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Campus Free Speech Is on Life Support

Freedom of speech on campus is on life support. It is pummeled daily to silence views that may disturb delusions of infallibility or stunted, cocooned minds. Bruce Fein, former associate deputy attorney general, delves into the legal basis for safeguarding political speech as well as Congress' use of McCarthyite tactics to repress pro-Palestine campus activism.

Protecting Free Speech and Promoting Dialogue on Campus

Two deans of major American universities co-wrote an op-ed in the New York Times arguing that college campuses need to better promote dialogue and challenge zero-sum narratives regarding the ongoing Gaza war. “Calls for schools to investigate pro-Palestinian students and student groups for material support for terrorism without any evidentiary basis” are “dangerous,” warns Hina Shamsi, director of the ACLU’s National Security Project. Such accusations “can carry really serious long-term consequences for those who are being unfairly maligned."

John Mearsheimer: The Israel Lobby Now Plays “Smash-Mouth Politics”

University of Chicago professor John Mearsheimer discusses how the Israel lobby, despite being “forced to operate out in the open," continues to influence policymakers. “The problem is that most people are afraid to speak up about the lobby," he said. "Most people are afraid to publicly go toe-to-toe with the lobby, and the end result is that even though the lobby is now playing smash-mouth politics—it’s out in the open—they can get away with it because hardly anybody will stand up and say that this is bad and it needs to be stopped.”

The Miasma of Unity: Jews and Israel

His new book, The Miasma of Unity: Jews and Israel, Abba A. Solomon puts a focus on the shameful record of the American Jewish establishment’s support for the relentless elimination of the Palestinians.

Solomon shares his research showing the Zionist hijacking of Jewish identity, how it diddles American Jews and dragoons them into helping to sway U.S. politicians to support policies antithetical to humane American—and Jewish—values.

Together, the chapters argue that lust for power was and is the mainspring of Zionism, although its leaders have preferred to promote their violent nationalism as the only solution to Jewish vulnerability to pogroms and other persecutions in non-Jewish lands. It’s dismaying to read how Zionists overcame all obstacles to establish the state of Israel in 1948, including vociferous Jewish opposition that was stronger than it is today and lasted through the Holocaust.