Abstract
This chapter discusses a number of attempts by anti-Zionists to suppress my support for Israel’s existence and a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. One example involved a personal attack within the Australasian Middle East Studies Association (AMESA). Another involved a slanderous letter written to my Head of Department by an anti-Zionist academic complaining about my views. A third involved a personal attack in the academic journal Overland, and a subsequent apologia for that attack by the editor of that journal and a Jewish Left group.
The aim of such attacks appears to be to exclude the presence of any pro-Israel views within public debates (particularly on the liberal/left of the spectrum) so that pro-Palestinian views win the debate by default. Equally, it appears that the pro-Palestinian cause in Australia and elsewhere has been hijacked by particularly aggressive and intolerant forms of advocacy.
The aim of such attacks appears to be to exclude the presence of any pro-Israel views within public debates (particularly on the liberal/left of the spectrum) so that pro-Palestinian views win the debate by default. Equally, it appears that the pro-Palestinian cause in Australia and elsewhere has been hijacked by particularly aggressive and intolerant forms of advocacy.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Anti-Zionism on Campus |
| Subtitle of host publication | The University, Free Speech and BDS |
| Editors | Andrew Pessin, Doron S. Ben-Atar |
| Place of Publication | Bloomington IN USA |
| Publisher | Indiana University Press |
| Chapter | 12 |
| Pages | 163-173 |
| Number of pages | 11 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9780253034083 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9780253034076, 9780253034069 |
| Publication status | Published - 2018 |