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What a disappointment it is to see the complete lack of worldly education that these college students are receiving. What a waste of energy and dollars. I guess they have not been taught what the Oslo accords were, signed by PLO and Israel over 25 years ago. In spite of that signing,

Palestinians under their new leadership, Hamas, continued to strike Israel and then on Oct. 7 committed a world condemned assault and criminal invasion of Israel. I have to assume they’ve never been taught that Israel has provided energy, drinking water, food, medical care, jobs and more to Palestinians over the long haul.

Has anyone noticed that a large percentage of these protesters are hiding behind face coverings like the cowards they really are? I have to assume that they are ashamed to show their face.

— Roy Reaser, Fullerton

 

Student protesters and the right to protest

Protesters have every right to peacefully and legally demonstrate. They are in violation of the law when they infringe on other people’s rights to attend their classes and engage in destruction of property. I question whether these demonstrators are indeed students.

They should be arrested, and if they are indeed students they should be expelled. I call on the governor and those university officials to take a stand against these unruly lawbreakers. I am angry that these people who are in the minority are allowed to disrupt the student’s graduations. Enough is enough. I stand with Israel and Jewish students! Remember, Hamas started it!

— Kathy Dudley, Northridge

 

College pro-Palestine, anti-Israel protests are misguided at best

The hubris of young adults to view the world in black and white is evident in the escalating protests to sanction Israel for its bloody revenge of the Hamas (Palestine) Oct. 7 massacre in Israel. Sadly, Netenyahu views the conflict as existential war.

What do the college kids view Hamas’s horrific actions as? Palestine addressing grievances over Israel’s mistreatment of Palestinians and arrogance of Israeli settlers? Yes, tragically with much sorrow, civilian blood has been shed. War does that.

I would ask the college protesters, and Hamas (needs to repent and release the hostages), and Israel (cease fire) to reason together and seek a permanent peace via a one nation merger, not two. There is so much commonality amongst them: history, culture, same God, ethnicity. Why not?

— George Chung, Redlands

 

Protests and student loan forgiveness

After watching all these college student protests around the country and then listening to their uninformed, uneducated and uncivilized opinions:

I keep wondering if our president would explain why he wants to circumvent the law and force me, my fellow taxpayers and the next generations of taxpayers to pay for the education of these indoctrinated elitist idiots.

They clearly have the desire to learn only to burn down the country that has given them so much.

— Duke Dulgarian, Manhattan Beach

 

UCLA violence cancels classes last week

UCLA students might give considerable thought to completing this semester and next year considering a two year program at our city college; a bargain compared to UCLA tuition.

Think: two year program and working at a trade they never considered and earning money, moving on with life. Parents and grandparents, who might be paying thousands of dollars for their child’s or grandchild’s tuition, might give considerable thought to their gift and wonder if they are really doing the right thing about their desire to provide life-long learning for them.

Violence, canceled classes, safety concerns necessitating police and in my opinion loss of pride for UCLA are being compromised when education for life is available elsewhere.

However, as tax-paying citizens of Long Beach, I do not want any of these protesters applying at my Long Beach City College.

— Randa Pearson, Long Beach

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