Is it safe to be Jewish on US college campuses? Are the protests against Israel part of a wider war against Western values? Is there a way forward for Israel advocates on campus?
Class is out as pro-Hamas students intimidate their Jewish peers and tangle with police, all in the name of social justice and supporting the Palestinian cause.
These colleges that are meant to educate America’s elite have been exposed as citadels of intolerance. Institutions founded to develop critical thinking have become hotbeds of support for the October 7 Hamas terrorist attack on Israel.
Instead of encouraging intellectual rigor and academic investigation, America’s most prestigious universities have chased away their Jewish students and faculty, to such an extent that they have received praise from Ayatollah Ali Khamenei of Iran.
In these leafy precincts supposedly dedicated to free speech and thought, Jewish students fear for their safety — not only emotionally, but even physically. And as pro-Hamas campus groups intimidate Jews, university administrators have dithered, doing next to nothing to guarantee their safety, often ignoring their own policies to protect violent activists.
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