Education for Self-Hatred in Universities | Moshe Cohen-Eliya

An opinion piece by Moshe Cohen-Eliya arguing that Israeli universities have ceased to be pluralistic arenas and have become hubs of woke culture and self-hatred. The author cites events such as Tel Aviv University's apology for inviting Danny Gold to lecture, and remarks by Prof. Yael Sternhell in favor of restricting arms to Israel, to illustrate the claim that Israeli academia educates for guilt and dependence on the West.

An opinion piece by Moshe Cohen-Eliya, an expert in constitutional law and founder of the research institute 'Masad Ha'aretz', arguing that Israeli universities have ceased to be pluralistic arenas and have become hubs of woke culture and self-hatred. The author opens with a description of a vehicular attack in Berlin carried out by a German youth with ties to ISIS, noting that a year earlier thousands marched in the city at a queer pro-Palestinian event. He argues that the attack exposed the contradiction between queer liberalism and radical Islamism, and that woke culture has also infiltrated Israeli universities. As a central example, he cites the apology by Tel Aviv University President Prof. Ariel Porat and Rector Prof. Noga Kronfeld-Schor to faculty members for inviting Danny Gold, one of the developers of the Iron Dome, to lecture at the doctoral degree ceremony. The author claims the apology was made to the 'right' audience – radical leftists. He also quotes Prof. Yael Sternhell, who said she prefers the United States in a position that restrains Israel, and compares her views to those of her father, Prof. Zeev Sternhell. The author argues that Israeli academia replicates a moral code where the right is fascism and Israel is always guilty, and that recognition from the progressive elite in the West is more important than Israel's right to defend itself. He concludes by stating that virtue signaling does not intercept missiles, but Iron Dome does.