The concerted assault on Jews and the American value of inclusion masquerades as anti-Israel activity. But the two faces of hate are one and the same. According to the documentary, put out by the Americans for Peace and Tolerance organization, of which Jacobs is president, anti-Jewish unrest at Hunter and elsewhere is ginned up by well-funded organizations with missions to destroy Israel, particularly Students for Justice in Palestine. The groups promote the sickening international Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement BDS. — The aim is to stamp out trade with, and investments in, Israeli companies and to end cultural and academic exchanges with the Jewish state, the only country in the Middle East in which women enjoy equal rights and homosexuals don’t fear being thrown off tall buildings. Two more examples: A screening of a pro-Israel documentary this year at the University of California, Irvine drew protesters who blocked the exit paths, chanted, live the intifada,” and prompted attendees to fear for their “Long safety and call campus police. Mock notices” were slipped under dormitory-room doors of more than 2,000 students “eviction believed to be Jewish at New York University in 2014 by members of a pro-Palestinian group, ordering them to leave. The cruel prank has spread to at least a dozen other campuses. Spaces” is executive produced, directed and written by Ralph Avi Goldwasser, who 12 years ago “Hate helped create the doc Unbecoming,” in which 14 students and graduates of Columbia “Columbia University describe being intimidated by professors for expressing pro-Israel views. then, it’s only gotten worse,” Goldwasser tells me. “Since A 2013 workshop held at Yale University promoted even toward participants who’d “sensitivity,” indulged in or fantasized about such fetishes as bestiality. Yet what protections are afforded to those of the Jewish faith? None. Near the doc’s end, Alan Dershowitz, a Harvard Law School professor emeritus, says, have to do more, we have to fight harder . . . because the facts are on our side, morality is on “We our side, history is on our side.” I can only hope truth prevails.
The concerted assault on Jews and the American value of inclusion masquerades as anti-Israel activity. But the two faces of hate are one and the same. According to the documentary, put out by the Americans for Peace and Tolerance organization, of which Jacobs is president, anti-Jewish unrest at Hunter and elsewhere is ginned up by well-funded organizations with missions to destroy Israel, particularly Students for Justice in Palestine. The groups promote the sickening international Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement — BDS. The aim is to stamp out trade with, and investments in, Israeli companies and to end cultural and academic exchanges with the Jewish state, the only country in the Middle East in which women enjoy equal rights and homosexuals don’t fear being thrown off tall buildings. Two more examples: A screening of a pro-Israel documentary this year at the University of California, Irvine drew protesters who blocked the exit paths, chanted, “Long live the intifada,” and prompted attendees to fear for their safety and call campus police. Mock “eviction notices” were slipped under dormitory-room doors of more than 2,000 students believed to be Jewish at New York University in 2014 by members of a pro-Palestinian group, ordering them to leave. The cruel prank has spread to at least a dozen other campuses. “Hate Spaces” is executive produced, directed and written by Ralph Avi Goldwasser, who 12 years ago helped create the doc “Columbia Unbecoming,” in which 14 students and graduates of Columbia University describe being intimidated by professors for expressing pro-Israel views. “Since then, it’s only gotten worse,” Goldwasser tells me. A 2013 workshop held at Yale University promoted “sensitivity,” even toward participants who’d indulged in or fantasized about such fetishes as bestiality. Yet what protections are afforded to those of the Jewish faith? None. Near the doc’s end, Alan Dershowitz, a Harvard Law School professor emeritus, says, “We have to do more, we have to fight harder . . . because the facts are on our side, morality is on our side, history is on our side.” I can only hope truth prevails.
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