How Arab countries shaped our academic discourse.
Dr. Shmuel Katz, a leader in Israel advocacy in the United States, in a conversation with Arutz Sheva-Israel Nation News, discusses the rise in anti-Semitism on US campuses.
According to Dr. Katz, Arab countries have made for decades strategic investments in education, where financial contributions to the tune of billions of petro-dollars lead to increased influence and representation within universities in the form of appointment of scholars who align with the values of the donors.
This, he explains, has shaped the academic discourse and fostered a connection between the university and the interests of the donor countries.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I1sMOaEnBmY. This is truly heartwarming at his inaugeration, the newly sworn in president of aegentina says in his inaugural speech that it is not an accident that his inauguration came during Hanukkah, the “Festival of Light” and the “Festival of Freedom.” He sees this as a parallel with Argentina’s struggle to become a nation in which all of its people will be free to live their lives in accordance with their own values and aspirations, and will not be subject to the control of the state.