Israeli Legal Group Faults US Campuses, Demands Action on Gaza Killings By The Media Line Staff Shurat HaDin, an Israeli legal advocacy group based in Jerusalem, on Wednesday accused Hamas of executing Gaza residents without trial and criticized US university leaders and activist groups for failing to condemn the killings. The organization said it acted […]
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Israeli Legal Group Faults US Campuses, Demands Action on Gaza Killings
By The Media Line Staff
Shurat HaDin, an Israeli legal advocacy group based in Jerusalem, on Wednesday accused Hamas of executing Gaza residents without trial and criticized US university leaders and activist groups for failing to condemn the killings. The organization said it acted after multiple media outlets reported street executions by masked gunmen in Gaza City, prompting Shurat HaDin to call out what it described as a double standard on American campuses.
“The silence from those who so vocally, violently, and hysterically targeted the global Jewish community with their supposed moral outrage when they falsely accused Israel of killing innocent Palestinians proves it was never about protecting human life,” said Shurat HaDin. “It was always about hatred of Jews.”
The group cited coverage by ABC News, The Telegraph, and Reuters reporting that more than 30 people were shot in recent days after being accused of collaborating with Israel, with no due process. Extrajudicial killings by armed factions have periodically surfaced in Gaza during wartime and internal crackdowns; rights organizations have previously documented such incidents during earlier conflicts. Hamas, designated a terrorist organization by the US, the European Union, and others, has ruled the enclave since 2007.
Nitsana Darshan-Leitner, president of Shurat HaDin, pressed US higher-education leaders to condemn the shootings. “The same campus movements that chant ‘Free Palestine’, set up encampments and attack Jewish students are nowhere to be found when Hamas guns down Palestinians in public squares,” she said. “Their silence is deafening and disgraceful.”
She also faulted international institutions for not responding forcefully. “When Hamas commits terror against its own people, it gets a free pass,” Darshan-Leitner said, urging governments and rights bodies to pursue accountability and to disarm the group.
Shurat HaDin said the killings should trigger public statements, investigations, and legal action to deter future abuses.