The Intelligence: Antisemitism and freedom of speech
The Intelligence from The Economist
The Economist
4.5 • 3.7K Ratings
🗓️ 12 December 2023
⏱️ 26 minutes
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Summary
Since the Hamas attacks and the ensuing war in Gaza, debate at America’s top academic institutions has turned sour. Now, the issue has reignited an age-old argument about freedom of speech on campuses. Today Britain’s parliament will vote on whether to send asylum seekers to Rwanda – they aren’t the only ones thinking about outsourcing responsibility (07:54). And books about the twilight of the automobile age (17:32)
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| 0:57.0 | A plan in Britain to ship asylum applicants to Rwanda is coming to a head in Parliament today. |
| 1:03.0 | Asylum is tightly circumscribed by international law and attempts to send it offshore just |
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| 1:52.0 | First up there. there. Universities pride themselves in being hubs of debate, places where students can push the boundaries of academia and thrash out political arguments. |
| 1:53.0 | But since the outbreak of war in Gaza, |
| 1:56.0 | some worry that such debates have crossed a line |
| 2:00.0 | from intellectual inquiry into outright anti-Semitism. |
| 2:04.8 | It's perhaps no surprise. |
| 2:06.5 | Following Hamas's October 7th attack, |
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