A Devil's Bargain on Campus: What Compels College Students to 'Stand in Solidarity' with Hamas?
Many Americans were surprised by the protests on college campuses in support of "Palestine" after the Hamas assault on Israel. How could anyone but condemn the Hamas pogrom, in which babies, children, and the elderly were massacred, raped, and burned alive? The answer lies in the toxic mix of politics, ignorance, and antisemitism emanating from the failure of American academia, especially the field of Middle East studies.