"They're Obviously Not Antisemitic Protests": Jewish Yale University Professor Speaks Out
Jason Stanley is not just any Jewish philosopher; he is the grandson of the legendary Ilse Stanley, who helped release over 400 people from Nazi concentration camps in the late 1930s. He is not just the author of one major book on fascism - but, soon, two of them. And he is not just a professor of philosophy; he is a professor of philosophy at Yale.
So who better to talk to about the campus protests at Yale University, where police arrested over 40 pro-Palestine students demonstrating against the college’s ties with Israeli weapons manufacturers earlier this week? Who better to discuss antisemitism and anti-Zionism with, as student-led, pro-Palestine encampments continue to spread to campuses across the nation?
In a new series called ‘The Exchange,’ foreign policy analyst and Zeteo contributor Rula Jebreal interviews Professor Stanley, who debunks “the tremendous misinformation” in the mainstream media about what’s been happening on campus at Yale and other Ivy League universities; argues that the “the claim of antisemitism is just today’s excuse” for authoritarians to crack down on protesters; and notes how critics on the right have, shamefully, framed the Jewish students joining these protests as “not real Jews.” He also has some harsh words for “fascists” Benjamin Netanyahu and Donald Trump.
‘The Exchange’ is a series in which Zeteo contributors interview various experts and newsmakers on the biggest stories of the week. Let us know in the comments who you’d like to see in ‘The Exchange’ next!
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These students have given me more hope for the world than I have experienced in many years.
@oldbrassman2157
Ай бұрын
My wife and I feel the same way. We hope in cases where the police are called in, that nobody is seriously injured.
I hope the professor doesn't get fired.
@maggiemaske8342
Ай бұрын
He will get on the Canary Mission list.
@PauloAdriano-zo2ng
Ай бұрын
It's a small price considering what's going on in Gaza. Jason will be fine, he's a part of the club. 😏
@PauloAdriano-zo2ng
Ай бұрын
@@maggiemaske8342 How very Nail Biting and Pearl Clutching ...!!! It still beats having your arm or leg amputated without anesthesia. 🙄
@water78149
Ай бұрын
Don't worry about it. He's capable and can get another good job. Maybe one that's better and it's him better too. He's qualified.
@Rnankn
Ай бұрын
That’s literally why they have academic freedom, to be able to research and speak on anything without fear of reprisal.
Justice will prevail soon or later. Free Palestine 🇵🇸 ❤ salute to American university students for the supper movement they’ve began. History will remember them ❤
@mildredmartinez8843
Ай бұрын
"The moral arc of the universe is long, but it bends toward ⚖ ❤
@salanderlisbeth4319
Ай бұрын
Bravo! I hope that al the young people go to protest pro Palestina!🍉🇵🇸🍉🇵🇸🍉🇵🇸🇧🇷🍉🇵🇸🍉
@KARTAL-sj3bq
Ай бұрын
HEY AMERICAN FRIENDS! I INVITE YOU TO THINK FOR A MINUTE! As you know, Your country will hold a presidential election in November and there are 2 visible candidates. Current President Joe Biden and Former President Donald Trump. Instead of explaining in which way they are the better choice for the American people, these two Presidents have entered the race of "I can support Israel more!" WHILE THE PRESIDENT, TO BE ELECTED WILL BE REQUIRED TO BE ELECTED TO SERVE THE PEOPLE OF THE USA, WHY DO TWO PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES ASK "Who can support Israel more?" ACCORDING TO YOU, ISN'T IT WEIRD THAT THEY HAVE ENTERED INTO THIS KIND OF A INCOMPREHENSIBLE DEBATE?
@S62r
Ай бұрын
Everyone knows Jews are very politically divided. This guy is a hardcore leftist ideologue so of course he sides with Hamas
@vanessamaldonado5877
Ай бұрын
How so? It took a world war to end the Holocaust and stop the Nazis, I dont see any country willing to wage war and forcefully take the Israeli genocidal regime down.
“Collective punishment is a war crime.” So true professor Stanley. Judaism and Zionism are two completely different concepts. Excellent interview.
