About time someone else drew the South Africa analogy:
The University of Toronto says it will not interfere with a series of events, dubbed "Israeli Apartheid Week," planned for later this month and organized by an independent campus group, the Arab Students' Collective.
The week of themed discussions will feature talks on such subjects as Palestinian and migrant labour in Israel.
"There are different forms of apartheid in Israel," said Ahmad Shokr, an organizer with the collective, explaining the agenda for the week.
"Every day is theme-based — one day is focused on political prisoners; another day is focused on the wall separating Israel from Palestine, another day is focused on refugees, Shokr said.
Banning such discussions, said Professor Dave Farrar, vice-provost for students, would violate the university's responsibility to promote the basic freedoms of speech and association.
Maybe they can extend the one-person-one-vote unitary state analogy to Palestine-Israel too.
As for the naysayers:
The decision was condemned by B'Nai Brith Canada's executive vice-president, Frank Dimant, who said the week of events planned for Jan. 31 through Feb. 4 "is nothing but a thinly veiled hate fest that threatens the safety and security of the Jewish students whose well-being the University is charged with protecting."
Repeat after me, slowly and carefully:
Anti-Zionism is not the same thing as anti-Semitism.
Anti-Zionism is not the same thing as anti-Semitism.
Anti-Zionism is not the same thing as anti-Semitism...
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