Q&A: Are All Universities Left-Wing?!
Are All Universities Left-Wing?!
Question
As is well known, with all the student protests abroad and so on, I really don’t understand the amazement of leftists and academics here in Israel at how all the faculty members abroad are turning a blind eye and even encouraging antisemitism, etc. etc. Don’t they see that this is exactly how they behave / have behaved toward our settlers / religious people / right-wingers?
What do you say—what is going on with them? Are they really surprised by this, or are they just pretending to be surprised because this time it is directed against them (against all Jews, including the leftists studying abroad, etc.)?
Answer
Not all universities are left-wing, and even in the well-known ones that are full of protesters there are very many who support us. There is no need to get carried away and present a one-sided picture.
People on the left in Israel really are surprised, partly because of the extremism and the support for a terror organization, which does not exist among most of the Israeli left. The Israeli left also does not behave the same way toward right-wing settlers. That is just your generalization. There are real and serious problems in the settlements and among the hilltop youth, and not everyone who speaks out against them is as unhinged as the protesters abroad.