The youth the students dont turn blind eyes for the injustice 💯👍
Power to youth, change racist world
@LoveableLincoln32
Ай бұрын
Yeah change the racist P.O.C and the racists whites.
@saposapo1
Ай бұрын
I see you are another bot
Ultra orthodox Jews have had a very visible presence in this anti-war movement. Largely supporting the protesters.
@debrafirestone861
Ай бұрын
I don’t believe you on that
@themasterofinfinity
Ай бұрын
I think the question is is is making any orthodox students uncomfortable, no group is a monolith being Jewish dosnt mean you can't be antisemitic and having Jewish people in yoir protest doant mean all fees support you, people trying to use labels to gain some kind of mandate is gross.
@houdiniwho
Ай бұрын
It is the Zionists, which are atheist that are scared. Because they are using religion to justify their crimes. This has been 76 years of watching this unfold.
@BobHaijerJr
Ай бұрын
@@debrafirestone861 kzread.info/dash/bejne/nIKpp8ilZpfQhdo.htmlsi=sValolSCsJ8lESzP since your a little slow maybe you need an in depth explanation of why Judaism is NOT Zionism and why Israel isn’t a defining factor at all in fact has nothing to do with Judaism.
@eypu999
Ай бұрын
@@debrafirestone861 google it lol
Protesting for peace is now considered a threat.
@JimBalter
Ай бұрын
It long has been.
@LeoGale27
Ай бұрын
In the eyes of those who want war.
He's a great professor I've read his book ‘How Fascism Works.
@fairygaslight8660
Ай бұрын
Me too! I can't wait to read his new book.
"The nazis made me afraid of being Jewish and the zionists made me ashamed of being Jewish." - Israel Shahak
@user-ug2yz6vb7p
Ай бұрын
Avi Schlaim said this.
@imperialmotoring3789
Ай бұрын
Why do you support hamas?
@wben7833
Ай бұрын
WOW, you think anyone cares what a crackhead said? We don't. Hamas is a terrorist group. Cry about it.
@zerowilde
Ай бұрын
We dont. We simply dont support isreal who created hamas.
@zerowilde
Ай бұрын
@@imperialmotoring3789its like saying why do you support al-qauida even though i've openly said how the CIA amd Goverment should be held to account for the creation of al-qaida and the mess they made in afghan. Fuck taliban and fuck the USA goverment.
This will not end well for Israel…
@joeshmoe-rl7bk
Ай бұрын
agreed
@susan4-6-14
Ай бұрын
Israel will prevail!!!! עם ישראל חי
@natashamulkey9063
Ай бұрын
@@susan4-6-14The TRUE Israel will prevail not the one occupied by those who say they are J*ws but are not and whose father is Satan.
@uncomfortabletruth5915
Ай бұрын
IDT you realize the kind of capture, we have entrenched, in the annals of government.
@mistertamura6190
Ай бұрын
These amazing students are up against the MIC and AIPAC; two extraordinarily powerful and morally corrupt entities who more or less own the US government.
thank you professor for speaking up for those brave students.
Antizionism is not antisemitism and no state has a right to exist, people do.
@mikeg2306
Ай бұрын
Israel has earned its existence. Palestinians have not. It’s that simple.
@slothachunk
Ай бұрын
@@mikeg2306 That's an opinion, not a fact. One could argue the opposite, but you seem like a simple person.
@slothachunk
Ай бұрын
@@mikeg2306 Just realized you said Palestinians and not Palestine. That's genocidal talk.
@SeekerofknowlegeandTruth-ci3hs
Ай бұрын
@mikeg2306 what a stupid comment. Palestine has existed for hundreds of years and the way western govts are increasingly looking isolated, Palestine will soon be free. Not to mean there will be no Israel.
@hassyg4083
Ай бұрын
arabs are semite
Jason Stanley wrote a great book on fascism. I'm glad you interviewed him. Power to the students + faculty protesting the g'cide, & Power to the Palestinian People.
