“Honi Soit is the weekly student newspaper of the University of Sydney, Australia. Published since 1929 by the Student’s Representative Council (SRC) at the University of Sydney and distributed around campus free for all students to read.”
“In a media release published today, AUJS claimed the Queer Honi cover, which includes a graphic of a Molotov cocktail, is deliberately ‘endorsing violence as a legitimate form of protest’. Additionally, the organisation criticises the cover of Women’s Honi Soit for showcasing an image of Arab Ba’ath Party member Hamida Mustafa al-Tahir, who in 1985 committed a suicide bombing in an Israeli military base in Lebanon. AUJS said the attack killed 50 individuals, including Israeli and Lebanese soldiers. A New York Times article published at the time put the death toll to at least 20 Israeli officers and members of the Israeli-supported Southern Lebanon Army.”
But in response to complaints, the Honi Soit editors doubled down: “We believe in and support the right for people to resist occupation and oppression, and believe that Hamida’s actions are far less shocking than the fact Israel murdered over 58 peaceful Palestinian protesters, the youngest of which being an 8-month-old baby.”
Yet a Hamas leader had already admitted that most of the people killed were not peaceful protestors, but members of Hamas. Apparently actually learning facts is not a priority at the University of Sydney. As is the case with most colleges and universities in the United States, it seems to be more a center of Leftist indoctrination than an institution of higher learning.
“AUJS slams autonomous Honi Soit editions,” by Lamya Rahman, Honi Soit, May 29, 2018 (thanks to Jill):
The Australasian Union of Jewish Students (AUJS) are calling for a public apology from the SRC’s Women and Queer officers regarding their choice of cover graphic for this year’s Women and Queer editions of Honi Soit.
In a media release published today, AUJS claimed the Queer Honi cover, which includes a graphic of a Molotov cocktail, is deliberately “endorsing violence as a legitimate form of protest”. Additionally, the organisation criticises the cover of Women’s Honi Soit for showcasing an image of Arab Ba’ath Party member Hamida Mustafa al-Tahir, who in 1985 committed a suicide bombing in an Israeli military base in Lebanon. AUJS said the attack killed 50 individuals, including Israeli and Lebanese soldiers. A New York Times article published at the time put the death toll to at least 20 Israeli officers and members of the Israeli-supported Southern Lebanon Army.
Combined, AUJS asserted the covers “display a blatant disdain for Israeli victims of violence” and that many Jewish students are feeling “acute distress […] over the idealisation and legitimisation of violence against Israel by their university’s student newspaper.”
As per section 4(e) and 4(f) of the SRC Constitution, two issues of Honi Soit are each year reserved for an autonomous Queer and Women’s edition, created with the help of an open collective of students who belong to the identity being represented. The ten elected editors of Honi Soit are historically not involved in the creation of these special editions.
While section 4(e)(iii) mandates that woman-identifying members of the elected Honi Soit editorial team must coordinate Women’s Honi Soit, precedence over the last three years has handed full editorial control over to the Women’s Officers of the SRC. This year’s Women’s Officers, Madeline Ward and Jessica Syed, defended their choice of cover graphic. “We were aware that Hamida Al Taher car bombed an Israeli military encampment …[but] her actions occurred in the context of the Israeli invasion and occupation of Lebanon, ie: a war.”
“We believe in and support the right for people to resist occupation and oppression, and believe that Hamida’s actions are far less shocking than the fact Israel murdered over 58 peaceful Palestinian protesters, the youngest of which being an 8-month-old baby.”
SRC Queer Officers, Jazzlyn Breen and Ray Prout, also defended their cover graphic, believing AUJS misconstrued their intentions. “The Molotov cocktail was very obviously in relation to the violent history of the queer liberation movement against the continued oppression which has targeted queer identifying people throughout modern history.”
Breen and Prout are critical of AUJS’ condemnation of violence, citing hypocrisy on part of the organisation. “AUJS is a zionist organisation, who [sic] openly support the state of Israel, and thus the actions of the state against Palestine.”
