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OP-ED: Reinharz, Israel and me
by Daniel Pipes
Op-Ed | 2/13/07
Posted online at 10:34 PM EST on 2/12/07
/ Last updated at 3:47 AM EST on 2/12/07
The statements by Reinharz and Hose also prompt several questions:
1. How am I, exactly, a weapon of mass destruction, Mr. Reinharz? And what do you mean by this phrase?
2. And Mr. Hose, have you taken a look at just who gets inflamed by my speeches? On Jan. 31, for example, it was a bunch of Islamist goons, and you can see them yourself on the three videos listed on my Web site (www.DanielPipes.org), at "My Disrupted Talk at the University of California-Irvine." After preventing me from speaking, the leader of this group called for the state of Israel to be "wiped off the face of the earth." Your statement makes me wonder whose side you are on-theirs or mine?
3. What, precisely, are those scholarly resources available at Brandeis? Might Hose be referring to the University's leading specialist on "contemporary Islamic thought and practice" (the title of her course), Prof. Natana DeLong-Bas (NEJS), an apologist for Al-Qaeda whose depraved thinking was exposed in several recent articles (including "Natana DeLong-Bas: American Professor, Wahhabi Apologist" and "Sympathy for the Devil at Brandeis," from frontpagemag.com)? Or is he referring to Khalil Shikaki, a Crown Center fellow who has been credibly accused of terrorist links and has a second-to-none record in getting it wrong in his chosen field of Palestinian public opinion?
Looking at the larger picture, Brandeis has incurred a sorry record when it comes to Israel in recent years-staging that "Voices of Palestine" exhibit, hiring DeLong-Bas and Shikaki, appointing the muddled Prof. Shai Feldman (POL) to head the Crown Center, permitting an Islamist (Qumar-ul Huda) to serve as its Muslim chaplain and setting up the Brandeis-Al-Quds University study-abroad partnership.
Over the decades, Brandeis has benefited substantially from the support of those concerned with Israel's security and welfare. Sadly, its record in this arena under Reinharz has strayed so badly that already a year ago the Zionist Organization of America called for "donors to reconsider their support for Brandeis." So long as he remains the University's president, that strikes me as sound advice.
The writer is a distinguished visiting professor at Pepperdine University and director of the Middle East Forum.
1. How am I, exactly, a weapon of mass destruction, Mr. Reinharz? And what do you mean by this phrase?
2. And Mr. Hose, have you taken a look at just who gets inflamed by my speeches? On Jan. 31, for example, it was a bunch of Islamist goons, and you can see them yourself on the three videos listed on my Web site (www.DanielPipes.org), at "My Disrupted Talk at the University of California-Irvine." After preventing me from speaking, the leader of this group called for the state of Israel to be "wiped off the face of the earth." Your statement makes me wonder whose side you are on-theirs or mine?
3. What, precisely, are those scholarly resources available at Brandeis? Might Hose be referring to the University's leading specialist on "contemporary Islamic thought and practice" (the title of her course), Prof. Natana DeLong-Bas (NEJS), an apologist for Al-Qaeda whose depraved thinking was exposed in several recent articles (including "Natana DeLong-Bas: American Professor, Wahhabi Apologist" and "Sympathy for the Devil at Brandeis," from frontpagemag.com)? Or is he referring to Khalil Shikaki, a Crown Center fellow who has been credibly accused of terrorist links and has a second-to-none record in getting it wrong in his chosen field of Palestinian public opinion?
Looking at the larger picture, Brandeis has incurred a sorry record when it comes to Israel in recent years-staging that "Voices of Palestine" exhibit, hiring DeLong-Bas and Shikaki, appointing the muddled Prof. Shai Feldman (POL) to head the Crown Center, permitting an Islamist (Qumar-ul Huda) to serve as its Muslim chaplain and setting up the Brandeis-Al-Quds University study-abroad partnership.
Over the decades, Brandeis has benefited substantially from the support of those concerned with Israel's security and welfare. Sadly, its record in this arena under Reinharz has strayed so badly that already a year ago the Zionist Organization of America called for "donors to reconsider their support for Brandeis." So long as he remains the University's president, that strikes me as sound advice.
The writer is a distinguished visiting professor at Pepperdine University and director of the Middle East Forum.
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David Sternlight
posted 2/13/07 @ 3:44 PM EST
Many years ago, when I was an undergraduate at MIT, I spent many happy hours on the Brandeis campus. At that time (1950-54) it was a distinguished institution of higher learning and a beacon of clear thinking. (Continued…)
jordan
posted 2/13/07 @ 5:29 PM EST
Pipes writes: "I strenuously object to being lumped in with Finkelstein in any fashion whatsoever. Finkelstein denies the Holocaust..." and goes on to attack our university for a litany of muslim-loving acts. (Continued…)
mlo
posted 2/15/07 @ 5:25 PM EST
"When the cold war was over, and the US was trying to conjure up new enemies to keep up the defense budget, Pipes found himself a new perch for an untenured 'soviet-ologist. (Continued…)
Shimon Gottschalk
posted 2/16/07 @ 2:15 PM EST
Daniel Pipes should be recognized for who he is, a radical right wing war hawk. He has every right to speak his mind, but should be recognized for who he is. (Continued…)
Monty
posted 2/20/07 @ 12:29 PM EST
:Readers should pay close attention to Jordan's tactics. His message is a rewarmed smear typical of those unable to deal with Pipes' irrefutable facts. (Continued…)
Michael Santomauro
Michael Santomauro
posted 2/27/07 @ 9:41 AM EST
The Holocaust: Let's Hear Both Sides
Nearly everyone has heard that the Germans killed some six million Jews in Europe during the Second World War. (Continued…)
Mark Surchin
posted 2/27/07 @ 3:24 PM EST
Am I reading too quickly, or is there in fact a long Holocaust "revisionist" letter to the editor posted above on the online edition of my alma mater's student newspaper of?
Holocaust denial is not a crime in my country (Canada) but depending on how the thoughts are expressed, it could constitute criminal "hate speech" under our Criminal Code. (Continued…)
David Sternlight
posted 2/27/07 @ 6:02 PM EST
Although Holocaust denial is protected by free speech provisions of the US Constitution, its consequences may not be immune to civil suits for damages, particularly the pain and suffering caused by such denial to Holocaust survivors and perhaps the general Jewish and even non-Jewish public. (Continued…)
Mark Surchin
posted 2/28/07 @ 10:44 AM EST
People are free to believe that the Holocaust did not occur or to disagree with parts of the generally accepted narrative. That's no different that people being free to believe that the Earth is flat. (Continued…)
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