Analysis
Tuesday, August 20th 2024 / Tuesday, August 20th 2024
Tovia Smith NPR, Aug. 12, 2024 “I could not care less about students busting up some windows when they’re getting degrees revoked for protesting the killing of human beings!” To many pro-Palestinian campus activists, it was a crushing coincidence of the calendar. Just as nationwide protests over the Israel-Hamas war were coming to a crescendo, […]
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Samuel M. Edelman Times of Israel, Aug. 19, 2024 “At the heart of this effort are nine lies accepted without question by a small yet vocal group of students and professors on campuses, in high schools, and even middle schools.” What is at the core of the massive antisemitism we have seen happening […]
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Thursday, August 15th 2024
‘So Unimaginable and So Abhorrent’: Federal Judge Orders UCLA to Stop Aiding Activists Enforcing Jew-Free Zones on Campus: Zach Kessel, National Review, Aug. 14, 2024 The AAUP Abandons Academic Freedom: Cary Nelson, SPME, Aug. 13, 2024 The Boycott Against Israel Is Spreading into New Corners of Society: Anat Peled and Carrie Keller-Lynn, SPME, July 10, 2024 War College: How […]
Zach Kessel National Review, Aug. 14, 2024 “Shame on UCLA for letting antisemitic thugs terrorize Jews on campus. Today’s ruling says that UCLA’s policy of helping antisemitic activists target Jews is not just morally wrong but a gross constitutional violation. UCLA should stop fighting the Constitution and start protecting Jews on campus.” A Los […]
Cary Nelson SPME, Aug. 13, 2024 “It would be perhaps the first time in history that reflective philosopher kings alone have organized mass action.” Last week, the American Association of University Professors set aside its hundred-year defence of academic freedom by opening the door to any number of individually initiated academic boycotts. Individual students and […]
Paul Sperry Real Clear Investigations, June 19, 2024 “… his organization, which employs a full-time campus outreach coordinator, is under both federal and state investigation for ties to Hamas, and is also a defendant in a major new lawsuit brought by survivors of the Oct. 7 Hamas terror attack.” Echoing the Muslim prophet Muhammad, […]
Anat Peled and Carrie Keller-Lynn SPME, July 10, 2024 “Israelis are finding they are no longer welcome at many European universities, including participating in scientific collaborations. Their participation in cultural institutions and defense trade shows is increasingly becoming taboo.” Years of pro-Palestinian campaigning for a global boycott against Israel once found limited support. But in […]
Monday, July 29th 2024
Avital Indig Israel Hayom, July 10, 2024 “Columbia was one of the first universities to see violent demonstrations, and as it happened, I had a front-row seat. Until then, I had never experienced anything like what I saw.” Shai Davidai is an Israeli-American social psychologist, senior lecturer at Columbia Business School and symbol of the […]
Wednesday, July 17th 2024
Michael Gross WSJ, July 11, 2024 “Passive and morally confused leaders have tacitly encouraged the threats of violence against Jewish students. By failing to oppose antisemitism from the outset, they’ve fostered the creation of a de facto no-go zone for Jews.” Will the antisemitism at Columbia University ever end? That was the question after […]
Tuesday, July 9th 2024
FOLLOW THE MONEY FIRST READING: U.S. Probes Provide Clues to Where Canada’s Anti-Israel Money Is Coming From: Tristin Hopper, National Post, June 5, 2024 — A series of U.S. probes into anti-Israel funding streams is providing early clues into the financing and organization underlying Canada’s own network of “pro-Palestinian” encampments, protests and blockades. Opinion: Court’s Dismissal of […]
Tuesday, July 9th 2024 / Tuesday, July 9th 2024
Jeffery Vacante, National Post, June 23, 2024 An anti-hate group recently attacked the leadership of McGill University for what it called its “weak-kneed response” to the protesters who have set up an encampment on its campus. Suggesting that “it is time for McGill to stand with its Jewish students who have been victimized for months […]
Thursday, June 20th 2024 / Thursday, June 20th 2024
David Blaff National Post, June 18, 2024 “Mehdi Hasan may have written a book called ‘Win Every Argument,’ but last night he got trounced while debating @DouglasKMurray and Natasha Hausdorff.” Douglas Murray and debate partner Natasha Hausdorff succeeded in persuading two-thirds of audience members at the Munk Debates on Monday night that antisemitism and anti-Zionism are the […]
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