DanielKomesch

I have organized a new fundraiser for my dear friend @HebaEmGehad in #Gaza to help her and her family survive the genocide and to rebuild their lives. Please read her story, share, and donate if you can. gofund.me/cbb5449f

The president of TMU is bang on: “If Lena Diab, Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship of Canada, truly intends to attract the world’s brightest graduate students, her ministry must resolve the barriers preventing these Palestinian scholars from reaching the universities that have already welcomed them.” #cdnpoli

@tsmitheman Israel is an apartheid state actively committing genocide. Boycotting is a legitimate way for civil society to influence change when gross human rights abuses or large scale atrocities like genocide are occurring.

@DKomesch Says the people who boycott Israeli university’s lol

@Elizabeatha2 @JohnArgus5 Genocide denial = blocked.

@DKomesch @JohnArgus5 There was no genocide in gaza

@stefcutter @Kalshi Kalshi is disgusting. It and all all its ilk will be banned soon enough. If you want to cash in on blood money, well that’s on you.

Excited to advise @Kalshi as they continue to dominate the prediction market space. They're one of the fastest growing companies in the US — and one of the rare tech platforms that take a regulatory first approach.

@displeased_leaf You appear to be a white nationalist- your racist opinions aren’t welcome.

@DKomesch Why the fuck do we need Palestinian scholars? We have plenty of talent here. Go away.

Hard to recall a time when the elites/political class were so out of touch from the masses. There must be a reckoning on the horizon

Palestine has an incredibly strong culture that emphasizes education and Palestinians are highly educated. You may have seen that Israel committed a genocide in Gaza that included destroying nearly all the universities and schools. To fulfil their educational desires, Palestinians need to now study abroad. We should be so lucky that these talented individuals elect to study in Canada - they have a lot to contribute. #cdnpoli

First of all, the odds any of the 'best scholars in the world' are from Palestine are vanishingly slim. The Arab world has a very poor history of scholarship. Only one, in Saudi Arabia, is in the top 100 in the world, at 67. Wealth can buy scholars, after all. Second, no great scholar would go anywhere near TMU. It has a deserved reputation as a third rate university, at best, that lives entirely by DEI and virtue signalling, and exchews merit and scholarship.

@GrothendieckEGA That’s really racist.

@DKomesch The best and brightest are not coming form the Arab-Islamic world.

@LaSarcastiste what a racist thing to say - especially for a "former diplomat."

@DKomesch Could be because they might be terrorists or educated in a genocidal death cult. Could be.

@jaycola @PaulChato Wow, how racist.

@PaulChato @DKomesch Palestinian archeologist and historian sure is

@Smileyyeg “Form Palestine” - looks like it’s you that’s not the scholar eh boss?

@DKomesch Ha, ha, no. The best scholars in the world are definitely *not* form Palestine. What a dumb argument.

Opinion: If Canada wants the world’s best graduate students, why are these excellent candidates being denied? Column from Mohamed Lachemi: trib.al/TkeI7qd

the shit israelis do is so incomprehensibly evil that you have no idea how to tell other people about it without sounding insane

More war crimes by Netanyahu’s Israel. Yet Canada’s Liberals refused even to ensure Canadian arms aren’t used to commit them. The world must impose sanctions immediately. It’s the only legal and moral position.

We welcome this decision by CBC Ombudsman that ruled against CBC editors who refuse to call Israel’s control of Gaza an occupation. This is in part due to the national broadcaster’s constant submission to lobbying by Honest Reporting

Why is Canada not a signatory to this statement? #cdnpoli Who else signed? Spain, Austria, Belgium, Croatia, Cyprus, Estonia, Finland, Iceland, Italy, Ireland, Latvia, Luxembourg, Moldova, Norway, Poland, San Marino, Slovenia ​and Sweden

From me: Israel’s government does not seem to care what the world thinks theglobeandmail.com/opinion/articl…