Although Queer and Women’s Honi Soit are autonomously produced, the President of the SRC must approve the final publication of every issue before print. This year’s President, Imogen Grant, confirmed she knew of both the Women’s and Queer Honi covers. “My job as President is to check the publication for defamation, contempt of court or other legal risks that could affect the SRC—not to censor Honi Soit for producing content that has potential to offend.”
“Calls to censor Honi Soit in response to the cover stinks of bygone debates from the 60s about censoring Tharunka, Lot’s Wife, Farrago and other student press for publishing material that management morally and politically objected to. This is about freedom of speech in the contest of political ideas.”
AUJS told Honi that this is not a question of free speech. “Student newspapers at our universities must not incite or promote violence and hatred. Every student has a right to safe [sic] on campus.”…
mortimer says
The freedom of expression and the freedom of assembly to address perceived wrongs does NOT include the freedom of bringing hand grenades, hunting rifles, rocket launchers, or IEDs.
These IRRATIONAL people conflate freedom of expression with TERRORISM.
They are not only IRRATIONAL, AMORAL, DISHONEST and DANGEROUS LOONIES.
Islamic jihad IDEOLOGY permits the jihadist to break all moral laws.
gordon miller says
America is the land of the free and the home the brave.
Charles says
Honi soit qui mal y pense : order of the Garter motto meaning Who finds a problem with it should be blamed.. A totalitarian denial of the right of opinion or self-expression.
Leon Degney says
Yes, they are absolute loonies. Why would ANYONE let alone a mother, bring am eight-month baby into situations like this and then scream abuse when the child is killed. Fair dinkum, what is the mentality of these people.
mortimer says
correction: They are not only IRRATIONAL, but AMORAL, DISHONEST and DANGEROUS LOONIES.
Terry Gain says
It seems the editors of Honi Soit do not understand the meaning of the expression Honi Soit Qui Mal Y Pense
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Order_of_the_Garter
Balmain Boys Are Cissys says
Yes.
“Honi Soit Qui Mal Y Pense” can also be found on the front cover of every British passport all over the world.
I have sometimes wondered why that Student newspaper still references an emblem of the British Empire.
I guess they don’t know.
Expect it be changed, soon, to Sydney International (English-Language-Challenged) Students Newspaper and handed out from the new Chak Wing building (Chinese big money) about blot out (from the road entrance) the Sydney U neo-gothic facade.
(And, no, it doesn’t need an apostrophe. What we need is one big full stop)
DMA says
I wonder would the Australians take issue if the Aborigines started an arm conflict to take back their land robbed by the British
DragarOz says
In a few years they could cake walk into Melbourne and the Greens would just give it to them!
Leon Degney says
I couldn’t and wouldn’t blame the aborigines if they did. But times have changed, we have moved on and have supposedly become more “civilised”, then again that is debatable, however; this is the premise we work on. Today each country has the right to defend its borders, but when things like the EU come into existence that changes to some extent and unwanted masses are virtually allowed to enter countries unhindered and roam from country to country inflicting mayhem and lawlessness with impunity, or so it seems. The remedy? I throw my hands up in despair for I know not the answer.
Lebel says
“the organisation criticises the cover of Women’s Honi Soit for showcasing an image of Arab Ba’ath Party member Hamida Mustafa al-Tahir, who in 1985 committed a suicide bombing in an Israeli military base in Lebanon.”
This does not qualify as jihad. This is Arab Nationalism and is the antithesis of Islamism. It sought to build a State on an ethnic basis.
This is willful confusion on the part of jihadwatch.
Rob Crawford says
Because the fricking Arabs never confuse the two concepts…
(Beginning with Mohammed)
Lebel says
The Baath party was founded by a Christian, Michel Aflaq.
But honestly at this point I think everything is jihad for jihadwatch.
Rarely says
Lebel.
Muslims help a lot by giving JW so much to work with.