Good to hear TRUE Jewish voices. ❤
The danger for this professor is being fired and/or blacklisted
@sawtooth808
Ай бұрын
He has the shield of Tenure, he might find his office moved to a broom 🧹 closet though
Since it's pretty easy to prove with evidence that these are not antisemitic protests, all those wrongly slandered should be suing the media outlets, politicians, and their universities. Money and power is what these organizations care about, so threatening their profits is the only thing that will get their attention and compliance with laws and ethics.
@ronaldshiffman9171
Ай бұрын
You are not in your right mind. It is easy to PROVE that the protests are antisemitic. Saying 'kill the Jews' is antisemitic, is it not?
Justice for everyone, never again for everyone!
So glad to have these wonderful Jews stand up and be counted. And there are many. Blessings to you and all the brave people who are standing on the right side of history.
Justice and freedom for Palestinians
Notice how often the subject of jewish students "feeling unsafe" pops up in the media, but nothing about how Palestinian and/or muslim students might be feeling
@donnavorce8856
Ай бұрын
Yes. That subtle undercurrent of slanderous racist bs. 💯
student's rights should be protected.
@jhegre
Ай бұрын
In the US and in Israel students don't have the right to protect themselves.
Thanks to the guest (great name btw), as strong Jewish voices are more important than ever at this moment. Invaluable coverage.
Salute to the Jews who have a moral compass that does not include genocide! Free Palestine 🇵🇸
I love this channel. Some of the best independent journalism to date. Keep up the work, and keep the truth available to all.
"a kind of cynical weaponization of anti-Semitism to crack down on university protests" - well yes, this is an understatement, but well put, nonetheless. In fact, we've been watching this cynical weaponization of anti-Semitism for quite some time, but probably never so much as we have seen since 10/7.
So good to hear calm, knowledgeable rhetoric about this issue... and obviously on the right side of history ❤❤❤
@dayegilharno4988
Ай бұрын
"kids are kids" - And THAT's the problem with both-siding right there: Ever since gamergate, one side had some pink-haired highschool kids going overboard on issues to be held accountable for, while the other side had sitting congressmembers doing the same and worse...
These messages are so essential to combat the fascism of the government as well as the false claims of antisemitism.
Love from Egypt 🇪🇬 and free Palestine 🇵🇸
Great to see more and more of the world every day, especially in the Jewish community, standing with the people of Palestine.
@saposapo1
Ай бұрын
You support Hamas?
@maxmartin7080
Ай бұрын
@@saposapo1 No, I support ‘humans’!! What a stupid question, but typical of what you people come out with! Purely brainwashed indeed! Read my comment again and try and understand its sentiment this time!!
@maxmartin7080
Ай бұрын
@@saposapo1 No, I support ‘humans’!! What an uneducated question, but typical of what you people come out with! Purely biased indeed! Read my comment again and try and understand its sentiment this time!!
Good interview. Kudos to the professor, being very brave to speak up the truth
Thank you Dr. Stanley.
Thank you Jason.
Very articulate Dr. Jason Stanley. Thank you.
He danced so close to a point when talking about “visible Jews” that it can’t not be made. Many of the “visible Jews” are wearing Israeli symbols to display their Judaism, and do so not to display their Judaism, but to intentionally antagonize. So the claims of visible Jews being harassed; a large portion of those claims are coming from people who are being harassed because they are being belligerent and antagonistic. While it would certainly be preferable if people reacted calmly to these provocations, the reality is that not everyone will be able to placidly endure being goaded. There is no shortage of videos of groups of thugs wearing Israeli flags or other Jewish garb getting in people’s faces or openly cheering for genocide, and some people can’t hear that without being enraged, and sometimes people say things that they don’t mean when angry. It doesn’t take much imagination to know that many people have said nasty things about Jews when they really meant nasty things about Israelis/Zionists.
To conflate being unsafe with being discomforted does as much damage to the concept of safety as the conflation of antisemitism with anti-Zionism does to antisemitism. Thank you, Zeteo, for adding the very necessary context!
He truly is following his religion, Judaism. No religion teaches killing innocent people, all religions teach justice and justice for all. Thank you, professor, for your courage and speaking for humanity 🙏
@JimBalter
Ай бұрын
Your claims about religion are not accurate.
