It Is Difficult To Offend A New

Ideas Don't Desert You; Ideas Aren't Treasonous To You, But People Can Be.

Twenty Five Percent Of Israeli Citizens Are Not Even Jewish. Anybody Can Become An Israeli Citizen If You Qualify. Religion Is Not A Criterion For Citizenship.

Good Character Consists Of Recognizing The Selfishness That Inheres In Each Of Us And Trying To Balance It Against The Altruism To Which We Should All Aspire. It Is A Difficult Balance To Strike, But No Definition Of Goodness Can Be Complete Without It.

Though Israel May Often Be Deserving Of Criticism, What Is Missing Is The Comparable Criticism Of Equal Or Greater Violations By Other Countries And Other Groups. This Constant, Often Legitimate Criticism Of Israel For Every One Of Its Deviations, When Coupled With The Absence Of Legitimate Criticism Of Others, Creates The Impression Currently Prevalent On University Campuses And In The Press That Israel Is Among The Worst Human Rights Violators In The World....it Is Not True, But If It Is Repeated Often Enough, It Takes On A Reality Of Its Own.

Great Research Universities Must Insist On Independence From Government And On The Exercise Of Academic Freedom.