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PREVIEW: #NYC: Conversation with colleague Harry Siegel re: the antisemitism apparent in the campus protests throughout the week -- and how the unacceptable conduct connects to the sinister BDS. More later.

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John Batchelor

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🗓️ 3 May 2024

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PREVIEW: #NYC: Conversation with colleague Harry Siegel re: the antisemitism apparent in the campus protests throughout the week -- and how the unacceptable conduct connects to the sinister BDS. More later.
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This is John Batcheter, conversation with my good colleague Harry Siegel, the senior editor at the

0:05.8

City and online journal about what we're witnessing on campus, especially in New York.

0:12.0

Harry remarks about the anti-Semitism

0:15.0

that then connects that to a program that's been going on,

0:18.0

an effort that's been going on, a sinister,

0:21.0

a conduct that's been going on for some time called BDS.

0:25.0

Harry puts all this together and comments on the protesters. Are they aware? Do they

0:32.3

see what they're supporting? Do they understand their

0:35.3

goals? They're not positive. Harry Siegel, senior editor at the city, an online journal,

0:41.8

in the beginning, in the middle of the controversy about the campus

0:45.8

disruptions.

0:47.8

More of this later.

0:48.8

I think that there is a lot of anti-Semitism waste into what's happening here.

0:55.3

And I additionally, John, it's, it's,

1:00.5

not every protester is signed a thing saying I am joining a two decade long effort to

1:06.3

delegitimize Israel and to not try to sway popular opinion but try to sway

1:12.3

we're of power like like, you know,

1:14.2

a Craven League college administrators. But that's functionally what's

1:18.0

happening here, and I do think that that is a fundamentally anti-Semitic endeavor that is gained traction among younger people

1:28.8

in part because of this war in Gaza and the larger war

1:34.0

obviously involving Iran and Hezbollah

1:36.2

and many other forces happening now.

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