****Statement from Mosab Abu Toha in response to LeMoyne College's President's email to students today***** (2026-04-29)
https://mosababutoha.substack.com/p/statement-from-mosab-abu-toha-in
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>> On April 15, I had the honor of visiting and speaking at Le Moyne College. I spoke about my lived experience in Gaza, shared the family trees of those killed by Israel, and read my poems. I also played the actual recordings of Israeli airstrikes and artillery shelling that I documented myself while on the ground in Gaza.
>> This morning, the President of the college sent out an email* condemning my use of the word GENOCIDE when describing these crimes. She claimed that using that word is "antisemitic." She stated that she recognized the "real hurt" that the word caused to Jewish students…
*) Screenshot attached
#FakeAntisemitism #ComplicityInGenocide #Gaza #palestine #MosabAbuToha #LeMoyneCollege
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alb@reddthat.com · 2 pts · 122d
And yet she didn't recognize the "real hurt" that the bombing of Gaza is causing Gazans.
adachika192@hcommons.social · 1 pts · 122d
adachika192@hcommons.social · 1 pts · 119d
https://drive.google.com/file/d/15EUcEaHWZT42pdPihdcPgtPmmnBg7FEG/view
April 29, 2026 - Letter to Le Moyne College in support of Mosab Abu Toha - Genocide and Holocaust Studies Crisis Network
https://www.ghscn.org/letters-and-statements
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>> We write on behalf of the Steering Committee of the Genocide and Holocaust Studies Crisis Network (#GHSCN), an international network of more than 800 scholars and practitioners in genocide and Holocaust studies, to express our profound alarm at your statement condemning the remarks made by Mosab Abu Toha during his recent appearance at Le Moyne College. Your statement not only disparages an internationally acclaimed, prize-winning writer and witness but also advances claims that misrepresent our field’s basic terms of scholarly inquiry as well as legal distinctions codified in international law…
#FakeAntisemitism #ComplicityInGenocide #Gaza #palestine #MosabAbuToha #LeMoyneCollege #GenocideAndHolocaustStudiesCrisisNetwork
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adachika192@hcommons.social · 1 pts · 122d
Le Moyne College - official website
https://www.lemoyne.edu/
- Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le/_Moyne/_College
#Jesuit #LeMoyneCollege
#GreatnessMeetsGoodness #AreYouTryingToBeFunny
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adachika192@hcommons.social · 1 pts · 122d