Lessons From The Tutu Affair

In What we can learn from the Tutu affair, Mark B. Rotenberg writes about the decision by University of St. Thomas President Dennis Dease to un-invite and then re-invite Desmond Tutu to speak on campus. One lesson:

The truth is that university campuses are awash with anti-Israel sentiment. Harsh critics of Israel -- including diverse Israeli and American Jewish voices -- are commonplace in academic settings. Their books receive broad popular attention in the United States, and their perspectives dominate international forums. It takes no courage to be an Israel basher and no effort to find anti-Israel literature and speakers on college campuses, in the media and on the Web. Those who bewail secret Jewish influences in American politics are not describing reality, but are dabbling in a dangerous cesspool of prejudice.

Maybe these people are on the Israel Lobby circuit because the Global Warming circuit is full...

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