@GML_123.
Ай бұрын
The Quran calls for killing
@donnavorce8856
Ай бұрын
I'd look at psalm 137 verse 9.
professor keeping it 💯✊🏽
I love this guy. I remember watching him many years ago and I'd sadly forgotten his name. Thanks so much for having him on!
Thanks zeteo
I find myself mostly agreeing with this Professor. But further, Judaism is a big tent that has existed globally for thousands of years and will continue for thousands more, (IF we can sustain the planet), it doesn’t really need a physical state (Israel) because it’s a mental state.
Freedom for speech, freedom for palestinian, no to any occupation and GEnecide
@HumanBeingsRThinkingBeings
Ай бұрын
Mind Begs the Question: - If a Semitic State - Engage in Apartheid/Genocide - To speak,act against it - Is Anti Semitic or Pro Freedom?
@imperialmotoring3789
Ай бұрын
What hamas did was horrendous and their punishment is just.
@marianaalexandru6166
Ай бұрын
@@imperialmotoring3789 You support the violence and killing of innocent and unarmed people which is...😥
@NightLion889
Ай бұрын
🤲🏻🤲🏻🤲🏻🤲🏻
@wben7833
Ай бұрын
So go to Gaza and tell them that, and make sure to tell them you're a they/ them
Thank you for calling this out the mainstream is ruining the meaning of the word antisemitism
FAN OF JASON STANLEY. FOR A LONG TIME ... THANK YOU 👍 get on Mass media JASON. !!!!!!!!!
The problem with all this has nothing to do with Jewish students. It has to do with the isreali students who are loyal to their lord in Isreal. What they don't seem to get is, Americans don't owe it to them to not criticize Isreal.
@saposapo1
Ай бұрын
then why all the harassment of Jewish students?
@fvu3
Ай бұрын
@saposapo1 If you haven't noticed, due to your bias, Jewish are the ones leading many of the protests. Stop making up such victimhood claims. To date, not one Jewish student has been attacked. But three Palestinian Americans students were shot though. Make it make sense.
Fantastic report!!! Thank you very much!!! FREE PALESTINE 🇯🇴 Marinemomof3 ❤️🇺🇲
United Nations General Assembly Resolution 3379, adopted on 10 November 1975, " Determines that Zionism is a form of Racism and Racial Discrimination " It was revoked in resolution 46/86, that's true, but you should also mention that resolution 46/86 was voted because Israel was only willing to enter the 1991 peace talks if resolution 3379 was revoked
@GML_123.
Ай бұрын
Martin Luther King said” when people criticize Zionism they mean Jews and that’s anti-Semitic. “
I’m sure corporate media will label this professor as a self hating Jew.
@abandonedfragmentofhope5415
Ай бұрын
Or “Anti-Semitic”.
@debrafirestone861
Ай бұрын
He is a self hating Jew
@YeasminiPhone
Ай бұрын
What the hell does a self hating Jew even mean, being Jewish is a religion if you hate it you don’t need to be a Jew, it’s not like it’s your ethnicity which you can’t change 🤦🏽♀️
@houdiniwho
Ай бұрын
@@YeasminiPhone For years the movement is to make a religion an ethnicity. The trouble with this is dna proves otherwise. And if you’re looking for a transplant, your religion isn’t going to make you a match to a donor
@BobHaijerJr
Ай бұрын
@@YeasminiPhonelogic isn’t their strong suit
I love this channel! Thank you Mehdi for this outlet, Zeteo is proving to be a great source for independent journalism. We must stand against Authoritarian and Totalitarian regimes by any means necessary. The people will always have the power, we just have to remind ourselves of that fact. Keep the truth available to all!
Anyone else bothered how this professor had to keep saying "but not pro Hamas" I understand why he and so many other s do it. And I am not going to say to stop. But its sad to think we keep having to qualify being anti genocide like this. Obviously if someone is against genocide they are against Hamas.
@water78149
Ай бұрын
Same for the View hosts like Whoopie. They have to apologize before talking.
