Rising antisemitism in US universities is bothering Yad Vashem head

Dani Dayan, Chairman of the Yad Vashem memorial centre, expresses approval of criticism against three U.S. university presidents for their remarks on campus antisemitism. He highlights the pervasive antisemitic climate in certain academic circles and the recent surge in antisemitic incidents globally. Dayan underscores concerns about free speech, protests related to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and accusations of universities tolerating an environment where Jewish students and faculty feel endangered. He argues that a pseudo-academic theory is being developed in Western academies that calls for the elimination of the Jewish state