Tuesday February 13, 2007

I've Been Thinking:

University campuses in the United States and Canada have joined together in a week-long event called Israel Apartheid Week.

Israel Apartheid Week is a seven day festival centered on Israel bashing.
The goal of the organizers is two-fold:
to instill anti-Israel sentiment in the minds and hearts of university students
to invest time and energy proving that the United States policy of befriending and supporting Israel is a mistake

Rebutting anti-Israel myths on university campuses is an on-going, not merely a week-long, process. This year, however, the task has become even more difficult because support for the anti-Israel/United States movement has been bolstered by prominent, public enemies of truth. Most prominent are former US president Jimmy Carter and the authors of the Baker Report.

The Baker Report actually makes the claim that there is a direct correlation between Israel and the Palestinians and the war with Iraq. The Carter book suggests, even through its title, that there is a fundamental injustice in Israel.

These are tough days for the United States and Israel in university corridors.
The future leaders of our country are being put to the test on their own campuses.