Monday, September 30, 2002
Young, Leikind on Summers: Cathy Young and Robert Leikind tag-team in support of Lawrence Summers. Young’s piece is especially trenchant -- logical, reasoned and all the more devastating because of it. Young’s conclusion: “For whatever reason, extremist anti-Israeli rhetoric today has become, all too often, a vehicle for the kind of Jew-bashing that one might have hoped was extinct in the civilized world. For drawing attention to this issue, Summers deserves praise.” Leikind’s key lines: “Evidence is mounting that demonization of Jews is gaining respectability and that the struggle in the Middle East is providing cover for the expression of such hatred. This does not justify reflexively labeling all criticism of Israel as anti-Semitic. It does, however, compel us to ask why some critics seem interested in investing all their moral capital in attacking embattled, democratic Israel.”
Postscript: Another Harvard professor takes on the divestment movement. (Via Instapundit.).
Postscript: Another Harvard professor takes on the divestment movement. (Via Instapundit.).
