Whoa!
I was jolted by Victor Davis Hanson’s assertions in his column “The new anti-Semitism.”
He states that what he claims is a new rise in anti-Semitism is not only a jihadist phenomenon but is also due to “popular left-wing multiculturalism in the West” and “is mostly a left-wing, and often an academic, enterprise.”
He goes even further, writing that this new anti-Semitism is “far more insidious, given the left’s moral pretensions and its influence in the prestigious media and universities.”
These are utterly astounding claims.
But Hanson merely asserts them. He gives no rationale whatsoever.
Since the left wing, at least in this country, has almost always been pro-Israel, I think that Hanson owes us some clarification.
Tribune readers are not morons, Mr. Hanson.
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