“Nubian Ibex,” 2014
Two Nubian ibex, desert mountain goats, guard the small town of Mitzpe Ramon in the Negev Desert. “Nubian Ibex” is part of the international exhibition “Passage to Israel” at the Sagamore Hotel in the South Beach area of Miami Beach through June 30, as part of a “Peace 70” initiative (passagetoisrael.org).
Today, what we are witnessing on college campuses across the nation is an entirely new breed of the old antisemitic tropes that have waxed and waned on the battlefield of the American academy.
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The legacy media continue to treat “pro-Palestinian” protesters with kid gloves, while depicting Israel as the bully terrorizing the neighborhood.
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