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Victory for Evil

Today's Times reports that New Jersey Gov. Jim McGreevey has decided to support Rutgers University's decision to host a conference held by New Jersey Soldiarty. Rutgers President Richard McCormick is quoted as saying "The governor and I agreed that we find the views of New Jersey Solidarity to be reprehensible. But we also agreed that the best way to counter deplorable arguments is more discussion, not less, and that the appropriate place for this kind of discourse is the university. Governor McGreevey and I share the belief that the strength of our society depends on such openness."

While New Jersey Soldiarity may have a constitutional right to call for the destruction of Israel, the notion that the strength of our society depends on Rutgers hosting its conference is deeply offensive. The 1st Amendment does not require every evil idea to be given a wide forum to express its hatred.

Furthermore, while the Times article quotes from the website of New Jersey Soldiarity, including its statement that "we unconditionally support Palestinians' human right to resist occupation and oppression by any means necessary," the Times failed to quote the most offensive statement: "We are opposed to the existence of the apartheid colonial settler state of Israel, as it is based on the racist ideology of Zionism and is an expression of colonialism and imperialism, and we stand for the total liberation of all of historic Palestine."

Sadly, however, calling for the destruction of Israel is deemed a legitimate political position. The Times therefore also has a favorable feature about Charlotte Kates of NJ Solidarity, even as it matter-of-factly notes Kates' call for Israel's destruction and her support of suicide bombings. The article was written by Chris Hedges, whose objectivity about Israel can be gauged from an article he wrote for Harper's Magazine, in which he claimed that Israeli soldiers "entice children like mice into a trap and murder them for sport" and compares Israel unfavorably to Serbia under Slobodan Milosevic.
posted on 7/18/2003