Fifth Committee Advisor at the Permanent Mission of Israel at the UN | Former student body president at @columbiags | formerly @IDF writer & tweeter
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Maya Platek retweeted
Credible ethics framework needs consistent standards, strong protection for those who report misconduct, and a clear commitment to fighting racism and discrimination. That commitment must fully include antisemitism. #UN81 #FifthCommittee – at Manhattan, NY
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1200 chairs on @Columbia's lawn today in memory of the 1200 victims of October 7th. Thank you to @SSIcolumbia and @SSI_Movement @diploact @letsdsomething for organizing this!
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Maya Platek, GS ’25, discussed how her military service and Israeli identity empowered her with diplomacy and leadership skills as GSSC president.
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I'm supposed to be in class right now. My classroom is located directly above @BarnardCollege's main administrative office. My professor and several of my classmates were ordered by public safety to stand outside.
Protestors PHYSICALLY ASSAULTED security. A guard just told me to stand back so I wouldn't be attacked.
@ColumbiaBDS's conduct is indefensible.
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Maya Platek retweeted
Young Zionist Voices at Tribeca Synagogue!
Register here: tribecasynagogue.shulcloud.c…
Honored to have my discussion with @EylonALevy at @z3_project’s conference as one of the authors in @yzvoices featured in @stateofapod.
This last year has only reinforced the importance of connecting the Jewish people with Jewish identity.
Pride and Unity for the Jewish people are the only way forward. @z3_project.
Watch the full episode here: youtube.com/watch?v=0riFHsnu…
Maya Platek retweeted
Galloway endorsed? Go buy YZV, I write about communal organisations dealing with young people having different ideas!
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Joseph Massad, a professor @Columbia, called October 7th "astounding."
I have heard the critique that this is taking him out of context. It's not. Read his article for yourself: electronicintifada.net/conte…
And here's a summary of the antisemitism🧵:
My petition calling for Massad's removal got ~80,000 signatures after he called 10/7 "awesome".
chng.it/SfyVCp2Ks5
It took Columbia 6 months to condemn his rhetoric.
When this is the only perspective taught by many departments, Columbia aligns itself with this view.
The prof. who called the 10/7 massacre “awesome” is teaching a class on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict again next semester.
The Human Rights dept. chair hosted a teach-in glorifying plane hijackings.
Terror support at @Columbia isn’t a bug: it’s being taught in our classroom.
I don't know who needs to hear this—too many members of Columbia's faculty, clearly—but hijacking planes isn't 'spectacular' (Slaughter) and October 7th isn't 'awesome' (Massad).
Why are our universities alright with intellectualizing terrorism?
Columbia can't move forward because we share a community with people that normalize violence & hate crimes.
If our fellow community members aren't willing to stand up against this, something as abhorrent as violence, how can the university ensure safety on an open campus?
Nothing screams moral depravity like the way @Columbia students respond to a Jew getting punched in the face by a Free Palestine protester.
They falsely accuse the victim of provoking the attack and deny the attack’s status as a hate crime.
Why don’t Jews deserve empathy?
Maya Platek retweeted
Bummed you missed the amazing @yzvoices launch event at the @z3_project 2024 Conference? TAKE HEART! The whole panel can be viewed now--moderated by @EylonALevy who also wrote the foreword, joined by contributors @Alissa_Marin_B @charlie_covit @mayaplatek @AviGamulka
youtu.be/m9HHPKUdqEY?si=LPVR… via @YouTube
Unless Columbia starts taking action & actually condemning rhetoric by professors/faculty who have worked to legitimize terrorism since 10/7, it means nothing.
The pro-terror sentiment on campus didn’t come from nowhere - it was enabled by disguising it as academic discourse.
Finally, @Columbia has put out a statement condemning calls for terror and violence. Unfortunately, this should’ve been released a year ago, after the first antisemitic and pro-terror actions on campus. At this point, it’s not enough to just say you have zero tolerance for terror — you have to actually do something about it.
We suggest: providing actual context for this nebulous statement, taking direct action to educate students and faculty on antisemitism, and defining and enforcing punishments for the perpetrators of antisemitism. Without these actions, words are meaningless.
Maya Platek retweeted
“The true insidiousness of Hillel: providing the ability for racism, bigotry, fascism…and savagery to cower behind the crumbling facade of Judaism.”
This what student protesters @Columbia said on Thursday. Please, genuinely, tell me how this isn’t antisemitic???!!!?!?
People will later claim that they just wanted to *peacefully* shut down the only safe space Jewish students have had at Columbia this last year.
It’s time to admit that targeting Jewish spaces is not a form of legitimate protest & call it out for the antisemitism it is.
The protest @ColumbiaSIPA has begun. They chant:
“Over 100,000 people dead, Hillel your hands are red”
“Resistance is justified.”
The sign says “Drop Hillel.”
Isn’t it fun to be a Jewish student @Columbia!!
I am excited to announce that I have had the honor to join some of today's greatest Jewish activitists & contributed an essay to the @yzvoices anthology!
Maya Platek retweeted
#BREAKING: Dutch police say they’re investigating unconfirmed reports that Israelis were taken hostage during last night’s pogrom in Amsterdam.
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‼️ The Israeli National Security Council is urging all Israelis in Amsterdam:
1. Don't go outside, shut yourselves in your hotel rooms
2. Cover up any signs you're Israeli/Jewish
3. Get out of the country as soon as you can
Europe, 2024.
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There is literally ZERO coverage from mainstream media on a literal pogrom unfolding in Amsterdam right now.
