Even a debate is too much for Zionists to handle? The Oxford University Student Union debating society has been forced to cancel a debate on the Middle East following the withdrawal of the proposers of the motion: “This House believes that one state is the only solution to the Israel-Palestine conflict.” Prof. Avi Shlaim of…
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Academic freedom revisited
Following this recent talk at the University of Chicago about the… role of the Israel lobby in shutting down debate in the US, now podcast the speeches of Norman Finkelstein, Tony Judt, Noam Chomsky and John Mearsheimer.
An ominous silencing
Finally, real debate about the often insidious power of the Zionist lobby is occurring in the mainstream: Collectively they have published more than a hundred books and countless articles. Four are tenured professors at elite American universities. Internet searches reveal them to be widely cited experts on international affairs and American foreign policy. In short,…