Zion phobic leftest harrassing Jewish students

Washington Times:

A panel of Jewish academics recently presented evidence to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights that anti-Semitic programs on college campuses are increasing.
The commission heard testimony from Gary A. Tobin and Susan Tuchman, director of the Zionist Organization of America, that Jewish students at the University of California at Irvine, Columbia University and other campuses have recently experienced hostility and intimidation.
"We would argue that anti-Semitism in the form of anti-Israelism are not a Jewish problem but an American problem, and both are thriving on college campuses," said Mr. Tobin, who recently wrote a book based on findings procured through polls and on-site inquiries at the Institute for Jewish and Community Research.
The book details incidents of harassment and discrimination on campus and in anti-Semitic college newspaper articles and cartoons over the past few years.
Mr. Tobin said the recent rise in anti-Semitic literature and program speaking engagements is related to the war in the Middle East and the "political discourse" that the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is the cause of it.
He said the source is leftist ideologues masking their anti-Jewish views through both Israeli policy critiques and race politics.
He said there is a widespread belief that Jews are primarily white: "Placing this in the politics of race this ideology has currency on college campuses because it paints Jews as racists; so, anyone who supports Israel is racist, therefore anti-Semitism becomes acceptable because it is combating racism."

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