Protesting against slaughter – as students in the US are doing – isn’t antisemitism
by The Guardian
The Guardian— Education is all about provocation. Without being provoked even young minds can remain stuck in old tracksThe most important thing I teach my students is to seek out people who disagree with them.That’s because the essence of learning is testing one’s ideas, assumptions and values. And what better place to test ideas, assumptions and values than at a university? Continue reading
The Guardian—Netanyahu labels US student protests ‘antisemitic’ and calls for them to end. Israeli prime minister terms pro-ceasefire rallies ‘horrific’ as students demand universities divest from weapons makersThe Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday condemned pro-Palestinian protests at universities in the United States as “horrific”, saying the demonstrations “have to be stopped”, as he categorized students as antisemitic.There’s been rising tensions at campuses across the US as demonstrations began last week after students at Columbia set up encampments calling...
The Washington Times—"Never Again" approaching again with antisemitic student protests. If history proves anything, it shows that if civil rights, human rights, equality and even the right to live are to be denied to a class of people, they must first be stripped of their inherent value as human beings.
BBC—What do student protesters at US universities want?. Dozens of college campuses across the US have been taken over by students protesting against the war in Gaza. Hundreds of demonstrators have...