Anti-Semitism Increasing On College Campuses [UPDATED]
His son, Danny, was beheaded by Islamic terrorists in Pakistan. He is a professor at UCLA. And listen to what he has to say about our college campuses:
LOS ANGELES, California (CNN) — Jewish students and faculty at California universities fear for their safety on campus because of threats aimed at them over the Middle East conflict, the father of a slain Wall Street Journal reporter said Friday.
Judea Pearl, whose son, Daniel Pearl, was kidnapped and killed by al Qaeda extremists while on assignment in Pakistan in 2002, told reporters at a news conference that anti-Semitic e-mail and verbal threats have escalated since Israel’s three-week invasion of Gaza in January.
“I received hate messages (after a recent panel on “Human Rights and Gaza”) from someone at UCLA who did not identify himself and said, ‘I saw you in Ackerman Union and I know where your office is and I’m going to beat the (expletive) out of you,’” said Pearl, who teaches computer science on UCLA’s Westwood campus. “I handed it to the campus police, and they did not do anything.”
The university denies it, naturally. They have no record of a complaint.
Pearl and officials at the Simon Wiesenthal Center, where the news conference was held, are concerned that administrators on college campuses across the country are not doing enough to foster freedom of expression while protecting Jewish students and faculty members from acts of intimidation on campuses.
“The verbal abuse is there, the intimidation is there, the feeling of helplessness is there, not only among students but among faculty,” said Pearl.
Jew hatred took the life of his son and now his life is being threatened. The administration, not just at UCLA, but at university campuses across the country, is busy doing it’s nails, I guess. If you study Jewish history, this is not new, certainly not in academic settings (see Germany). Shame. I don’t know what else to say.
- Aggie
BTL here: Interview with Judea Pearl here.
A taste:
Do you think we’ve reached some sort of point of no return in the questioning of Israel’s legitimacy?
JD[sic]: There is latent anti-Semitic pressure in the world and Gaza took the lid off. That’s one way to look at it. Group hysteria is catching. Gaza gives people the chance to feel morally superior. I mean, look at the Libyan government. Are they saying they’re morally superior to Israel? For the Libyan people it’s very important that there’s one speck, one human area, where you’re worth something - you’re morally superior to the Jews. It’s a confirmation of worthiness. The average Libyan is not having a very good time most days. So it’s good to have a scapegoat. This is what Durban is about.
Hey, he can’t say that. Off with his head!