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Lies at the Center of Campus Antisemitism

(Times of Israel) Samuel M. Edelman - For more than 50 years we have seen the steady drip of anti-Israel, anti-Zionist, and anti-Jewish ideology being embedded in the curriculum, hiring, and even administration of U.S. colleges and universities, especially in the arts, humanities, and social sciences. The impact of this is now coming into full force, impacting even elementary and middle school students. The lies at the basis of campus antisemitism today include: Zionism is equal to racism, Israel is an apartheid state, Israel is a European post-colonial settler state, Palestinians are the indigenous people of the area, being anti-Zionist is not being antisemitic, Israel is perpetrating genocide against Palestinians, Hamas casualty figures are accurate, Hamas "freedom fighters'" rape and murder was an act of resistance, and creating a Palestinian state requires the eradication of the Jewish state of Israel. This article refutes each of these lies. The writer is an emeritus professor of Israel Studies and former executive director of Scholars for Peace in the Middle East.
2024-08-20 00:00:00
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