@SeekerofknowlegeandTruth-ci3hs
Ай бұрын
So true.
@PodcastCentral333
Ай бұрын
Hamas are not legitimate resistance like the ANC was to the apartheid government. ANC was secular, had jews it, multi racial. Hamas are maniac arab islamicist Killers (of jews primarly). There's a huge difference in legitimacy of the groups
@ceceliacharles4570
Ай бұрын
So Hamas is the red eye devil always hovering in the room. The same sentiment was felt for the ANC of South Africa including Nelson Mandela (the terrorist) on his own land. Let me continue to READ BEYOND THE NEWS HEADLINE AND STUDY HISTORY.
@donnavorce8856
Ай бұрын
The resistance has been demonized. We did the same thing to the first nations people here in North America. They resisted to not lose their world and were labeled savages. When it was us who were the savages.
Thank you both for supporting the truth
Thank you Rula for having Jason on the show!
Go zeteo
Yes I am loving the Real non zionist Jewish movements it began with the rabis then the not in myname now its huge... thank you they have inspired millions of people peace is possible when radical zionism is cleaned up and radical islamic groups also cleaned up myself i would like to see bengiver and netinyaboo along with Sirwan and his team in same court house in future cause both need same charges would be good for world to see they the same
Thank you so much for posting this. The mainstream media coverage of these protests is appalling. Some only show police interference, others concentrate on administrative response.
Jason is a great teacher. Also read his grandmother's heroic story.
Go Zeteo
The young people of America must take their country back from the old politicians who are working for foreign states against their own people. Free Palestine 🇵🇸
@saposapo1
Ай бұрын
You should worry about your own country
@donnavorce8856
Ай бұрын
It'd be nice. But don't hold your breath. The addiction to money and power makes this group very dangerous. They'll do anything to ensure they maintain their system and status. Observe what they're doing right now.
Thank you, Prof Stanley, for speaking up and sharing your knowledge and Yale-unique insights. Thanks, Zeteo, for the interview.
Thank professor hope every Jew become like you
"The nazis made me afraid of being Jewish and the zionists made me ashamed of being Jewish." - Israel Shahak “The biggest insult to the memory of the Holocaust is not denying it but using it to commit genocide against the Palestinian people.” - Norman Finkelstein
It's so awesome to hear from a great rational voice like Jason Stanley!
Free Palestine 🇵🇸
@imperialmotoring3789
Ай бұрын
No.
@wben7833
Ай бұрын
Cry more
@imperialmotoring3789
Ай бұрын
I so could care less about gaza. Seriously.
@gerardguida7727
Ай бұрын
Jason Stanley is a FOOL!
@christinepark1398
Ай бұрын
Free Palestine.
Keep up the good work. Thank you so much. Your work is very much appreciated.
Great to see Rula working with Mehdi. Love you both. Keep up the great work.
We went into Iraq at the behest of Israel after Netanyahu told congress that they were developing nukes. We went into Syria not to topple Assad but to secure the Golan Heights for Israel. From the Nile to the Euphrates is what Greater Israel is truly aiming for and have been since 1947, they want way more than from the river to sea, they want Jordan too.
@water78149
Ай бұрын
Golan Heights needs to be a democracy separate from both. Syria is comparatively as bad as Israel is to innocent civilians. If you don't believe me, the same news sources that tells us about Biden's wrong ways also says Assad is a bad actor.
@donnavorce8856
Ай бұрын
Expropriation is the plan. Since 100 years ago. No secret. Only if your head is in the sand.
The fact that they have mass protests in Israel. Yet, they're aren't seen as anti-Semitism or anti-israel. Tells you enough.
Rula you are such a bright spirit! You go!
Thank you for this intelligent discourse.
Jason Stanley,God bless you for speaking true.❤
Great interview
"Netan" in arabic means The stink
@water78149
Ай бұрын
Yahu?
@hanaaabed3662
Ай бұрын
And he is
Great interview. Thanks
Rare honest Man! Massive Respect 🥛
@SeekerofknowlegeandTruth-ci3hs
Ай бұрын
Their are many others but media would not invite then...
