killing and starvation of innocent and defenseless people are heartfelt expressions of unity and mutual understanding.
The U.S. Government has the power and influence and could have prevented the massacre of 35,000 people, more than a third of them children and counting as of this date. The Biden Administration’s hollow platitudes about protecting civilians while supplying the bombs to the massacre are hypocritical and help the U.S. weapons manufacturers reap huge profits.
Nebraskans for Peace was formed by college students and others who protested the U.S. war on Vietnam. Nebraskans for Peace has been a voice for peaceful negotiation of conflicts caused by the U.S. “war on terror” that has devastated many Middle Eastern people over the last 30 years. Nebraskans for Peace continues to support and call for all who want to end this genocide to stand with the students so their generation will live in a more just and peaceful world.
