As an Iranian-Jewish attorney, I find it disheartening to witness students in law schools across the nation justifying and even endorsing the terrorist attacks carried out by Hamas on Israel. It is especially painful to see it happen at UCLA, my alma mater.
For instance, Ryna Workman, the president of NYU's student bar association, said Israel - not Hamas, the actual genocidal perpetrators - bears "full responsibility" for the October 7 massacre, which killed more than 1,400 people. Over 30 student groups at Harvard University placed the blame on Israel in a signed letter.
Yet still, I am most shaken by an incident that occurred at UCLA School of Law on October 30 and by the school's disconcerting response. Two UCLA Law students tore down posters showing the photos of the abducted Israeli children taken hostage by Hamas just minutes after they were displayed by members of UCLA's Jewish Law Students Association on their organization's bulletin board.
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