Israeli University Heads Sign New Letter to Colleagues
Israeli University Heads Sign New Letter to Colleagues
November 2, 2023
Calcalist —Israel’s Association of University Heads says that “college campuses have become breeding grounds for anti-Israel and anti-Semitic sentiments,” in a second appeal to their colleagues around the world.
Israel’s Association of University Heads has drafted a letter to their colleagues to “express deep concern over the discourse emanating from academia following the devastating Hamas attack on Israel on October 7 and the inadequate response, in many cases, by academic leadership.”
“It is ironic that the very halls of enlightenment in America and Europe, ostensibly the bastions of intellectual and progressive thought that are your campuses, have adopted Hamas as the cause célèbre while Israel is demonized,” the letter states. “It’s unsettling to note that many college campuses have become breeding grounds for anti-Israel and anti-Semitic sentiments, largely fueled by a naïve and biased understanding of the conflict.”
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev President Prof. Daniel Chamovitz also notes, in addition to this letter, that “Ben-Gurion University lost many good members of our community in the Hamas terror attack on October 7. The Universities will continue to shine a spotlight on the liberal hypocrisy that sees Hamas as freedom fighters and will continue to fight to ensure that Jewish and Israeli students receive the same fair treatment and protections that every minority deserves.”
View the full letter below and read more on Calcalist.
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