oatmeal<p>[cont’d] more on this issue…</p><p>Wait Till the Jews Are Blamed for Bringing Down Harvard by Naftali Kaminski <a href="https://www.haaretz.com/opinion/2025-04-17/ty-article-opinion/.premium/wait-till-the-jews-are-blamed-for-bringing-down-harvard/00000196-3db9-d78d-a1de-3db982650000" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">haaretz.com/opinion/2025-04-17</span><span class="invisible">/ty-article-opinion/.premium/wait-till-the-jews-are-blamed-for-bringing-down-harvard/00000196-3db9-d78d-a1de-3db982650000</span></a> or <a href="https://archive.is/Js3yx" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">archive.is/Js3yx</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>The <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> Administration’s use of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/antisemitism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>antisemitism</span></a> concerns to target pro-Palestinian campus protests is threatening academic freedom and research funding. The controversial <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/IHRA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IHRA</span></a> definition of antisemitism risks silencing legitimate criticism of Israel, endangering free speech and scientific progress. Kaminski (an Israeli physician-scientist and Professor of Medicine and Pharmacology at Yale University School of Medicine) warns against weaponizing antisemitism to suppress debate and call for standing up to protect academic independence.</p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/academicchatter" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>academicchatter</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/palestine" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>palestine</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/israel" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>israel</span></a></span> <br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Palestine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Palestine</span></a> <br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GazaGenocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GazaGenocide</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AcademicFreedom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AcademicFreedom</span></a> <br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FreeSpeech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreeSpeech</span></a></p>