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Beware the Danbys and AIJACS of this world

It must be of concern when MP's start attacking universities for not following whatever political line that politician considers they ought to.

Exhibit #1 - MHR Danby, who of late has attacked Macquarie University for one of its faculties having a pro-Arab bias - or was that an anti-Israel disposition? Funny that.....it echos that other noisy and bullying organisation AIJAC. The latter is privately funded [by whom is not known or ever disclosed] but assumes to itself a roll of blustering loudly - and hectoring to boot those in its sights - anything or anyone perceived by it to be remotely anti-Israel. Hence just today AIJAC employee Colin Rubenstein on ABC Radio accused the ABC and SBS of being biased against Israel.

Heaven forbid that Australia should go down the path as revealed in this piece from the Guardian Unlimited:

"It used to be said that academic rows were vicious because the stakes were so small. That's no longer true in America, where a battle is underway on campuses over what can be said about the Middle East and US foreign policy.

Douglas Giles is a recent casualty. He used to teach a class on world religions at Roosevelt University, Chicago, founded in memory of FDR and his liberal-inclined wife, Eleanor. Last year, Giles was ordered by his head of department, art historian Susan Weininger, not to allow students to ask questions about Palestine and Israel; in fact, nothing was to be mentioned in class, textbooks and examinations that could possibly open Judaism to criticism.

Students, being what they are, did not go along with the ban. A young woman, originally from Pakistan, asked a question about Palestinian rights. Someone complained and Professor Giles was promptly fired."

Be appalled as you read the full piece here. And be on the lookout, and on guard, for the Danbys and AIJACs of this world!

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