A Black Lives Matter chapter in Chicago is under fire for seeming to celebrate Hamas attacks on Israeli citizens in a “disgusting and disgraceful” social media post on Tuesday.
The post on X, formerly Twitter, includes an image of a person paragliding with a Palestinian flag attached to its parachute with “I stand with Palestine” written beneath.
“That is all that is it!” it added.
The post was an apparent reference to Hamas terrorists who descended on Israeli communities with parachutes and gliders over the weekend, butchering hundreds and taking civilian hostages in a brutal surprise attack.
BLM Chicago also posted a number of cartoons depicting somebody expressing outrage over the attacks on Israel, while another calmly lists off talking points blaming Israel for the situation.
“This isn’t about Hamas — this is about Palestinians right to resist 75 years of Israeli settlers colonizing their native land,” one of the cartoons read.
The post of the paraglider was blistered by social media users.
“Unapologetically standing with butcherers and rapists,” author and former speechwriter Aviva Klompas tweeted.
“BLM Chicago, like many leftists, comes out in support of slaughtering innocent people they don’t like,” GOP commentator and former congressional candidate Robby Starbuck tweeted.
Another user tweeted: “This is so disgusting and disgraceful on so many levels.”
BLM Chicago is far from the only left-leaning US organization to speak out against Israel after its civilians were murdered in the streets.
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The La Fuerza Student Association at California State University in Long Beach circulated a poster advertising a “Day of Resistance” for “students united against apartheid.”
Like the BLM Chicago post, the poster featured an image of somebody soaring down from the sky on a paraglider.
“We will be rallying and marching in support of the Palestinian liberation and against Zionist occupation in Palestine,” the group said.
Elsewhere, the Students for Justice in Palestine is planning a National Day of Resistance Thursday for its chapters at schools across the country, including at Arizona State University, the University of Arizona, Butler University, the University of Virginia, the University of Louisville, and the University of Binghamton.
The group has previously described the Hamas massacre of Israelis as “a historic win for Palestinian resistance.”
At Harvard University, 31 student groups signed a letter accusing Israel of being “entirely responsible” for the attacks.
“We, the undersigned student organizations, hold the Israeli regime entirely responsible for all unfolding violence,” the letter read.
“The apartheid regime is the only one to blame,” it continued.
Former Harvard University president Larry Summers, who served as an adviser to President Barack Obama, spoke out against the letter and the school administration’s continued silence.
“The silence from Harvard’s leadership, so far, coupled with a vocal and widely reported student groups’ statement blaming Israel solely, has allowed Harvard to appear at best neutral towards acts of terror against the Jewish state of Israel,” he wrote in a post on X.
“Instead, Harvard is being defined by the morally unconscionable statement apparently coming from two dozen student groups blaming all the violence on Israel,” he continued.
“I am sickened.”
