Dear President:
I am an alumnus of NYU (Masters of Public Health 1984). I am appalled at the decision to arrest students who are peacefully protesting the mass killing in Gaza and the West Bank.
There is a genocide taking place in Gaza. Ethnic cleansing and murder is taking place in the West Bank. In Gaza, over 34,000 people (mostly women and children) have been killed, and over 8,000 are missing--likely buried under rubble. Almost 80,000 people--again, mostly women and children--have been wounded. Bombs and weapons paid for by US taxpayers and tuition money from your students are facilitating this genocide.
As a Jew whose relatives were murdered in the holocaust I cannot stand by while genocide is committed. Students who cannot be silent should be commended, not arrested.
As an alumnus subject to fundraising calls from NYU, I demand an answer to the following questions:
1. How much money does NYU invest in Israel?
2. How much money does NYU invest in arms manufacturers whose weapons go to Israel?
3. Why is NYU Tel Aviv allowed to continue while it uses racial criteria for attendees (no Palestinians from Gaza and elsewhere in the Arab world)?
Sincerely,
Marcy London