The recent campus protests following the Hamas-Israel conflict have been framed as either antiapartheid or anti-Semitic. The conflict is much deeper, being rooted in toxic identity politics.
Original Article: The Anti-Semitism Controversy on College Campuses Is the Direct Result of Identity Politics
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