Two Case Western Reserve University professors perturbed by “the noxious rhetoric” on campuses suggest that “for the sake of Israel, it’s time to retire the word ‘Zionism.’” They note that although there are Jewish students who have “doubled down on owning the terms” being abusively hurled at them, such as that Zionists are “racists” and “terrorists,” they have a better idea. True, these students “proudly claim [Zionism] as an identity marker,” but the two professors think they know another way to defuse matters.
They believe that “it is time to reconsider the place of ‘Zionist’ and ‘Zionism’ in our discourse. We believe the terms have simply run their course.”
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