Zionist Group in Israel Urges Students to Report ‘Subversive’ Professors

by E Wayne Ross on November 16, 2009

The Chronicle: Zionist Group in Israel Urges Students to Report ‘Subversive’ Professors

Left-right tensions are rising on Israeli campuses over the complex legacy of Zionist ideology and the place of Zionism in Israeli society, with a call for students at one university to report on “Thought Police” professors, a campaign that is being likened to “McCarthyite” tactics in the United States.

The tensions pit radical academics, who are being accused of pursuing a political agenda and silencing pro-Zionist views, against Zionist groups, accused of a “witchhunt” against professors who reject the mainstream Israeli narrative.