At Goldsmiths, University of London, the Feminist Library has really outdone itself. It has decided to mark the two year anniversary of the 7 October pogrom \u2013 the day, that is, when Hamas militants tortured, murdered and raped their way through southern Israel \u2013 with a film night celebrating the \u2018Palestinian resistance\u2019.<\/p>\n
\u2018Join us for a night of remembrance\u2019, reads the library\u2019s Instagram page, as if approaching the anniversary of a favourite Disney classic. Another post followed, stating that the library stands \u2018unequivocally\u2019 with the Palestinian cause. Feminism is a \u2018framework that demands people struggle for their freedom\u2019, it told its followers, reminding them that real feminists don\u2019t organise \u2018because we may identify as women\u2019, but to fight \u2018white supremacy, Western empire and patriarchy\u2019. <\/p>\n
In other words, sticking up for women comes pretty low down on the list of priorities. So low, in fact, that when presented with a choice between solidarity with women who were beaten, raped and murdered, and the men that did this, these tote-bag feminists are more than happy to side with the latter.<\/p>\n
A glance at the Feminist Library\u2019s \u2018statements\u2019 page reveals that it rather likes making them. Its social-justice catalogue is not just limited to support for \u2018Palestinian resistance\u2019 \u2013 it also includes the entire range of middle-class left causes, from transgenderism to immigration. It remains rather silent on anti-Semitism, however \u2013 which is curious considering Goldsmiths admits it has an anti-Semitism problem<\/a>, for which it has apologised. Due to the pro-Palestine \u2018occupation\u2019 of campus last academic year, members of Goldsmiths\u2019 Jewish Society were too afraid to hold any events and effectively had to disband the society. With graffiti across campus featuring swastikas and the phrase \u2018gas the Jews\u2019, it\u2019s not difficult to see why. An independent inquiry into anti-Semitism at Goldsmiths<\/a> published in May provides a damning indictment of the prevalent campus culture.<\/p>\n Goldsmiths is not the only university whose best and brightest will this week don their keffiyehs on the anniversary of the deadliest attack on Jews since the Holocaust. Not a week after the Yom Kippur terror attack on a Manchester synagogue, students from Queen Mary, King\u2019s College London, Strathclyde and Sheffield will partake in pro-Palestine rallies, marches and lectures.<\/p>\n Enjoying spiked?<\/p>\n Why not make an instant, one-off donation?<\/p>\n We are funded by you. Thank you!<\/p>\n \n \u00a32 Choose an amount<\/p>\n \n Donate now\n <\/p>\n \n Please wait… <\/p>\n It seems we are now seeing the culmination of years of ideological capture \u2013 and the results are sick-making. Students now issue calls to \u2018globalise the intifada\u2019, celebrate \u2018Palestinian resistance\u2019 on the anniversary of Hamas\u2019s atrocities in Israel, and suggest that rape is sometimes, in some places, just a teensy bit justified.<\/p>\n In a statement issued after the Southport stabbings last year, the Feminist Library claimed that \u2018we understand how fascists use faux concern for the \u201csafety of women and girls\u201d as cover for white-supremacist violence\u2019. Perhaps it\u2019s this faux anti-fascism that salves the conscience of these putative feminists as they turn a blind eye to the hundreds of women who, on 7 October 2023, were hunted, tortured and sexually humiliated, before being thrown into the backs of vans like cattle. One victim<\/a> was raped by a Hamas militant who then passed her on to a friend. Together they sliced off her breast, threw it into the street and played with it. Another militant then raped her again, shooting her in the head as he ejaculated. This is the \u2018resistance\u2019 the Feminist Library and others will be proudly \u2018remembering\u2019 tomorrow.<\/p>\n Of course, It\u2019s not just these student pseudo-radicals refusing to look barbarism in the face. It took the United Nations almost two years to concede<\/a>, in the face of overwhelming evidence, that extensive sexual violence took place on 7 October. In the meantime, UN Women \u2013 supposedly the leading global body for \u2018women\u2019s empowerment\u2019 \u2013 focussed all of its energies on pandering to Western men with pronoun confusion.<\/p>\n It was Maya Angelou who said \u2018when someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time\u2019. How many times, I wonder, can feminists excuse the rape of Israeli women before they cease to be feminists? How many times do our compatriots have to dance on Jewish graves before we believe they mean it?<\/p>\n Georgina Mumford<\/strong> is a spiked intern.<\/p>\n Help us hit our 1% target<\/p>\n spiked is funded by you. It\u2019s your generosity that keeps us going and growing.<\/p>\n Only 0.1% of our regular readers currently donate<\/strong> to spiked. If you are one of the 99.9% who appreciates what we do, but hasn\u2019t given just yet, please consider making a donation today. <\/p>\n
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