I wrote on another post of this quote that a class with Anne Hyde in the 1990s was a spur to my decision to pursue history professionally. What a silly and hollow thing to say.
If reputation is the reason they're going to run with publicly, not anything else, I sincerely hope there is an inquiry or something. That particular bit of this is irresponsible and undemocratic at absolute best.
(I am very much focusing on process here, which I don't do to be sociopathic and ignore the shocking violence in Gaza, but bc I do actually think that there's a clear, easy argument that leadership behaving like this could be considered as abuse of power, and I worry about this as a precedent.)
IIR. October 7th, 2023. Israel/Benjamin Netanyahu, IDF had let their guard down, and Hamas + other Palestinians attacked kibbutz and a music festival in southern Israel. A horrific attack. Israel retaliated with the full force of its US-backed military m, far exceeding any reasonable retaliation.
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