“What I really felt was most disturbing as a Jewish president, but also somebody who cares personally a lot about the issues that were being discussed, is the level of ignorance among people on all sides of this issue,” he said.

Garber said that “a great deal” of what had initially been labeled antisemitism was ultimately anti-Israeli bias, which he called “insidious and maybe more corrosive of University life.”

Even so, he said the University has made faster-than-expected progress in improving campus climate.

“I thought it would take three to five years to see progress,” he said. “In fact, we saw progress within a year.”

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    Garber said that “a great deal” of what had initially been labeled antisemitism was ultimately anti-Israeli bias, which he called “insidious and maybe more corrosive of University life.”

    The Israeli government deliberately confounds anti-Zionist and anti-Jewish sentiments. They do it to make criticizing their actions more difficult, but ultimately they put Jewish safety at risk because all Jews become targets, regardless of whether they support Zionism or not. 😞

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      Palestinians are the victim of this genocide produced by his policy. Jewish safety should not be the primary focus of this. Palestinian safety should be. Jews aren’t in any danger whatsoever.