Muslims always seem to find the most insane reasons for their violence. If all else fails fall back on the “War of Liberation” excuse. Better yet “resistance” is a muslim word meaning “terrorize” but “resistance” sounds better as if defending something. When used in a sentence it goes something like this: ” I’m bored Ahmed. Nothing seems to be going on. Let’s go out and do some resisting “. If there are no Christians or Jews around to “resist” they’ll “resist” other muslims who will promptly “resist” them back.
I’d call them a bunch of “sickos” but it wouldn’t be fair to the sickos.
Westman says
Imagine their joy when bankers discovered a world-wide phenomenon of youth who would borrow money to worship professors who teach them attitudes that would keep those students in financial bondage for a lifetime. Student debt is only exceeded by mortgage debt. As you might have guessed, the humanities graduates, with the least financial prospect, are the most in debt at college graduation.
One can conclude that for too many, college is a continuation of sustained adolescence; where the professional cowards from reality have carte blanche to imprint SJW ideolgy, having a historic record of failure and abuse, upon young minds while eschewing any responsibility for the outcome.
You can be certain that faculty is also involved, behind the scene, in this oblique student newspaper attack on Israel.
Chris Malan says
You are right. Arts and humanities faculties are only a waste of taxpayer money. They should close them all and teach those students something useful like basket weaving or worm farming. The girls who now go to university to do a BA Husband Hunting can do a course on cooking, baking, darning and sewing and raising children. And of course listening to their husbands 😉
Older Canadian says
Asking for an apology, even if they would get one, will not make a difference, the hate will continue.
Are there no laws that criminalize promoting violence and hate? If not then make one. If so then enforce it.
steve says
The answer is simple. Does any employer REALLY want to shortlist any graduate of Sydney University.for a job in his organisation ?? Of course not. It is the Australian equivalent of the American Berkeley campus and everyone recognises the type of politicised riff-raff vomited forth from that kindergaten .
Mirren10 says
Rather like when Rolling Stone put that pos Dzhokhar Tsarnaev on their front cover, looking like a sultry popstar. It’s the way these leftard morons roll.
And of course they all hate Israel and lurrrve the ‘palestinians.’ Scum.
Joy Wolfe says
The allegation about the 8 month baby has been proved to be untrue as doctors have said she tdied from a medical condition.nothing to do with the demonstrations.
Angus66 says
The regressives don’t care about the truth – they only about their false narrative…
Angus66 says
* they only care about their false narrative…
TWG says
“We believe in and support the right for people to resist occupation and oppression…”
Very good then. Surely you will continue to support that notion when non-moslems in the civilized, free world start to “resist” the occupation of today’s moslem nazis (and their enablers) and their hijra jihad occupation of the West.
See you then.
DragarOz says
That was also my thoughts exactly!
Leon Degney says
Spot on. What arseholes!
Lydia Church says
Queer literally means ‘strange’ and ‘weird.’
That sums it up.
carpediadem says
Sydney Uni is a hotbed of proPalestinian jihad activity via the “Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies” run by exBBC factotum and bigot Jake Lynch, who hates Israel and promotes BDS.
he and another rancorous lecturer there invade various proIsrael lectures and events, notably a recent talk by Col Richard Kemp – which wasn’t actually about Israel but was invaded because the Col. is known as a supporter of Israel.
The uni features a group of bigots employed there in administration who choose to promote BDS.
It is a cesspool of anti Jewish attacks and anti Israel campaigning.
Chris Malan says
“Apparently actually learning facts is not a priority at the University of Sydney.” Facts don’t feature in the arts and humanities. Getting things wrong there does not lead to frequently catastrophic consequences like in the sciences and especially the applied sciences. Very close to 100% of these pro-Islam cretins are from the arts and humanities. Richard Feynman rightfully referred to those from the arts and humanites as ‘dopes.’
Now you know why these cretins disregard facts.
Tom says
Exactly Right and Perhaps they should put pictures of Gays being thrown from the roof tops as a symbol of their unity with cause!