After Gaza Conflict, Preparing For A Potentially Stormy Year For Israel On Campus
Posted on August 29, 2014 by Alina D. Sharon and filed under Features, Education, Israel, News, U.S..
By Alina Dain Sharon/JNS.org
This summer’s 50-day conflict between Israel and Hamas in Gaza, which has come to a close if a cease-fire reached last week holds, has spurred a sharp rise in both anti-Israel and anti-Semitic incidents around the world. At the same time, the boundary between anti-Zionism and anti-Semitism has become increasingly blurred, particularly on American college campuses.
Trouble for Jewish students got underway even before the start of classes. At an orientation event in late August, a pro-Israel student at Temple University in Philadelphia was punched in the face by a member of Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) and called a “baby killer,” “Zionist pig,” and “kike.”
Given this climate, pro-Israel organizations are taking special precautions for the upcoming academic year.
“We are expecting that things can get very ugly this year on many college campuses, including some that were quiet in the past,” Kenneth L. Marcus, president of the Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law and former staff director of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, told JNS.org.
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