While following a lot of stories about campus anti-Semitism, I make it a practice to check the campus newspaper online to see what they are saying about the latest controversy, if anything at all.
It is hardly pleasant reading. Campus newspapers are uniformly politically-correct to the point of being laughable. Never do they take a conservative position on anything, and rarely do they allow a conservative voice to write an op-ed. Even then, the editorial board in question will generally try to rebut it. I try to keep in mind that these are young students learning the craft of writing, but I cringe to think that these might be the New York Times editorialists of the future.
I must say, however, the Wellesley News (Wellesley College in Massachusetts) has taken the cake this week with their editorial defending the BDS movement against Israel and even the dastardly Boston Mapping Project, which points out people and organizations (with their addresses) who support Israel. They even give a shout-out to Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP), that national student organization of Brown Shirts that uses intimidation and disruption as tactics for getting their message across.
The editorial shows just how ignorant the writers are about Israel. It merely repeats the SJP talking points about the "liberation" of Palestine, ad nauseum.
The usual disclaimer condemning anti-Semitism is only a cover for the fact that they are encouraging more anti-Semitism by siding with the forces of BDS on campus. Meanwhile, they ignore the acts of terrorism committed by Palestinians against Israelis such as this week's shooting death of a young Israeli female soldier. They also ignore what is happening to Jewish students all over the US in our universities in the name of the pro-Palestinian/anti-Israel cause.
I am cross-posting an article from the Jewish News Syndicate (JNS) on the controversy here. In addition, I have sent in my own comment to the Wellesley News op-ed.
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