Thank you! ❤ 🙏
THANK YOU ZETEO
Students Our future Students Our Heroes 🦸 Muslims Jewish Christian LGBT All community They are all in the protest 🪧.They have the right to express themselves.Unfortunately universities Not following US Law
I like Jason Stanley and appreciate what he said here, however, I feel like he could have acknowledged that Israel has always been an apartheid ethnostate.
@PodcastCentral333
Ай бұрын
I feel like, you need to stop hating jews in israel so much
@donnavorce8856
Ай бұрын
Who's plan has always been expropriation. Look it up.
Thought it was Sofia Vergara for a moment! Anyway, free Palestine 🍉
Love Zeteo already. So refreshing from usual mainstream BS. It is about authoritarian rule crushing free protest. Hope the students resist pressure. Full solidarity
Bravo!
Bret Stephens is moral panic personified.
Fantastic interview! Jason is so impressive! Clarity and humanity and wisdom bundled together...so impressed ❤ from Ireland
My God is working miracles; Muslims, Jews, Atheists, and Christians are all protesting together for peace. My Rabbi Jesus Christ was raised as a Jew and brought salvation to all people via God.
@kirstyduncan408
Ай бұрын
Jesus wasn't jewish.
@esweiss
Ай бұрын
Jesus of Nazareth was THE Jew. The Moses of Moses, the Joshua of Joshuas, the David of Davids. The Messiah and King and Lord.
@esweiss
Ай бұрын
Acts 3:22-26 (NRSVue): 22 “Moses said, ‘The Lord your God will raise up for you from your own people a prophet like me. You must listen to whatever he tells you. 23 And it will be that everyone who does not listen to that prophet will be utterly rooted out of the people.’ 24 And all the prophets, as many as have spoken, from Samuel and those after him, also predicted these days. 25 You [Jewish leaders] are the descendants of the prophets and of the covenant that God gave to your ancestors, saying to Abraham, ‘And in your descendants all the families of the earth shall be blessed.’ 26 When God raised up his servant [Jesus], he sent him first to you, to bless you by turning each of you from your wicked ways.”
@DaisyJaneCloud
Ай бұрын
@@kirstyduncan408 um what was he then?..
This professor is highly sane and not given to hyperbole. Shut off the sound on campus protests, and shut off the sound when U C the bombing of Gaza. U will then understand that these students R the best of us. It is no surprise that Ivy League students R at the point of this spear. These students , in particular R our most brilliant of our youth, and they R concentrated in thee elite Univ.
@JimBalter
Ай бұрын
Don't elitist. The protests aren't just at ivy league schools.
The pro Palestinian protests aren’t fascist. The students aren’t shouting “go home” to anyone.
Stop the genocide. Really looking forward to Prof Stanleys new book
Prime Minister Netanyahoo??? Let's call him by his name Benziel Mileikowski !
@donnavorce8856
Ай бұрын
Is this true?
@lioness000
Ай бұрын
@donnavorce8856 yes, it is . Just a quick search will show his birth name . Polish born and American raised in Philly.
Outstanding interview.
I love Professor Stanley! His work, especially on Fascism, has taught me SO much. Awesome to see him here!
Keep the movement and stand bold may Allah bless you
Brilliant interview! Thank you.
Loved this interview. Thank you for posting this 🙏🏻
Imagine living in a world where you could get arrested or suspended for saying "stop killing children" because it might hurt the feelings of the killers
Well done professor, very impressed with you.
THANK YOU🤍🕊️🕊️
Intelligent person ❤
great interview. Enjoy hearing from Mr Stanley on this with an on site perspective
Sadly he's not a person the broader society will listen to.
@PauloAdriano-zo2ng
Ай бұрын
Broader society in North America is busy watching Pornhub and Monster Truck Racing. 😊
@water78149
Ай бұрын
He's on Zeteo, so he might.
@SeekerofknowlegeandTruth-ci3hs
Ай бұрын
Slowly gradually truth will prevail.
Love Rula Jebreal. So glad to see her at Zeteo. Mehdi is really putting together a great team.